Pert

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Trim and stylish in appearance; jaunty: a pert hat.
  • adj. High-spirited; vivacious.
  • adj. Impudently bold; saucy.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To behave with pertness.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Open; evident; apert.
  • adj. Lively; brisk; sprightly; smart.
  • adj. Indecorously free, or presuming; saucy; bold; impertinent.
  • verb-intransitive. To behave with pertness.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Comely; beautiful; of good appearance; trim; neat.
  • Lively; brisk; clever; smart.
  • Forward; saucy; impudent; indecorously loquacious or free.
  • Synonyms See impudence.
  • n. A pert or impudent person of either sex.
  • To perk.
  • To be pert or saucy; behave with pertness.
  • Open; clear, as a way or passage.
  • Plain; clear; evident; obvious; not concealed.
  • Openly.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality
  • Equivalent
    spirited   
    Form
    pertly    pertness   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    open    evident    apert    lively    brisk    sprightly    smart    saucy    bold    impertinent   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bert    Curt    Evert    Insert    Kurt    alert    assert    avert    birt    blurt   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    saucy    impertinent    pretty    insolent    vivacious    cute    presumptuous    good-looking    plump    perky