Meanings
nounsmarty pants (plural smarty pants)
alternative smarty-pants · alternative smartypants
- informalA smart aleck or know-it-all.
Synonyms: Buddha, clever clogs, clever dick, know-all, know-it-all, smart aleck, smart ass, smarty
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA smart aleck or know-it-all.
Origin
Translations
Dutch betweter, weetal
- betweterknow-it-all
- weetalknow-it-all
- wijsneusknow-it-all
German Schlaumeier
- Schlaumeierknow-it-all
Japanese 知識人, 物知り
- 知識人 (chishikijin)know-it-all
- 物知り (monoshiri)know-it-all
- インテリ (interi)know-it-all
Korean 지식인
- 지식인 (jisigin)know-it-all
Malay palatao
- palataoknow-it-all
Polish mądrala, mędrek
- mądralaknow-it-all
- mędrekknow-it-all
Russian всезнайка
- всезнайка (vseznajka)know-it-all
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smarty pants. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smarty%20pants
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“smarty pants.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smarty%20pants. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “smarty pants,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smarty%20pants.
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