back talk

1. 1.

   an impudent or insolent rejoinder

   “don't give me any of your sass”

   Synonymssasssassingbacktalklipmouth

   Broaderrejoinder

Questions about back talk

What does back talk mean?

back talk means "an impudent or insolent rejoinder".

What is another word for back talk?

Close synonyms include sass, sassing, backtalk, lip, mouth. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is back talk a common word?

back talk is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.