insolence

1. 1.

   the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties

   Synonymscrustgallimpertinenceimpudencecheekinessfreshness

   Broaderdiscourtesy

   Narrowerchutzpa
2. 2.

   an offensive disrespectful impudent act

   Broaderdiscourtesy

Other forms of insolence

plural

insolences·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about insolence

What does insolence mean?

insolence means "the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in insolence?

insolence has 3 syllables: in-so-lence. The stress falls on "in". In IPA it is /ˈɪnsələns/.

What is another word for insolence?

Close synonyms include crust, gall, impertinence, impudence, cheekiness. 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 insolence a common word?

insolence is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.