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.
  •self-confident (adjective)
  • fearless,
  • poised,
  • self-assured,
  • self-reliant,
  • Undoubtful,
  • sanguine,
  • assured,
  • sure of oneself.
  •smug (adjective)
  • holier-than-thou,
  • puffed-up,
  • superior,
  • self-satisfied,
  • stuck-up,
  • stuffy,
  • pompous,
  • vainglorious,
  • complacent,
  • egoistic,
  • self-righteous,
  • snobbish,
  • priggish.

• 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.
  •professional (noun)
  • whiz kid,
  • specialist,
  • old hand,
  • brain,
  • artist,
  • pro,
  • authority,
  • pundit,
  • egghead.
  •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.

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.