🔄 Synonyms of "Bluster"
13 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| bravadonoun | A swaggering show of defiance or courage. |
| toutverb | (transitive) To flaunt, to publicize/publicise; to boast or brag about; to promote. |
| swashnoun | (technical) The water that washes up on shore after an incoming wave has broken. |
| swaggernoun | To behave (especially to walk or carry oneself) in a pompous, superior manner. |
| boastverb | (intransitive) To brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself. |
| vauntverb | (transitive) To speak boastfully about. |
| rodomontadenoun | Vain boasting; a rant; pretentious behaviour. |
| bragverb | (intransitive, often with of) To boast; to talk with excessive pride about what one has, is able to do, or has done; often as an attempt to popularize oneself. |
| braggadocionoun | Empty boasting. |
| gasnoun | (uncountable, physical chemistry) Matter in an intermediate state between liquid and plasma that can be contained only if it is fully surrounded by a solid (or in a bubble of liquid, or held together by gravitational pull); it can condense into a liquid, or can (rarely) become a solid directly by deposition. |
| shoot a lineverb | show off |
| blownoun | (intransitive) To produce an air current. |
| gasconadenoun | Boastful talk. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Bluster"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| bragnoun | A boast or boasting; bragging; ostentatious pretence or self-glorification. |
| boastnoun | A brag; ostentatious positive appraisal of oneself. |
| vauntnoun | An instance of vaunting; a boast. |
| rodomontadenoun | Vain boasting; a rant; pretentious behaviour. |
| gasconadenoun | Boastful talk. |
| braggadocionoun | Empty boasting. |
| bravadonoun | A swaggering show of defiance or courage. |
| swaggernoun | Confidence, pride. |
| toutnoun | Someone advertising for customers in an aggressive way. |
| blownoun | A strong wind. |
| swashnoun | (technical) The water that washes up on shore after an incoming wave has broken. |
| gasnoun | (uncountable, physical chemistry) Matter in an intermediate state between liquid and plasma that can be contained only if it is fully surrounded by a solid (or in a bubble of liquid, or held together by gravitational pull); it can condense into a liquid, or can (rarely) become a solid directly by deposition. |
| shoot a lineverb | show off |
| swaggeringverb | Boastful, proud, self-confident. |
| big talknoun | (idiomatic) Statements which are boastful or exaggerated. |
| gasbaggerynoun | Excessive or pompous speech or writing; blather. |
| bombastnoun | (figurative) High-sounding words; language above the dignity of the occasion; a pompous or ostentatious manner of writing or speaking. |
| vapouringnoun | Boasting; blustering. |
| braggartismnoun | boasting, boastfulness |
| big wordnoun | (in the plural) Boastful or exaggerated statements. |
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