What does smart aleck mean?

smart aleck means "an upstart who makes conceited, sardonic, insolent comments".

What is another word for smart aleck?

Close synonyms include wise guy, wiseacre, wisenheimer, weisenheimer. 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 smart aleck a common word?

smart aleck 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.

smart aleck — meaning, pronunciation and definition

noun

1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
an upstart who makes conceited, sardonic, insolent comments
Synonymswise guy wiseacre wisenheimer weisenheimer
Broaderupstart

Questions about smart aleck

What does smart aleck mean?: smart aleck means "an upstart who makes conceited, sardonic, insolent comments".
What is another word for smart aleck?: Close synonyms include wise guy, wiseacre, wisenheimer, weisenheimer. 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.

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