bumptious

1. 1.

   offensively self-assertive

   Synonymsself-assertive

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Questions about bumptious

What does bumptious mean?

bumptious means "offensively self-assertive".

How many syllables are in bumptious?

bumptious has 3 syllables: bump-ti-ous. The stress falls on "ti".

What is another word for bumptious?

Close synonyms include self-assertive. 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 bumptious a common word?

bumptious is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.