📖 Definitions of "Boastful"
adjective
- 1
Tending to boast or brag.
"He wrote a boastful autobiography, recording all his great deeds."
🔄 Synonyms of "Boastful"
8 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| proudnoun | Feeling honoured (by something); feeling happy or satisfied about an event or fact; gratified. |
| bignoun | Of great size, large. |
| braggartnoun | Someone who constantly brags or boasts. |
| self-aggrandizing | Boastful; intended to make oneself seem more important. |
| cock-a-hoop | Exultant, very happy, triumphant. |
| crowingnoun | A cry of joy or pleasure. |
| braggy | Prone to brag. |
| braggingnoun | The act of one who brags. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Boastful"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| braggartnoun | Someone who constantly brags or boasts. |
| braggingnoun | The act of one who brags. |
| braggynoun | Prone to brag. |
| self-aggrandizing | Boastful; intended to make oneself seem more important. |
| cock-a-hoop | Exultant, very happy, triumphant. |
| crowingnoun | A cry of joy or pleasure. |
| proud | Feeling honoured (by something); feeling happy or satisfied about an event or fact; gratified. |
| big | Of great size, large. |
| boastfull | Archaic spelling of boastful. [Tending to boast or brag.] |
| boastsome | Indicative of boast or boasting; bragging; boastful. |
| boastive | (archaic) boastful; presumptuous |
| braggish | bragging; boastful. |
| overboastful | Excessively boastful. |
| braggartlynoun | Like a braggart; boastful. |
| braggadocious | Exhibiting braggadocio; characterized by empty boasts. |
| braggatory | (nonstandard) Exhibiting or characteristic of hubris; boastful. |
| swaggeringverb | Boastful, proud, self-confident. |
| bragnoun | A boast or boasting; bragging; ostentatious pretence or self-glorification. |
| glorious | Exhibiting attributes, qualities, or acts that are worthy of or receive glory. |
| cocky | Overly confident; arrogant and boastful. |
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