wiseacre
wiseacre is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.One who makes undue pretensions to wisdom; a would-be-wise person; hence, in contempt, a simpleton; a dunce.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- acrobat
- age
- and
- authority
- bel
- bigwig
- bon
- buffoon
- cap
- caricaturist
- charlatan
- clown
- corps
- dandy
- emeritus
- epigrammatist
- esprit
- expert
- fool
- fort
- gaillard
- genius
- green
- guy
- gypsy
- harlequin
- humorist
- intellectual
- jack
- jester
- joker
- learning
- life
- light
- luminary
- madcap
- man
- master
- merry-andrew
- mime
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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