What is another word for impertinent?
823 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ɪmpˈɜːtɪnənt], [ ɪmpˈɜːtɪnənt], [ ɪ_m_p_ˈɜː_t_ɪ_n_ə_n_t]
The word "impertinent" is often used to describe behavior or language that is disrespectful or rude. Some synonyms for this word include insolent, impudent, cheeky, rude, disrespectful, snippy, brash, and audacious. Each of these words conveys a subtle variation in the type of behavior being described. For example, "insolent" suggests an overt defiance of authority, while "snippy" implies a cutting remark made in a moment of irritation. Using synonyms can help to add variety and specificity to your writing, while also conveying the nuances of a particular situation or personality.
Synonyms for Impertinent:
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adj.
• assumptive • cool • curious • discourteous- Inaffable ,
- Ungenteel ,
- barbarous ,
- caddish ,
- coarse ,
- contemptuous ,
- crude ,
- illbred ,
- impolite ,
- tactless ,
- uncivil ,
- vulgar ,
- Inurbane .
- Unallied ,
- alien ,
- beside point ,
- detached ,
- disaffiliated ,
- disconnected ,
- disjoint ,
- dissociated ,
- eerie ,
- estranged ,
- exotic ,
- external ,
- extraterrestrial ,
- extrinsic ,
- foreign-born ,
- inadmissible ,
- inappropriate ,
- irrelevant ,
- nonessential ,
- other ,
- outer ,
- outlandish ,
- outside ,
- parenthetical ,
- removed ,
- segregated ,
- separate ,
- separated ,
- strange ,
- unaffiliated ,
- unessential ,
- unrelated ,
- supplementary .
- no big deal ,
- no never mind ,
- of no consequence ,
- of no importance ,
- inconsiderable ,
- matter of indifference ,
- meaningless ,
- of no account .
- arrogant ,
- bold ,
- callous ,
- candid ,
- defiant ,
- derisive ,
- flagrant ,
- insubordinate ,
- mouthy ,
- outrageous ,
- outspoken ,
- presumptuous ,
- sacrilegious ,
- sarcastic .
- flippest ,
- head long ,
- head-long ,
- headlong ,
- ill advised ,
- illadvised ,
- in cautious ,
- in considerate ,
- in discreet ,
- in-cautious ,
- in-considerate ,
- in-discreet ,
- more self asserting ,
- more self-asserting ,
- more selfasserting ,
- most precipitate ,
- most self asserting ,
- most self-asserting ,
- most selfasserting ,
- pre sumptuous ,
- pre-sumptuous ,
- reckless ,
- self asserting ,
- self assertive ,
- selfasserting ,
- selfassertive ,
- un diplomatic ,
- un tactful ,
- un-diplomatic ,
- un-tactful ,
- up pity ,
- up-pity .
- in decent ,
- in-decent ,
- more hotshot ,
- more overbold ,
- more smart ass ,
- more smart-ass ,
- more smartass ,
- most hotshot ,
- most overbold ,
- most smart ass ,
- most smart-ass ,
- most smartass ,
- over bold ,
- over-bold ,
- tawdry ,
- un abashed ,
- un blushing ,
- un-abashed ,
- un-blushing .
- in compatible ,
- in congruous ,
- in consistent ,
- in consonant ,
- in-compatible ,
- in-congruous ,
- in-consistent ,
- in-consonant ,
- more inconsonant ,
- more irrelative ,
- more unassimilable ,
- more uncharacteristic ,
- most inconsonant ,
- most irrelative ,
- most unassimilable ,
- most uncharacteristic ,
- un assimilable ,
- un characteristic ,
- un-assimilable ,
- un-characteristic .
- fore boding ,
- fore-boding ,
- in auspicious ,
- in-auspicious ,
- inauspicious ,
- more foreboding ,
- more nocent ,
- more unpromising ,
- most foreboding ,
- most nocent ,
- most unpromising ,
- un favorable ,
- un fortunate ,
- un healthier ,
- un healthiest ,
- un healthy ,
- un kind ,
- un kinder ,
- un kindest ,
- un luckier ,
- un luckiest ,
- un lucky ,
- un promising ,
- un propitious ,
- un wholesome ,
- un-favorable ,
- un-fortunate ,
- un-healthiest ,
- un-healthy ,
- un-kind ,
- un-kinder ,
- un-kindest ,
- un-luckier ,
- un-luckiest ,
- un-lucky ,
- un-promising ,
- un-propitious ,
- un-wholesome ,
- unpropitious .
