All backchat synonyms

noun backchat

• boldness — not hesitating or fearful in the face of actual or possible danger or rebuff; courageous and daring: a bold hero.
• nerve — one or more bundles of fibers forming part of a system that conveys impulses of sensation, motion, etc., between the brain or spinal cord and other parts of the body.
• impropriety — the quality or condition of being improper; incorrectness.
• gall — (Pizi) 1840?–94, leader of the Hunkpapa Sioux: a major chief in the battle of Little Bighorn.
• wisecrack — a smart or facetious remark.
• presumption — the act of presuming.
• crust — The crust on a loaf of bread is the outside part.
• hardihood — boldness or daring; courage.
• impudence — the quality or state of being impudent; effrontery; insolence.
• assurance — If you give someone an assurance that something is true or will happen, you say that it is definitely true or will definitely happen, in order to make them feel less worried.
• incivility — the quality or condition of being uncivil; discourteous behavior or treatment.
• brazenness — shameless or impudent: brazen presumption.
• forwardness — overreadiness to push oneself forward; lack of appropriate modesty; presumption; boldness.
• disrespect — Lack of respect or courtesy.
• rudeness — discourteous or impolite, especially in a deliberate way: a rude reply.
• chutzpah — If you say that someone has chutzpah, you mean that you admire the fact that they are not afraid or embarrassed to do or say things that shock, surprise, or annoy other people.
• effrontery — shameless or impudent boldness; barefaced audacity: She had the effrontery to ask for two free samples.
• pert — Program Evaluation and Review Technique
• freshness — newly made or obtained: fresh footprints.
• audacity — Audacity is audacious behaviour.
• cheek — Your cheeks are the sides of your face below your eyes.
• comeback — If someone such as an entertainer or sports personality makes a comeback, they return to their profession or sport after a period away.
• guff — empty or foolish talk; nonsense.
• insolence — contemptuously rude or impertinent behavior or speech.
• insult — to treat or speak to insolently or with contemptuous rudeness; affront.
• lip — either of the two fleshy parts or folds forming the margins of the mouth and functioning in speech.
• mouth — Anatomy, Zoology. the opening through which an animal or human takes in food. the cavity containing the structures used in mastication. the structures enclosing or being within this cavity, considered as a whole.
• rejoinder — an answer to a reply; response.
• retort — to sterilize food after it is sealed in a container, by steam or other heating methods.
• return — to go or come back, as to a former place, position, or state: to return from abroad; to return to public office; to return to work.
• riposte — a quick, sharp return in speech or action; counterstroke: a brilliant riposte to an insult.
• sass — impudent or disrespectful back talk: Both parents refuse to take any sass from their kids.
• sauce — any preparation, usually liquid or semiliquid, eaten as a gravy or as a relish accompanying food.
• uptake — apprehension; understanding or comprehension; mental grasp: quick on the uptake.
• wise guy — Informal. a cocksure, conceited, and often insolent person; smart aleck: He has a reputation for being a wise guy.
• disrespectful — characterized by, having, or showing disrespect; lacking courtesy or esteem: a disrespectful remark about teachers.
• sassiness — impertinent; insolent; saucy: a sassy reply; a sassy teen.
• impertinence — unmannerly intrusion or presumption; insolence.
• attitude — Your attitude to something is the way that you think and feel about it, especially when this shows in the way you behave.
• sauciness — impertinent; insolent: a saucy remark; a saucy child.
• cheekiness — impudent; insolent: a cheeky fellow; cheeky behavior.