brass
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Related to brass: brass monkey, brass knuckles
- noun
Synonyms for brass
the state or quality of being impudent or arrogantly self-confident
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- assumption
- audaciousness
- audacity
- boldness
- brashness
- brazenness
- cheek
- cheekiness
- chutzpah
- discourtesy
- disrespect
- effrontery
- face
- familiarity
- forwardness
- gall
- impertinence
- impudence
- impudency
- incivility
- insolence
- nerve
- nerviness
- overconfidence
- pertness
- presumptuousness
- pushiness
- rudeness
- sassiness
- sauciness
- crust
- sauce
- uppishness
- uppityness
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Synonyms for brass
an alloy of copper and zinc
a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece
the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something
impudent aggressiveness
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an ornament or utensil made of brass
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the section of a band or orchestra that plays brass instruments
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a memorial made of brass
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