wiseasses
Mouthy clever types
Wiseasses are people who make smug, sarcastic, or clever remarks, especially at others' expense.
The term is mildly vulgar and usually dismissive: The back row was full of wiseasses making comments.
A wiseass thinks they're funnier or smarter than they are—or at least acts like it.
Obnoxiously clever people
- wiseacresIrritatingly smug people
- smart alecksAnnoyingly clever mockers
- know-it-allsPeople claiming total knowledge
- wisecrackersPeople making clever remarks
jesters · hecklers · taunters · mockers · scoffers · sneerers · ridiculers · teasers
Clowns or wild cards
- quipstersClever jokers
- comediansPerformers who provoke laughter
- witsMental quickness and resourcefulness
- prankstersThose who play jokes
clowns · cutups · wisecrackers · bantering · jesting · one-liners · zingers · comebacks
smartasses
Obnoxiously clever people
- wiseacresIrritatingly smug people
- smart alecksAnnoyingly clever mockers
- know-it-allsPeople claiming total knowledge
wisecrackers · jesters · hecklers · taunters · mockers · scoffers · sneerers · ridiculers · teasers · provocateurs
jokers
Clowns or wild cards
- quipstersClever jokers
- comediansPerformers who provoke laughter
- witsMental quickness and resourcefulness
pranksters · clowns · cutups · wisecrackers · bantering · jesting · one-liners · zingers · comebacks · retorts
snark
Cutting, mocking commentary
snide · caustic · acerbic · biting · cutting · sharp-tongued · barbed · scathing · withering · dry humor
wiseassesstraight shooters
Forthright, honest individuals
straight men · true believers · do-gooders · literalists · bleeding hearts
wiseassessycophants
Servile self-seeking flatterers
yes-men · bootlickers · brown-nosers · conformists · pushovers