smart-arsenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈsmɑːtˌɑːs/us/ˈsmɑːrtˌɑːrs/UK US smart-ass offensivesomeone who is always trying to seem more clever than other people in a way that is annoying:
I don't want some smart-arse from the city telling me how to manage my farm.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Intelligent people
- academic
- bluestocking
- bookish
- bookworm
- brain
- bright spark
- clever
- gnome
- intellect
- intellectual
- laureate
- mage
- not be just a pretty face idiom
- pretty
- sage
- scholar
- smart cookie
- swot
- wit
- wonk
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