smug

1. 1.

   marked by excessive complacency or self-satisfaction

   “a smug glow of self-congratulation”

   Synonymsself-satisfied

   Similarcontented

Other forms of smug

comparative or superlative

smugger

comparative or superlative

smuggest

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 smug

What does smug mean?

smug means "marked by excessive complacency or self-satisfaction".

How many syllables are in smug?

smug has 1 syllable: smug. In IPA it is /ˈsmʌɡ/.

What is another word for smug?

Close synonyms include self-satisfied. 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 smug a common word?

smug 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.