- ill behaved ,
- ill mannered ,
- illbehaved ,
- illmannered ,
- loud mouthed ,
- more ill behaved ,
- more ill-behaved ,
- more illbehaved ,
- more loud mouthed ,
- more loud-mouthed ,
- more roughneck ,
- most ill behaved ,
- most ill-behaved ,
- most illbehaved ,
- most loud mouthed ,
- most loud-mouthed ,
- most roughneck .
- in applicable ,
- in appurtenant ,
- in apropos ,
- in apter ,
- in aptest ,
- in-applicable ,
- in-appurtenant ,
- in-apropos ,
- in-apter ,
- in-aptest ,
- more garbage ,
- more inappurtenant ,
- more inapropos ,
- most garbage ,
- most inappurtenant ,
- most inapropos ,
- re-mote ,
- un suitable ,
- un suited ,
- un-suitable ,
- un-suited .
- big eyed ,
- bigeyed ,
- more big eyed ,
- more big-eyed ,
- more bigeyed ,
- more challenging ,
- more poking ,
- more sifting ,
- more snooping ,
- most big eyed ,
- most big-eyed ,
- most bigeyed ,
- most challenging ,
- most poking ,
- most sifting ,
- most snooping ,
- sifting .
- in consequent ,
- in-consequent ,
- off point ,
- off topic ,
- out order ,
- out place ,
- out side ,
- un apter ,
- un aptest ,
- un-apter ,
- un-aptest .
- more irreverential ,
- most irreverential ,
- un godlier ,
- un godliest ,
- un godly ,
- un hallowed ,
- un holier ,
- un holiest ,
- un holy ,
- un-godlier ,
- un-godliest ,
- un-godly ,
- un-holier ,
- un-holiest ,
- un-holy ,
- unholy .
- Interrupting ,
- impeding ,
- inter meddling ,
- inter posing ,
- inter-meddling ,
- inter-posing ,
- more busybody ,
- more chiseling ,
- more encumbering ,
- more hindering ,
- more impeding ,
- more intermeddling ,
- more interposing ,
- more interrupting ,
- more intruding ,
- more kibitzing ,
- more obstructive ,
- most busybody ,
- most chiseling ,
- most encumbering ,
- most hindering ,
- most impeding ,
- most intermeddling ,
- most interposing ,
- most interrupting ,
- most intruding ,
- most kibitzing ,
- most obstructive .
- more prognathous ,
- more protruding ,
- more protuberant ,
- most prognathous ,
- most protruding ,
- most protuberant .
- more brutish ,
- most brutish ,
- un cultured ,
- un educated ,
- un polished ,
- un-cultured ,
- un-educated ,
- uneducated .
- long haired ,
- longhaired ,
- more eggheaded ,
- more genius ,
- more long haired ,
- more long-haired ,
- more longhaired ,
- most eggheaded ,
- most genius ,
- most long haired ,
- most long-haired ,
- most longhaired ,
- quick witted ,
- quickwitted ,
- re sourceful ,
- skull ,
- skuller ,
- skullest ,
- whizer ,
- whizest .
- mannerless ,
- more mannerless ,
- most mannerless ,
- un civilized ,
- un conscionable ,
- un controlled ,
- un cultivated ,
- un mannered ,
- un sophisticated ,
- un-civilized ,
- un-conscionable ,
- un-controlled ,
- un-cultivated ,
- un-mannered .
- heavy handed ,
- heavyhanded ,
- in elegant ,
- in-elegant ,
- more clownish ,
- most clownish ,
- un couth ,
- un gainlier ,
- un gainliest ,
- un gainly ,
- un gentlemanly ,
- un seemlier ,
- un seemliest ,
- un seemly ,
- un-couth ,
- un-gainly ,
- un-gentlemanly ,
- un-seemlier ,
- un-seemliest .
