wiseacre
111cockalorum — n Informal. bantam cock, bantam, smart aleck, wiseacre, Sl. wise guy; jackanapes, whip persnapper …
112comedian — n 1. comic, humorist, wit, funnyman, jokesmith; buffoon, clown, jester, harlequin, fool, merry andrew, madcap; pantomime, mime, mimic, mummer, impersonator, vaudevillian, vaudevillist; Scaramouch, Columbine, Pantaloon, Punch, Punchinello; zany,… …
113fool — n 1. ninny, nincompoop, silly, silly billy, Sl. yo yo, tomfool; simpleton, Simple Simon, saphead, noodle, idiot, cuckoo, Inf. jay, Sl. jerk, imbecile, mooncalf, Inf. moron; dimwit, nitwit, half wit, Sl. zombie, goose; scatterbrain, Sl. birdbrain …
114jackanapes — n 1. whippersnapper, malapert, pup, boldface, brazenface, swaggerer; upstart, wiseacre, weisenheimer, Sl. wise guy, smarty, smart aleck, smarty pants. 2. imp, mischief maker, monkey, hooligan, rascal, punk, gamin; rapscallion, devil, scamp, Inf.… …
115joker — n 1. humorist, comic, comedian, Inf. card, Inf. character, funnyman; jester, wag, droll; clown, Joey, mime, zany, Archaic. antic; buffoon, Inf. cut up, Inf. life of the party; stand up comic, Milton Berle, Phyllis Diller; quipster, wit, punster,… …
116merry-andrew — n buffoon, clown, jester, fool, Ar haic. antic, zany, droll, jokester, Inf. stooge, wiseacre; comedian, funnyman, wit, wag, mime, mimic, panto mimist, mummer; goliard, gracioso, pantaloon; scaramouch, punchinello, pierrot, harlequin, punch;… …
117know-it-all — [n] intellectual, smart aleck braggart, brain*, smarty pants*, walking encyclopedia, windbag, wiseacre, wise guy*; concepts 412,423 …
118smart-aleck — [n] wise guy bigmouth*, know itall*, smart ass*, smarty pants*, wiseacre, wiseass, wisenheimer; concept 412 …
119wise guy — [n] smart aleck; gangster bigmouth*, criminal, crook, hood, hoodlum, know it all*, Mafioso*, member of the family, mobster, smart ass*, smarty pants*, wiseacre, wiseass, wisenheimer; concept 412 …
120wise guy — Used with varying degrees of aggression to someone who is ostentatiously revealing his knowledge, especially if the person addressed has corrected something said by the speaker. Like the older ‘wiseacre’, ‘wise guy’ can be converted into a… …
