Boast

//bəʊst//

Synonyms for "boast" (113 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (23)

brag aggrandize be enfeoffed of be possessed of be seized of blow bluster boastfulness boasting bombast bounce braggadocio braggartism bragging bravado bully catch claim

Verb(4 words)

brag vaunt blow bluster

Noun(1 words)

boasting

Strong matches (34)

Related words (56)

heroics hold jactation jactitation jewel know it all mouth occupy parade pearl pique plum plume possess prate preen pride pride and joy prize puff

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Noun(2 words)

jactitation self-praise

Verb(5 words)

shoot a line sport swash talk a good game tout

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

10 entries

amplify exaggerate feature have hyperbolise hyperbolize magnify overdraw overstate speech act

Synonyms

2 entries

brag sport

derived

13 entries

boaster boastful boastfully boastingly boastive boastless boastly boastsome boastworthy outboast overboast unboasted unboasting

has context

3 entries

masonry sculpting squash

is a

1 entries

speech act

manner of

1 entries

overstate

related to

10 entries

bigging bigging up brag bragging characteristic drive is bragging lie possess up

Translations

253 translations across 67 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

spog noun (brag)

Albanian

1 entries

lëvdohem verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)

Ancient Greek

4 entries

καύχημα noun (brag)
κόμπος noun (brag)
καυχάομαι verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)
κομπάζω verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)

Arabic

1 entries

تَبَاهَى verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)

Armenian

3 entries

պարծենկոտություն noun (brag)
գլուխ գովալ verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)
պարծենալ verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)

Azerbaijani

4 entries

gopçuluq noun (brag)
lovğalıq noun (brag)
öyüngənlik noun (brag)
öyünmə noun (brag)

Belarusian

4 entries

самахва́льства noun (brag)
хвальба́ noun (brag)
выхваля́цца verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)
пахваля́цца verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)

Bikol Central

3 entries

butog noun (brag)
hambog noun (brag)
hawhaw noun (brag)

Bulgarian

4 entries

самохва́лство noun (brag)
похва́лвам се verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)
похва́ля се verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)
хва́ля се verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)

Burmese

4 entries

ကြွား verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)
ဝင့် verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)
ဝါ verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)
အကြွား verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)

Catalan

4 entries

ostentació noun (brag)
presumir verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)
vanar-se verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)
vantar verb ((used with "about" and "of") to speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation)

Cebuano

1 entries

hambug verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

吹牛 noun (brag)
吹噓 /吹嘘 verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)
吹牛 verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)
自詡 /自诩 verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)

Czech

4 entries

samochvála noun (brag)
chlubit se verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)
chválit se verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)
vychloubat se verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)

Danish

2 entries

pral noun (brag)
prale verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)

Dutch

2 entries

opschepperij noun (brag)
opscheppen verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)

Esperanto

2 entries

fanfaronaĵo noun (brag)
fieri, fanfaroni verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)

Estonian

3 entries

hooplema verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)
kiitlema verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)
praalima verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)

Ewe

1 entries

ƒo aɖegbe verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)

Finnish

4 entries

omakehu noun (brag)
kerskailla verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)
kerskua verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)
lesottaa verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)

French

4 entries

double-mur noun (shot)
fanfaronnade noun (brag)
vantardise noun (brag)
se vanter verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)

Galician

4 entries

chufa noun (brag)
borrear verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)
chufar verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)
gabar verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)

German

4 entries

Angeben noun (brag)
Prahlen noun (brag)
angeben verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)
prahlen verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)

Greek

3 entries

καύχημα noun (something that one brags about)
κομπάζω verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)
υπερηφανεύομαι verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)

Hebrew

4 entries

התפארות noun (brag)
התרברבות noun (brag)
הִתְפָּאֵר verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)
התרברב verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)

Hindi

1 entries

डींग मारना verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)

Hungarian

4 entries

dicsekvés noun (brag)
hencegés noun (brag)
dicsekszik verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)
felvág verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)

Icelandic

3 entries

gort noun (brag)
mont noun (brag)
sjálfshól noun (brag)

Ingrian

1 entries

kiissellä verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)

