The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word COCKY , but the solution may also be SMUG which is one of the most recent solution (2010 in New York Times).
Overconfident crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| COCKY | 33 % | 5 |
| SMUG | 33 % | 4 |
| COCKSURE | 22 % | 8 |
| PRESUMING | 11 % | 9 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Overconfident
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- cocksure
- confident
- positive
- bold
- cocky
- complacent
- arrogant
- conceited
- overcautious
- inexperienced
- presumptuous
- lackadaisical
Crossword Answer definitions
COCKY adjective- Overly confident; arrogant and boastful.
- Used as a term of endearment, originally for a person of either sex, but later primarily for a man.
- A (familiar name for a) cockatoo.
- Short for cockatoo farmer; (by extension) any farmer or owner of rural land.
- To operate a small-scale farm.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result COCKY
- Overconfident
- Self-confident and then some
- Self-assured
- Self-confident to a fault
- Far from self-effacing
- Arrogant
- Too confident
- Jaunty.
- Arrogant.
- Pert
More clues leading to the result SMUG
- Offensively satisfied
- Cocksure
- Extremely proud of oneself
- On an ego trip
- Too sure of oneself
- Like one with a shit-eating grin
- Complacent
- Self-satisfied
- Self-congratulatory
- Feeling superior
More clues leading to the result COCKSURE
- Arrogantly positive
- Insufferably confident
- Intolerably confident
- Unbearably confident
- Absolutely positive.
- Too self-confident.
- Self-confident to an offensive degree.
- Overconfident