Synonyms for Bragging

Synonyms for "bragging" (74 found)

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Closest matches (15)

Noun(5 words)

crow boast boastful boasting brag

Adjective(2 words)

big boastful

bluff bluster boast boastful boastfulness boasting bombast brag

Strong matches (22)

braggadocio braggart braggartism bravado conceit conceited egotism egotistical fanfaron fanfaronade fanfaronading gascon gasconade gasconading gasconism

Adjective(4 words)

braggart braggycock-a-hoopcrowing

Noun(3 words)

crowing flaunting gasconade

Related words (37)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

12 entries

adjective behaviorbehavioral descriptorbehavioral patternboast boastingcommunication styleevaluative adjectivejactitationpejorative descriptorself-praisespeech act

More specific

14 entries

academic grandstandingboastful phrasingboastful toneboasting grandstanding humblebragostentatious displayprofessional self-promotionself-praiseself-promoting phrasingself-promotion tacticshowboating vauntingvaunting rhetoric

Collocations

14 entries

boastful languagebragging about achievementsbragging about wealthbragging behaviorbragging rhetoricbragging rightsbragging tonedisplay of braggingexcessive bragginghabit of braggingloud braggingpublic braggingself-promotionsubtle bragging

Inflections

2 entries

bragged brags

Derivations

9 entries

brag braggadocious braggadociously bragged bragger braggery braggingly braggy brags

similar

1 entries

proud

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

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I'm weary of her bragging.

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I'm tired of listening to your bragging.

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Tom was getting tired of hearing Mary bragging about winning the race.

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Tom is bragging about his new car.

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