Synonyms of smarty-pants

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adjective

as in cute

making light of something usually regarded as serious or sacred

your smarty-pants comments aren't helping matters any

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cute
• smart
• playful
• wise
• smart-ass
• flippant
• smart-aleck
• smart-assed
• facetious
• wiseass
• flip
• inappropriate
• smart-alecky
• pert
• mischievous
• rude
• casual
• sassy
• cocky
• impudent
• frivolous
• cheeky
• waggish
• impish
• saucy
• roguish
• fresh
• impertinent
• flighty
• disrespectful
• glib
• thoughtless
• breezy

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• earnest
• sincere
• serious
• sober
• solemn
• grave
• somber

smarty-pants

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plural noun

as in smarty

a person who likes to show off in a clever but annoying way

I don't need to hear from some smarty-pants second-guesser that the theme for the party is all wrong

Synonyms & Similar Words

• smarty
• wiseass
• wiseacre
• wise guy
• smart aleck
• wisenheimer
• know-it-all
• hotshot
• know-all
• show-off
• wisecracker

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of smarty-pants

Plural noun

Contact lenses came into common use only in the mid-20th century, but all-time smarty-pants Leonardo da Vinci had conceptualized them as early as 1508. — Kevin Brasler, Washington Post, 3 Sep. 2026

Rolling off the bed in a silicon sleep cocoon, Grace gradually evolves from a wriggling larval stage into a fully upright, walking and talking smarty-pants. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026

Eventually, the game builds to its own metafictional deconstruction, albeit in a way that lands as an emotional gut punch rather than smarty-pants twist. — Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2025