smart-ass
noun[C]
USoffensiveus/ˈsmɑːrt̬ˌæs/uk/ˈsmɑːtˌæs/(UKsmart-arse)someone who is alwaystryingtoseemmoreintelligentthan otherpeoplein a way that isannoying:
I don'twantsome smart-ass from thecitytellingme how tomanagemyfarm.
Intelligent people
- academic
- bluestocking
- bookish
- bookworm
- bright spark
- cerebral
- clever
- gnome
- intellectual
- laureate
- mage
- not be just a pretty faceidiom
- sage
- scholar
- smart cookie
- smart-arse
- superintellectual
- swot
- the intelligentsia
- wit