Synonyms of impudent

impudent

adjective

ˈim-pyə-dənt 

as in insolent

displaying or marked by rude boldness

the guest's impudent inquiries about the cost of just about everything we had in the house

Synonyms & Similar Words

• insolent
• wise
• brazen
• bold
• cheeky
• impertinent
• fresh
• cocky
• saucy
• defiant
• sassy
• audacious
• blunt
• brassy
• cocksure
• brash
• assertive
• brazen-faced
• nervy
• cute
• bold-faced
• arch
• disrespectful
• smart
• obtrusive
• unblushing
• shameless
• unabashed
• curt
• forward
• flippant
• brassbound
• bluff
• facetious
• mouthy
• flip
• smart-aleck
• pert
• smart-alecky
• lippy

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• timid
• meek
• humble
• shy
• modest
• polite
• courteous
• proper
• retiring
• respectful
• genteel
• mousy
• deferential
• ashamed
• demure
• embarrassed
• mousey
• abashed
• mild
• gentle
• mannerly
• blushing
• shamefaced
• inconspicuous
• unobtrusive

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of impudent

More specifically, the impudent Skull Kid steals the Ocarina of Time and turns Link into a Deku Scrub, those antagonistic tree cannons first introduced in Ocarina. —Ashley Bardhan, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2024

In short, Moscow sees Montenegro as both strategically valuable and an impudent upstart that has thumbed its nose at the Russian bear while genuflecting before NATO and Washington. —Edward P. Joseph, Foreign Affairs, 22 Dec. 2016

There’s some amusing cat-and-mouse negotiation, including a hilariously impudent gesture from Samuel during an office drinks evening. —David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019

Many critics dismissed the movie as an ahistorical powder puff, an impudent exercise in vibes-first filmmaking. —Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2024

Lisa is often out of the house and in motion: roaming the aisles of a pharmacy that’s open late and where no one seems to be working; on a bus contending with impudent youths; breaking the rules at a sleep clinic; wasted and lost after a bachelorette party. —Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2023

Yet the controversy had the effect of typecasting Gurba as the impudent indie writer willing to torch the publishing industry to make a point about diversity. —Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2023

There are no incentives for banks to play by rules when the cautious are punished with special assessments imposed on all banks to cover losses of recklessly impudent. —Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Mar. 2023

But inquiring into the specifics of familial dynamics is impudent and prying — and a line of questioning that most people would be happy to avoid answering themselves. —Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 4 Feb. 2023