Need another word that means the same as “impertinent”? Find 28 synonyms and 30 related words for “impertinent” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Impertinent” are: fresh, impudent, overbold, sassy, saucy, smart, wise, extraneous, immaterial, orthogonal, irreverent, pert, rude, insolent, impolite, unmannerly, ill-mannered, bad-mannered, uncivil, discourteous, disrespectful, irrelevant, inapplicable, inapposite, inappropriate, unrelated, unconnected, not germane
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “impertinent” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| bad-mannered | Socially incorrect in behavior. |
| discourteous | Showing rudeness and a lack of consideration for other people. It would be unkind and discourteous to decline a visit. |
| disrespectful | Neither feeling nor showing respect. A deeply disrespectful attitude towards women. |
| extraneous | Not essential. One is obliged to wade through many pages of extraneous material. |
| fresh | Having an unpleasant, slightly rotten smell. Fresh fruit. |
| ill-mannered | Socially incorrect in behavior. |
| immaterial | Not pertinent to the matter under consideration. The difference in our ages is immaterial. |
| impolite | Not polite. It would have been impolite to refuse. |
| impudent | Improperly forward or bold. The student was kept in for impudent behavior. |
| inapplicable | Not relevant or appropriate. The details are likely to be inapplicable to other designs. |
| inapposite | Out of place; inappropriate. The Shakespearean allusions are inapposite. |
| inappropriate | Not suitable for a particular occasion etc. There are penalties for inappropriate behaviour. |
| insolent | Marked by casual disrespect. She hated the insolent tone of his voice. |
| irrelevant | Not connected with or relevant to something. Theory can sometimes be hastily dismissed as irrelevant to the classroom. |
| irreverent | Characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality. Irreverent scholars mocking sacred things. |
| not germane | Relevant and appropriate. |
| orthogonal | Having a set of mutually perpendicular axes; meeting at right angles. Wind and sea may displace the ship s center of gravity along three orthogonal axes. |
| overbold | Excessively bold. Outlaws from the forests had grown overbold. |
| pert | Characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality. No need to be pert miss. |
| rude | Belonging to an early stage of technical development characterized by simplicity and often crudeness. She had been rude to her boss. |
| sassy | Improperly forward or bold. Toni was smart and sassy and liked to pretend she was a hard nut. |
| saucy | Having or expressing a bold, lively, or spirited manner. Saucy postcards. |
| smart | Having or showing a quick-witted intelligence. A smart new dress. |
| uncivil | Lacking civility or good manners- Willa Cather. Want nothing from you but to get away from your uncivil tongue. |
| unconnected | Lacking orderly continuity. The earth wire was left unconnected. |
| unmannerly | Socially incorrect in behavior. Uncouth unmannerly fellows. |
| unrelated | Not connected by kinship. Households containing two or more unrelated people. |
| wise | Evidencing the possession of inside information. A wise leader. |
| audacity | Rude or disrespectful behaviour; impudence. She had the audacity to suggest I d been carrying on with him. |
| barefaced | Having an uncovered face. His years of working barefaced breathing down dust. |
| blasphemous | Characterized by profanity or cursing. Blasphemous rites of a witches Sabbath. |
| bold | A bold typeface or letter. I slapped him when he was bold. |
| brazen | Harsh in sound. A brazen hussy. |
| chutzpah | Extreme self-confidence or audacity. Love him or hate him you have to admire Cohen s chutzpah. |
| confident | Persuaded of; very sure. A confident reply. |
| effrontery | Audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to. One juror had the effrontery to challenge the coroner s decision. |
| flippant | Not showing a serious or respectful attitude. A flippant remark. |
| gall | An animal s gall bladder. The bank had the gall to demand a fee. |
| impertinence | An impudent statement. They gasped at the impertinence of the suggestion. |
| impious | Lacking due respect or dutifulness. The emperor s impious attacks on the Church. |
| impudence | The quality of being impudent; impertinence. His arrogance and impudence had offended many. |
| impudent | Not showing due respect for another person; impertinent. The student was kept in for impudent behavior. |
| indomitable | Impossible to subdue or defeat. A woman of indomitable spirit. |
| insolence | Rude and disrespectful behaviour. She was sacked for insolence. |
| insolent | Marked by casual disrespect. The modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress. |
| irreverent | Characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality. Irreverent scholars mocking sacred things. |
| pert | Characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality. No need to be pert miss. |
| presumptuous | (of a person or their behaviour) failing to observe the limits of what is permitted or appropriate. I hope I won t be considered presumptuous if I offer some advice. |
| profane | (of a person or their behaviour) not respectful of religious practice; irreverent. A talk that tackled topics both sacred and profane. |
| rude | Belonging to an early stage of technical development characterized by simplicity and often crudeness. She had been rude to her boss. |
| sacrilegious | Involving or committing sacrilege. A sacrilegious act. |
| shameless | (of a person or their conduct) characterized by or showing a lack of shame; barefaced or brazen. His shameless hypocrisy. |
| temerity | Fearless daring. No one had the temerity to question his conclusions. |
| unashamed | Used of persons or their behavior; feeling no shame. An unashamed emotionalism. |
| uncivil | Lacking civility or good manners. He d been short and uncivil with her. |
| ungodly | Characterized by iniquity; wicked because it is believed to be a sin. Ungodly lives of lust and pleasure. |
| unrepentant | Showing no regret for one’s wrongdoings. He was unrepentant and said that his comments were completely accurate. |
| upstart | A gymnastic exercise performed starting from a position with the legs over the upper body and moving to an erect position by arching the back and swinging the legs out and down while forcing the chest upright. The upstarts who dare to challenge the legitimacy of his rule. |
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