Thesaurus:know-it-all

Thesaurus:know-it-all

THESAURUS

know-it-all

English

Synonyms

• clever dick (UK, pejorative)

• know-all (chiefly UK & Ireland, pejorative)

• know-it-all (chielfy US, pejorative)

• smart aleck (pejorative)

• smart ass (pejorative)

• smarty (pejorative)

• smarty pants (pejorative)

• wiseacre (pejorative)

• wisenheimer (chielfy US, pejorative)

Hypernyms

• intelligent person    [WS]

• jerk    [WS]

Various

• know-it-allery

See also

• Thesaurus:malapert (insolent person)

Further reading

• “500. sage” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “know-it-all” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.