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Definition/Meaning

(adjective)

bold and confident, unabashed;

e.g. They were dealing with a cocky amateur actor trying to catch a break.

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Similar Words

Arch

Archer

Audacious

Bold

Bold-faced

Brash

Brassbound

Brassy

Brazen

Brazen-faced

Cheeky

Cocksure

Condescending

Fresh

High-toned

Hoity-toity

Impertinent

Impudent

Insolent

Nervy

Sassy

Saucy

Self-aggrandizing

Self-dramatizing

Self-flattering

Than

Trigger-happy

Unapologetic

Unsubdued

Wise

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Opposite Words

Abashed

Ashamed

Blushing

Courteous

Deferential

Demure

Down-to-earth

Embarrassed

Gentle

Humble

Inconspicuous

Lowly

Mannerly

Meek

Mild

Modest

Respectful

Self-deprecating

Self-deprecatory

Shamefaced

Unassertive

Unassuming

Unobtrusive

Unpretentious

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Related Words

Abhorrent

Affected

Aggressive

Ambitious

Arrogant

Assertive

Assumptive

Assured

Biggety

Bluff

Blunt

Bold

Bumptious

Cavalier

Chesty

Cock-a-hoop

Complacent

Conceited

Consequential

Contemptuous

Curt

Cute

Defiant

Disdainful

Egotistical

Enterprising

Facetious

Familiar

Fierce

Flip

Flippant

Forward

Free

Grandiose

Haughty

Hifalutin

High-handed

High-hat

High-minded

High-pressure

Highfalutin

Huffy

Imperious

Important

In-your-face

La-di-da

Lippy

Lofty

Lordly

Masterful

Militant

Mouthy

Obtrusive

Ostentatious

Overfamiliar

Overweening

Peremptory

Pert

Pompous

Presumptuous

Pretentious

Prideful

Proud

Pushy

Scornful

Self-asserting

Self-assertive

Self-important

Self-satisfied

Shameless

Smart

Smart aleck

Smarty-pants

Smug

Sniffy

Snippy

Stiff-necked

Stuck-up

Supercilious

Superior

Toplofty

Unabashed

Unblushing

Uppity

Vain

Vainglorious

Wise

Wiseass

Your

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