Synonyms for Hotshot:

• adj.

  •adept (adjective)
  • clean,
  • versed,
  • dexterous,
  • adroit,
  • proficient,
  • smooth,
  • accomplished,
  • skillful,
  • sharp,
  • skilled,
  • on the ball,
  • masterful,
  • hot,
  • capable,
  • whiz,
  • crack,
  • masterly,
  • practiced,
  • wizard,
  • crackerjack,
  • deft,
  • brainy.
  •brazen (adjective)
  • brassy,
  • unabashed,
  • audacious,
  • saucy,
  • contumelious,
  • meretricious,
  • unblushing,
  • loud,
  • gritty,
  • immodest,
  • forward,
  • bold,
  • pert,
  • impertinent,
  • defiant,
  • smart-alecky,
  • cocky,
  • gutsy,
  • spunky,
  • blatant,
  • impudent,
  • cheeky,
  • barefaced,
  • flashy.
  •cocky (adjective)
  • cocksure.
  •cocky/cocksure (adjective)
  • certain,
  • positive,
  • wise guy,
  • arrogant,
  • egotistical,
  • vain,
  • smarty,
  • smart aleck,
  • brash,
  • confident,
  • lordly,
  • conceited,
  • sure,
  • swaggering,
  • presumptuous,
  • bumptious,
  • overconfident.
  •foremost (adjective)
  • front,
  • arch,
  • premier,
  • preeminent,
  • leading,
  • paramount,
  • champion,
  • original,
  • principal,
  • primary,
  • supreme,
  • head,
  • number one,
  • highest,
  • heavy,
  • inaugural,
  • a-1,
  • prime,
  • a-number-1,
  • most important,
  • chief.
  •gifted (adjective)
  • brilliant,
  • ingenious,
  • smart,
  • clever,
  • phenomenal,
  • able,
  • mad.
  •Other relevant words: (adjective)
  • hubristic,
  • have smarts,
  • shining at,
  • foremost,
  • heavy stuff,
  • have the goods,
  • brazen,
  • adept,
  • hot stuff,
  • nobody's fool,
  • smart guy,
  • hotdogger,
  • class act,
  • primo,
  • hotdog,
  • stuck up,
  • pre-eminent,
  • gifted,
  • overbold,
  • smart ass,
  • at cutting edge,
  • over-confident,
  • flip,
  • quickest,
  • self-confident,
  • shameless,
  • there,
  • have on the ball,
  • smart-ass,
  • sharp as a tack,
  • slick,
  • overweening,
  • up to speed,
  • at the cutting edge,
  • hotdogging,
  • quick,
  • know stuff,
  • savvy,
  • got it,
  • indecent,
  • smarty pants,
  • insolent,
  • initial,
  • stuck on oneself,
  • no slouch,
  • smug,
  • self-contented,
  • at the leading edge,
  • swollen-headed,
  • nervy,
  • smartass,
  • Headmost,
  • no dummy,
  • on the beam,
  • smart alecky,
  • flipper,
  • tawdry.
  •self-confident (adjective)
  • fearless,
  • poised,
  • self-assured,
  • self-reliant,
  • Undoubtful,
  • sanguine,
  • assured,
  • sure of oneself.
  •smug (adjective)
  • holier-than-thou,
  • complacent,
  • puffed-up,
  • self-righteous,
  • vainglorious,
  • stuffy,
  • stuck-up,
  • egoistic,
  • pompous,
  • priggish,
  • self-satisfied,
  • superior.

• n.

