Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
overly self-confident or self-assertive;
- Example: "a very cocky young man"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Cocky \Cock"y\, a. [See Cocket.]
Pert. [Slang]
[1913 Webster] Cockyolly
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
cocky
adj 1: overly self-confident or self-assertive; "a very cocky
young man"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
67 Moby Thesaurus words for "cocky":
aggressively self-confident, arrogant, audacious, biggety, bluff,
bold, brash, brassy, brazen, bumptious, challenging, cheeky,
chesty, chutzpadik, cocksure, conceited, contemptuous, crusty,
daring, defiant, defying, derisive, disdainful, disregardful,
disrespectful, egotistical, facy, flip, flippant, fresh, gally,
gratuitous, greatly daring, haughty, immodest, impertinent,
impudent, insolent, know-it-all, malapert, nervy, obtrusive,
overconfident, overwise, peacockish, peacocky, perk, perky, pert,
prideful, proud, puffed up, regardless of consequences, rude,
sassy, saucy, self-conceited, self-important, self-opinionated,
smart, smart-alecky, smart-ass, stuck-up, swelled-headed,
uncalled-for, vain, wise-ass