Boasting

/ˈboʊstɪŋ/

Synonyms for "boasting" (41 found)

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Closest matches (9)

Noun(5 words)

basking boast boastful boastfulness brag

bluff bluster bombast braggart

Strong matches (12)

Noun(6 words)

bragging crowing gloat gloating glorying grandiose

bravado conceit conceited egotism egotistical fanfaronade

Related words (20)

Noun(13 words)

grandstanding jactitation ostentation pratingself praiseself promotionself-praise self-promoting tooting trumpeting vainglorious vaunt vaunting

heroics mouth rodomontade side swagger vain vanity

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5 relation types

More general

8 entries

attribute communicationdescriptive languagedescriptorrhetorical stylespeech acttalkverbal behavior

More specific

8 entries

brag bragging gloatgrandiose languageinflated claimsostentatiousself promotionshowy

Collocations

14 entries

boastful claimboastful displayboastful languageboastful rhetoricboasting about achievementsboasting about policyboasting behaviorboasting claimsboasting languageboasting rhetoricboasting rightsboasting toneexcessive boastingpublic boasting

Inflections

2 entries

boasted boasts

Derivations

5 entries

boast boaster boastful boastfully boastfulness

Sample sentences

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I don't like his boasting of his success in business.

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His continual boasting gave offense to everybody.

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He is always boasting of his achievements.

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With all his boasting, he is a coward.

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