Boast

/bəʊst/

Synonyms for "boast" (167 found)

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Closest matches (34)

Verb(7 words)

brag vaunt blow bluster blustered bragged brags

Noun(11 words)

self-praise accomplishment achievement assert ballyhooing blazons blustering blusters boasting brag bragg

aggrandizebe enfeoffed ofbe possessed ofbe seized ofblow bluster boastfulness boasting bombast bounce brag braggadocio braggartism bragging bravado bully

Strong matches (50)

catch claimcock-a-doodle-doocommand conceit crow diamonddraw the longbowego tripego-trip enjoin enjoy exalt exult fanfaronade fill findfish for complimentsflaunt flourish

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gasconade gasconism gem glory godsendgood thinggush havehave and holdhave in handhave no self-doubt

Noun(13 words)

cavorting claim conceits crow crowing crows declare feature flexes flossing gloat gloating gloats

Verb(6 words)

crow crowed feature gas gasconade gloated

Related words (83)

have tenure ofheroics hold jactation jactitation jewelknow it allmouth occupy parade pearl pique plum plume possess prate preen pridepride and joyprize

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puff quack rodomontade ruffle showshow offsidespeak for buncombesquatsquat onswagger swash swashbuckle talktalk bigtreasure triumph trophy trouvaille usucapt vanity vapor vaunt vauntery vaunting windfall winner

Noun(21 words)

jactitation merit parading possess preening prides showboating showboats showcase swaggering swaggers swank toot tooting tout touting touts trumpeting trumpets vaunt

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vaunts

Verb(14 words)

lorded overcompensated preened preens pridedshoot a linesport sported swaggered swanked swash tooted tout trumpeted

Adjective(1 words)

overweening

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5 relation types

More general

17 entries

achievement amplify assertion claim exaggerate feature have hyperbolise hyperbolize magnify merit overdraw overstatespeech actstatement

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More specific

11 entries

award brag crow fundinggrandiose claimmuseumsopera housesostentatious claimpublicationself promotionself-praise

Collocations

9 entries

boastful claimboastful remarkboastfulness boastingempty boastgrandiose boastloud boastpompous boastvain boast

Inflections

3 entries

boasted boasting boasts

Derivations

4 entries

boaster boastful boastfully boastfulness

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.

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Don't boast too much about that.

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