Synonyms for wise guy
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Noun
1. Smart arse — one who is insolent or flippant; one who makes jokes or perpetrates pranks
know-all UK AU IE, know-it-all US, wise-ass, smart alec, smart arse UK IE, smarty informal, wisecracker rare, wisenheimer informal rare US
Other
wise apple, mobster, brainiac slang
Definitions
- n. 1
One who is insolent or flippant; one who makes jokes or perpetrates pranks.
Her reputation for being a wise guy made her new teachers hesitant about having her in their classes.
Related words
- Other spellings
- wise-guy wiseguy
Example sentences
- mobster Sami's biological father is rumored to be a mobster.
By length
- 6 letters
- smarty2
- 7 letters
- mobster2
- 8 letters
- brainiac
- 11 letters
- wisecracker, wisenheimer
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (smarty2 = 2 syllables).