- dis solute ,
- dis-solute ,
- in continent ,
- in discriminate ,
- in temperate ,
- in-continent ,
- in-discriminate ,
- in-ordinate ,
- in-temperate ,
- incontinent ,
- more saturnalian ,
- more uncurbed ,
- more unhampered ,
- most saturnalian ,
- most uncurbed ,
- most unhampered ,
- un bounded ,
- un bridled ,
- un checked ,
- un curbed ,
- un governed ,
- un hampered ,
- un inhibited ,
- un restrained ,
- un restricted ,
- un-bounded ,
- un-bridled ,
- un-checked ,
- un-curbed ,
- un-governed ,
- un-hampered ,
- un-inhibited ,
- un-limited ,
- un-restrained ,
- un-restricted .
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adv.
• neither here nor there Other synonyms:
- Familiarly ,
- Snippety ,
- abrasive ,
- aggressive ,
- boldfaced ,
- boorish ,
- contumelious ,
- crass ,
- cute ,
- disagreeable ,
- distasteful ,
- gauche ,
- graceless ,
- gruff ,
- indecent ,
- indecorous ,
- indelicate ,
- inelegant ,
- inexcusable ,
- insulting ,
- lippy ,
- loutish ,
- oafish ,
- obnoxious ,
- peremptory ,
- pushy ,
- raucous ,
- smart-alecky ,
- surly ,
- tasteless ,
- unceremonious ,
- unrefined .
- Malapert ,
- Presuming ,
- assuming ,
- assumptive ,
- brassy ,
- egotistic ,
- nervy ,
- overconfident ,
- snippy ,
- uppish ,
- uppity .
- relevant .
- Familiar .
Other relevant words:
- Clodhopping ,
- Defying ,
- Disgracious ,
- Disregardful ,
- Forwardly ,
- Gally ,
- Hauteur ,
- Irrelative ,
- Misbehaved ,
- Non-essential ,
- Procacious ,
- Unapt ,
- Uncourtly ,
- Unhandsome ,
- abrupt ,
- absurd ,
- abusive ,
- adrift ,
- arrant ,
- arrogance ,
- asinine ,
- assertive ,
- assumption ,
- audaciously ,
- audacity ,
- awkward ,
- bad-mannered ,
- barefaced ,
- beside the mark ,
- beside the point ,
- beside the question ,
- big-mouthed ,
- biggety ,
- bluff ,
- blunt ,
- boldly ,
- bracing ,
- brashly ,
- bratty ,
- bravely ,
- brazen-faced ,
- brazenly ,
- bright ,
- brisk ,
- brusque ,
- bumptious ,
- bungling ,
- busy ,
- busybody ,
- cavalier ,
- challenging ,
- cheek ,
- cheekily ,
- chic ,
- chutzpadik ,
- clean ,
- clumsy ,
- cocksure ,
- cocky ,
- conceit ,
- conflicting ,
- contemptuously ,
- contradictory ,
- cool ,
- court ,
- crudely ,
- crusty ,
- curious ,
- curt ,
- cynic ,
- dapper ,
- daring ,
- daringly ,
- dashing ,
- derisively ,
- discourteously ,
- discourtesy ,
- disdain ,
- disdainful ,
- disdainfully ,
- displeasing ,
- disrespect ,
- disrespectfully ,
- distant ,
- effrontery ,
- egotistical ,
- energising ,
- energizing ,
- fearlessly ,
- feisty ,
- flip ,
- flippant ,
- flippantly ,
- forceful ,
- fresh ,
- freshly ,
- gall ,
- godless ,
- gratuitous ,
- haughtiness ,
- heterogeneous ,
- horrid ,
- hostile ,
- ill ,
- ill-bred ,
- immodest ,
- immodestly ,
- impertinence ,
- impertinently ,
- impolitely ,
- impolitic ,
- impropriety ,
- imprudent ,
- impudence ,
- impudently ,
- inane ,
- inapposite ,
- inapt ,
- incidental ,
- incommensurable ,
- incongruous ,
- inconsequent ,
- inconsiderate ,
- incorporeal ,
- indecency ,
- indecorum ,
- indelicacy ,
- indifferent ,
- indiscreet ,
- inept ,
