wise guy

1. 1.

   an upstart who makes conceited, sardonic, insolent comments

   Synonymssmart aleckwiseacrewisenheimerweisenheimer

   Broaderupstart

Questions about wise guy

What does wise guy mean?

wise guy means "an upstart who makes conceited, sardonic, insolent comments".

What is another word for wise guy?

Close synonyms include smart aleck, 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 wise guy a common word?

wise guy is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.