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Synonyms of cocky

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Another word for cocky is arrogant. Other synonyms of cocky are vain, pompous, presumptuous, insolent and haughty.

Synonyms and similar words for cocky

adjectiveOverly confident; arrogant and boastful.

  • airy
  • arrogantHaving excessive pride in oneself, often with contempt or disrespect for others.
  • chesty informal
  • authoritarian
  • biggityConceited, uppity.
  • big-headed slang
  • blustery
  • turgescent formalBecoming turgid or swollen.
  • boastfulTending to boast or brag.
  • lordly
  • bombasticShowy in speech and given to using flowery or elaborate terms; grandiloquent; pompous.
  • conceited
  • disdainfulShowing contempt or scorn; having a pronounced lack of concern for others viewed as unworthy.
  • domineeringOverbearing, dictatorial or authoritarian.
  • egotistical
  • entitled
  • flauntingThat flaunts; showy or gaudy.
  • full of oneselfEgotistical, believing oneself to be superior to others; preoccupied with one's own work, interests, point of view, etc.
  • grandiose
  • hanktyOverbearing; pompous.
  • haughtyConveying in demeanour the assumption of superiority; disdainful, supercilious.
  • high-handedUsing power or authority without proper consideration for the feelings or rights of others.
  • high-hat colloquialDisdainful; haughty.
  • high and mighty
  • highfalutin colloquialSelf-important, pompous; arrogant or egotistical.
  • hoity-toity colloquial
  • holier-than-thouHypocritically or self-righteously pious; sanctimonious; smugly morally superior.
  • hubristicOf or relating to hubris (“excessive arrogance or pride, or presumption”); hence, overly arrogant or proud, or...
  • hubristicalHubristic.
  • imperious
  • inflated
  • insolentInsulting in manner or words, particularly in an arrogant or insubordinate manner.
  • la-di-da
  • ostentatious
  • overbearingOverly bossy, domineering, arrogant, forceful, intense, or annoying.
  • overweeningUnduly confident; (sometimes also) arrogant.
  • pompousAffectedly grand, solemn or self-important.
  • presumptuousMaking unwarranted presumptions or assumptions, often out of arrogance or excessive self-confidence, and thus exceeding...
  • pretentious
  • priggishLike a prig.
  • puffed up
  • sanctimoniousMaking a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically pious.
  • self-importantHaving, or behaving as if having, too high an opinion of one's own importance.
  • snobbish slangHaving the property of being a snob; arrogant and pretentious; smugly superior or dismissive of perceived inferiors.
  • snooty slangHaughty, pompous, snobbish; inclined to turn up one's nose.
  • snotty slang
  • stout
  • stuck up slang
  • superciliousArrogantly superior; showing contemptuous indifference; haughty.
  • thrasonicThrasonical.
  • thrasonicalBoastful, bragging, vainglorious.
  • toplofticalHaughty, hoity-toity, superior.
  • toploftySelf-important, haughty.
  • tumid
  • turgid
  • uppish
  • uppityPresumptuous, above oneself, self-important; arrogant, snobbish, haughty.
  • uppySynonym of uppity.
  • upstageHaughty, aloof.
  • vainOverly proud of oneself, especially concerning appearance; having a high opinion of one's own accomplishments with...
  • buggish dialectal, obsoleteUppity.
  • flatulent obsolete
  • glorious obsoleteExcessively proud or boastful.
  • haught obsoleteHaughty.
  • haut obsolete
  • orgulous archaic, literaryArrogant, haughty, proud.

verbTo operate a small-scale farm.

Meaning of cocky

  1. adjective Overly confident; arrogant and boastful.
  2. noun Used as a term of endearment, originally for a person of either sex, but later primarily for a man.
  3. noun A familiar name for a cockatoo.

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Questions about synonyms of cocky

What is another word for cocky?
Cocky has 67 synonyms on Word.ws, such as arrogant, vain, pompous, presumptuous, insolent, haughty, bombastic and sanctimonious.
What does cocky mean?
Cocky means overly confident; arrogant and boastful.

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