What is a cocky person called?

arrogant, conceited, overconfident, overweening, cocksure, smug, haughty, supercilious, disdainful, lofty, patronizing, proud, vain, vainglorious, self-important, swollen-headed, egotistical, presumptuous, lordly, pompous, blustering, boastful, brash, self-assertive, opinionated, bold, forward, insolent.
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What is a name of a cocky person?

conceited, egocentric, egoistic. (also egoistical), egotistic.
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What is another way to say cocky?

In this page you can discover 23 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for cocky, like: hotdogging, arrogant, saucy, dopey, foul-mouthed, gormless, (slang) pert, egotistical, surly, brash and cocksure.
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What is a conceited person called?

arrogant, bigheaded, cocky, full of hot air, gall, ham, hot stuff, immodest, know-it-all, loudmouth, narcissistic, overweening, phony, puffed up, self-important, smart-alecky, snotty, stuck up, swollen-headed, vain.
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What do you call someone who thinks highly of themselves?

egocentric. adjectivethinking very highly of oneself. conceited. egoistic. egoistical.
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What do you call a person that thinks they know everything?

One who is omniscient literally knows all.
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What do you call a person with too much pride?

conceited, consequential, egoistic. (also egoistical), egotistic.
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Who is a smug?

A smug person is self-satisfied. You can usually recognize someone who is pleased with himself by his smug little smile and self-righteous remarks. Smug is the opposite of modest and unsure. In cartoons, the smug character often walks around with his chest puffed out and his ego leading the way.
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What is a word for cockiness?

The quality of being cocky. arrogance. overconfidence. vanity. brashness.
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Is being cocky good?

Arrogant people believe they are (and enjoy being) superior. Even as arrogant people score low on personality tests for agreeableness, they score higher on measures of feeling superior, as well as on measures of social dominance.
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Are arrogant and cocky the same thing?

Cocky people do have confidence, but it comes from a different place than true self-assurance. Arrogance is one result of building self-esteem from outward sources such as financial privilege or constant praise.
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How would you describe a cocky attitude?

Cocky definition

(informal) Jauntily conceited or overbearing; self-confident in an aggressive or swaggering way. adjective. 13. 4. Overly self-assertive or self-confident.
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Is smug an insult?

It is one of the peculiarities of the English language that a term for neat, pretty and nice has mutated into something derogatory. Although when you consider how each of those words is so often used with extreme sarcasm in the modern world, perhaps it is understandable.
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Is smug positive or negative?

Smug is a positive word, which shows an excessive pride in oneself.
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How do you deal with smugness?

Here are some smart strategies for coping and thriving:
  1. Connect with your own inner security: The best way to deal with an overconfident person is to find your own inner sense of security. ...
  2. Don't let it get to you. ...
  3. Know their secret. ...
  4. Learn tolerance. ...
  5. Improve your assertiveness. ...
  6. Be tactful. ...
  7. Change the subject.
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What do you call a person who thinks they are better than everyone?

conceited, egocentric, egoistic. (also egoistical), egotistic.
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What is the meaning of egoistic?

being centered in or preoccupied with oneself and the gratification of one's own desires; self-centered (opposed to altruistic).
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What do you call someone who always needs to be right?

There are many words to describe someone who always needs to be right, including indomitable, adamant, unrelenting, insistent, intransigent, obdurate, unshakeable, dictatorial.
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What is condescending attitude?

Definition of condescending

: showing or characterized by a patronizing or superior attitude toward others.
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What is the word for someone who puts others down?

4. "adjective that means “someone who puts people down”" Euthanizer.
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Is Smugs a word?

SMUGS is a valid scrabble word.
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What do smug people do?

Smugness is the conviction that you're just a little bit better than other people. This would be arrogance if it wasn't also mixed with a pinch of humility. Smug people know they're better, and the fact that they're also humble about it makes them even better still. No wonder they've got that annoying smile.
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Are Narcissists arrogant?

Narcissistic personality disorder involves a pattern of self-centered, arrogant thinking and behavior, a lack of empathy and consideration for other people, and an excessive need for admiration. Others often describe people with NPD as cocky, manipulative, selfish, patronizing, and demanding.
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Is the word cocky offensive?

"cocky" is not vulgar. Additionally, it does not have the same meaning the other two words you mentioned do.
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