Usually means: Clever person with mocking tone.
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We found 15 dictionaries that define the word smarty pants:

General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. smarty-pants: Merriam-Webster
  2. smarty-pants: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. smarty-pants: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. smarty-pants, smarty-pants: Collins English Dictionary
  5. smarty-pants: Wordnik
  6. smarty-pants: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. smarty pants: Wiktionary
  8. smarty-pants: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. smarty-pants, smarty pants: Dictionary.com
  10. Smarty Pants: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. smarty-pants: TheFreeDictionary.com
  12. Smarty pants: World Wide Words

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. smarty-pants: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  2. smarty-pants, smarty pants: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (smarty pants)

▸ noun:  (informal) A smart aleck or know-it-all.

Similar:
smartypants, smarty boots, smarty, smarty-boots, smartie, smartarse, smart-arse, smartass, smart aleck, smartmouth, more...

Opposite:
ignoramus, dunce, simpleton, fool

Adjectives:
droll, larkish, waggish, jaunty, whimmy, wisecracking, franzy, whimsical, sassy, fun, jesty

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Similar:
smartypants, smarty boots, smarty, smarty-boots, smartie, smartarse, smart-arse, smartass, smart aleck, smartmouth, more...

Opposite:
ignoramus, dunce, simpleton, fool

Adjectives:
droll, larkish, waggish, jaunty, whimmy, wisecracking, franzy, whimsical, sassy, fun, jesty



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