- injudicious ,
- inquisitive ,
- inquisitorial ,
- insensitive ,
- insolence ,
- insolently ,
- interfering ,
- intrepidly ,
- investigative ,
- judicious ,
- loud ,
- maladroit ,
- malapropos ,
- meddlesome ,
- meddling ,
- mischievously ,
- misplaced ,
- mocking ,
- mockingly ,
- natty ,
- naughtily ,
- neither here nor there ,
- new ,
- newly ,
- nihil ad rem ,
- non-germane ,
- nonmaterial ,
- nosy ,
- not at issue ,
- not pertinent ,
- novel ,
- objectionable ,
- obtrusive ,
- off the subject ,
- off-the-wall ,
- offensive ,
- offish ,
- open ,
- opposed ,
- orthogonal ,
- out of place ,
- out-of-the-way ,
- overbold ,
- overweening ,
- parenthetic ,
- perky ,
- pert ,
- pertly ,
- pertness ,
- petty ,
- philistine ,
- presumptuously ,
- pretension ,
- pride ,
- prideful ,
- proud ,
- prying ,
- purpose ,
- pushing ,
- raffish ,
- rakish ,
- rash ,
- recent ,
- recently ,
- refreshed ,
- refreshful ,
- refreshing ,
- remote ,
- retinue ,
- ridiculous ,
- rough ,
- rudely ,
- rudeness ,
- sassy ,
- saucily ,
- sauciness ,
- scornfully ,
- scurrilous ,
- self-appointed ,
- self-assertive ,
- shameless ,
- shamelessly ,
- short ,
- showy ,
- smart ,
- smart aleck ,
- smart-ass ,
- snappy ,
- snoopy ,
- snotty ,
- spirited ,
- sweet ,
- tang dynasty ,
- temerarious ,
- thoughtless ,
- tongue-in-cheek ,
- tonic ,
- trivial ,
- unabashed ,
- unashamed ,
- unashamedly ,
- unblushing ,
- uncalled-for ,
- unconformable ,
- unconnected ,
- undemonstrative ,
- undiplomatic ,
- unfermented ,
- unfitting ,
- ungallant ,
- ungentlemanly ,
- ungracious ,
- unladylike ,
- unmannered ,
- unmannerly ,
- unrestrained ,
- unskilful ,
- unsophisticated ,
- unsuitable ,
- unused ,
- unwise ,
- voguish ,
- wise ,
- wise guy ,
- wise-ass .
- Inconsonant ,
- Intermeddling ,
- Saturnalian ,
- audacious ,
- ballsy ,
- big-eyed ,
- brash ,
- brazen ,
- brutish ,
- cheeky ,
- clownish ,
- discourteous ,
- disrespectful ,
- eggheaded ,
- extraneous ,
- flipper ,
- foreign ,
- hotshot ,
- ill-behaved ,
- ill-mannered ,
- immaterial ,
- impudent ,
- inapplicable ,
- inappurtenant ,
- inapropos ,
- irreverential ,
- kibitzing ,
- long-haired ,
- loud-mouthed ,
- nocent ,
- not connected with ,
- not germane ,
- not pertaining to ,
- obstructive ,
- off the point ,
- off the topic ,
- off-base ,
- over-zealous ,
- prognathous ,
- protuberant ,
- rude ,
- self-asserting ,
- smart alecky ,
- smart ass ,
- smartass ,
- snarky ,
- tongue in cheek ,
- un-hallowed ,
- unassimilable ,
- uncharacteristic ,
- uncivilized ,
- uncouth ,
- uncurbed ,
- unhampered ,
- unpromising ,
- weisenheiming ,
- without reference .
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How to use "Impertinent" in context?
The word "impertinent" is often used to describe someone who is pushy or insolent. It can also refer to someone who is overly demanding or bothersome. In polite society, it is generally considered impolite to be impertinent. However, some people use the word casually and think of it as a minor annoyance.
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