  •
  • leader.
  •ace (noun)
  • ace.
  •aviator (noun)
  • navigator,
  • pilot,
  • jockey.
  •big deal (noun)
  • big shot,
  • bigwig,
  • vip,
  • big wheel,
  • tycoon,
  • big cheese,
  • boss.
  •braggart (noun)
  • blowhard,
  • bragger,
  • braggadocio,
  • big-timer,
  • gasbags,
  • exhibitionist,
  • peacock,
  • blatherskite,
  • big talker,
  • swaggerers,
  • swashbuckler,
  • raver,
  • swaggerer,
  • peacocks,
  • bigmouth,
  • ranter,
  • vaunter,
  • boaster,
  • brag,
  • Ranters,
  • windbag,
  • grandstander,
  • blusterer,
  • egotist,
  • show-off,
  • show-offs,
  • trumpeter,
  • ravers,
  • Strutter,
  • strutters,
  • Gascon,
  • blusterers,
  • bag of wind,
  • gasbag,
  • know-it-all,
  • swelled head,
  • trumpeters.
  •celebrity (noun)
  • immortal,
  • big name,
  • worthy,
  • personage,
  • somebody,
  • star,
  • magnate,
  • big deal,
  • figure,
  • hero,
  • notable,
  • personality,
  • name.
  •dignitary (noun)
  • celebrity.
  •genius (noun)
  • genius.
  •ham (noun)
  • showoff.
  •hot dog (noun)
  • frank,
  • sausage,
  • georgia hot,
  • frankfurter,
  • red-hot,
  • dog,
  • wiener.
  •hotshot (noun)
  • sensation,
  • whizz,
  • wiz,
  • maven.
  •Other relevant words: (noun)
  • important person,
  • major leaguer,
  • braggart,
  • boss man,
  • immortals,
  • eagle,
  • ham,
  • naturals,
  • weenies,
  • big fish,
  • luminary,
  • aeronaut,
  • Eagles,
  • powerhouses,
  • old war-horse,
  • crowd pleaser,
  • old pro,
  • cynosure,
  • foot long,
  • red hot,
  • cheese,
  • big-deal,
  • proficients,
  • Specialists,
  • hotshots,
  • barnstormer,
  • REDHOT,
  • head honcho,
  • superstar,
  • celebs,
  • footlong,
  • flier,
  • mahatmas,
  • pros,
  • expert,
  • SHARPS,
  • barnstormers,
  • adepts,
  • big stuff,
  • powerhouse,
  • dillettante,
  • artistes,
  • Worthies,
  • crowd-pleaser,
  • shark,
  • big enchilada,
  • Heroes,
  • showboats,
  • bird legs,
  • someone,
  • superstars,
  • big guns,
  • artiste,
  • showboat,
  • magician,
  • franks,
  • Flaunter,
  • airperson,
  • celeb,
  • weenie,
  • Sharks,
  • hot-dog,
  • aeronauts,
  • famous people,
  • heavyweight,
  • mahatma,
  • virtuoso,
  • famous person,
  • big gun,
  • phenom,
  • hot dog,
  • Cheeses,
  • professional,
  • lion,
  • the cheese,
  • pigs in a blanket,
  • flaunters,
  • very important person,
  • top dog,
  • biggie.
  •professional (noun)
  • egghead,
  • pro,
  • whiz kid,
  • old hand,
  • specialist,
  • authority,
  • pundit.
  •virtuoso (noun)
  • natural,
  • intelligent,
  • prodigy,
  • musician,
  • champ,
  • big league.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • go-getter,
  • fair-haired boy,
  • probable,
  • boy wonder,
  • whiz-kid,
  • blue-eyed boy,
  • achiever,
  • big hitter,
  • whizbang,
  • superwoman,
  • success story,
  • success,
  • prospect,
  • comer,
  • golden girl,
  • high-flyer,
  • survivor,
  • titan,
  • high-flier,
  • golden boy,
  • performer,
  • cinderella.
  •
  • big beast,
  • giant.
  •Other relevant words (noun):
  • clipper,
  • big Daddy,
  • sense experience,
  • specifically,
  • wizardry,
  • exactly,
  • boastful,
  • booster,
  • brass hat,
  • sorcerer,
  • ability,
  • dignitary,
  • kingpin,
  • sense impression,
  • big White Chief,
  • mastermind,
  • scholar,
  • fighter,
  • goer,
  • king,
  • honcho,
  • meaning,
  • endowment,
  • sensory faculty,
  • baron,
  • meister,
  • intelligence,
  • track star,
  • nabob,
  • stepper,
  • egotistic,
  • proud,
  • high-muck-a-muck,
  • sense datum,
  • brain,
  • dude,
  • precisely,
  • scorcher,
  • mind,
  • asterisk,
  • clearly,
  • speeder,
  • sense,
  • sentience,
  • mandarin,
  • best,
  • utterly,
  • title-holder,
  • supporter,
  • distinctly,
  • artist,
  • dab hand,
  • speed demon,
  • particularly,
  • Cognoscente,
  • supercilious,
  • explicitly,
  • perception,
  • big Chief,
  • central,
  • single,
  • brilliance,
  • necromancer,
  • specially,
  • capacity,
  • hummer,
  • snobbish,
  • maestro,
  • lead,
  • fat cat,
  • queen,
  • connoisseur,
  • unity,
  • big noise,
  • sizzler,
  • fire fighter,
  • higher-up,
  • official,
  • headliner,
  • impression,
  • especially,
  • friend,
  • intellect,
  • hustler,
  • advocate,
  • admirer,
  • feeling,
  • snooty,
  • expressly,
  • backer,
  • aviator,
  • flair,
  • power,
  • sentiment,
  • fireman,
  • mogul,
  • geek,
  • one,
  • mavin.

Antonyms for Hotshot:

• adj.

  • adept
    awkward, clumsy, unable, stupid, coarse, incapable, unintelligent, incompetent, inept, inexperienced, lazy, unskilled, unskillful, rough, ignorant, indefinite, green, slow.
  • brazen
    timid, shy, retiring, modest, humble, shamed, meek, shamefaced, quiet.
  • cocky
    tentative, cautious.
  • cocky/cocksure
    unsure, unself-confident, uncertain.
  • foremost
    secondary, least, unimportant, lowest, last, inferior.
  • gifted
    untalented, dull.
  • self-confident
    insecure.
  • smug
    unhappy.

• n.

  • celebrity
    nobody, commoner, obscurity, nonentity, unknown.
  • professional
    apprentice, greenhorn, rookie, amateur.
  • virtuoso
    imbecile, ignoramus.
  • Other antonyms:
    nonexpert, novice, layman, dilettante, beginner, neophyte, dabbler, nonprofessional, inexpert.