Irish

1 entries

braig noun (brag)

Italian

4 entries

guasconeria noun (brag)
vanteria noun (brag)
vanto noun (brag)
vantare verb ((used with "about" and "of") to speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation)

Japanese

3 entries

自慢 noun (brag)
力む verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)
自慢する verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)

Khmer

4 entries

បង្អួត verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)
បញ្ចើ verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)
បំផ្លើស verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)
អួត verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)

Korean

3 entries

뽐내다 verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)
자랑하다 verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)
자만하다 verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)

Lao

3 entries

ຄຸຍໂຕ verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)
ຄຸຍໂມ້ verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)
ເວົ້າອາດ verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)

Latin

3 entries

glorior verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)
glōriō verb ((used with "about" and "of") to speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation)
vānitō verb ((used with "about" and "of") to speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation)

Latvian

3 entries

dižoties verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)
lielīties verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)
plātīties verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)

Lithuanian

1 entries

didžiuotis verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)

Macedonian

2 entries

фалење noun (brag)
се фали verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)

Malayalam

3 entries

പൊങ്ങച്ചം noun (brag)
വീമ്പ് noun (brag)
വീമ്പടിക്കുക verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)

Mongolian

2 entries

сайрхах noun (brag)
ᠰᠠᠢᠢᠷᠬᠠᠬᠤ noun (brag)

Māori

4 entries

tamarahi verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)
whakamānunu verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)
whakanuka verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)
whakatāwāhi verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

skryt noun (brag)
skryte verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)

Occitan

3 entries

se bragar verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)
se conflejar verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)
se vantar verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)

Old English

2 entries

ġielp noun (brag)
ġielpan verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)

Old Irish

1 entries

ar·báigi verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries

صاتمق verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)
قبارمق verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)

Persian

3 entries

بوش noun (brag)
خودستایی noun (brag)
لاف noun (brag)

Piedmontese

1 entries

vant noun (brag)

Polish

4 entries

przechwałki noun (brag)
samochwalstwo noun (brag)
chlubić się verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)
chwalić się verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)

Portuguese

4 entries

ostentação noun (brag)
exibir-se verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)
gabar verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)
gabar-se verb ((used with "about" and "of") to speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation)

Quechua

1 entries

anchaykachay noun (brag)

Romanian

3 entries

fanfaronadă noun (brag)
lăudăroșenie noun (brag)
a se lăuda verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)

Russian

4 entries

бахва́льство noun (brag)
самохва́льство noun (brag)
хвастовство́ noun (brag)
бахва́литься verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

hvaliti se verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)
хвалити се verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)

Slovak

4 entries

chvastanie noun (brag)
chvastať sa verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)
chváliť sa verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)
pýšiť sa verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)

Slovene

4 entries

bahanje noun (brag)
hvalisanje noun (brag)
bahati se verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)
hvaliti se verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)

Spanish

4 entries

alarde noun (brag)
fanfarronada noun (brag)
jactancia noun (brag)
ostentación noun (brag)

Swedish

3 entries

skryt noun (brag)
skryta verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)
skrävla verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)

Telugu

1 entries

గప్పాలు verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)

Thai

3 entries

คุยโว verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)
โม้ verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)
โอ้อวด verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)

Tonga (Zambia)

1 entries

dunda noun (brag)

Turkish

4 entries

böbürlenme noun (brag)
iftihar etme noun (brag)
övünce noun (something that one brags about)
övünme noun (brag)

Tày

1 entries

ảng verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)

Ukrainian

4 entries

ви́хвалка noun (brag)
похваля́ння noun (brag)
самохва́льство noun (brag)
хва́стощі noun (brag)

Vietnamese

4 entries

khoe noun (brag)
khoe khoang verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)
khoác lác verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)
nói khoác verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)

Welsh

4 entries

bost noun (brag)
brol noun (brag)
brolio verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)
ymffrostio verb (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself)

Sample sentences

20 total sentences available.

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I have nothing to boast about.

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London air was not much to boast of at best.

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It's not a thing one can well boast of.

Source: tatoeba (42794)

Don't boast too much about that.

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