bumptiousness

Questions about bumptiousness

What does bumptiousness mean?

bumptiousness means "offensive boldness and assertiveness".

How many syllables are in bumptiousness?

bumptiousness has 4 syllables: bump-ti-ou-sness. The stress falls on "ti".

What is another word for bumptiousness?

Close synonyms include cockiness, pushiness, forwardness. 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 bumptiousness a common word?

bumptiousness 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.