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Boast

🔄 Synonyms of "Boast"

14 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
blusternoun	To speak or protest loudly.
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.
jactitationnoun	Bragging or boasting, especially in a false manner to another's detriment.
vauntverb	(transitive) To speak boastfully about.
featurenoun	An important or main item.
sportnoun	(countable, uncountable) Any activity that uses physical exertion or skills competitively under a set of rules that is not based on aesthetics.
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.
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.
boastingnoun	(uncountable) The making of boasts.
self-praisenoun	The praise of oneself.
shoot a lineverb	show off
blownoun	(intransitive) To produce an air current.
gasconadenoun	Boastful talk.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Boast"

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Word	Definition
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.
vauntverb	(transitive) To speak boastfully about.
jactitationnoun	Bragging or boasting, especially in a false manner to another's detriment.
gasconadenoun	Boastful talk.
blusternoun	To speak or protest loudly.
self-praisenoun	The praise of oneself.
featurenoun	An important or main item.
toutverb	(transitive) To flaunt, to publicize/publicise; to boast or brag about; to promote.
blownoun	(intransitive) To produce an air current.
sportnoun	(countable, uncountable) Any activity that uses physical exertion or skills competitively under a set of rules that is not based on aesthetics.
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
swaggernoun	To behave (especially to walk or carry oneself) in a pompous, superior manner.
pridenoun	A sense of one's own worth; reasonable self-esteem and satisfaction (in oneself, in one's work, one's family, etc).
flauntverb	(transitive) To parade, display with ostentation.
enjoyverb	(transitive) To receive pleasure or satisfaction from something.
extolverb	(transitive) To praise; to make high.
praisenoun	To give praise to; to commend, glorify, or worship.
showverb	(transitive) To display, to have somebody see (something).