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Synonyms for boasting

  • noun

Most common

self-praise jactitation bragging brag

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Self-praise

self-praise, jactitation

2. Bragging

bragging, brag, bluster, bravado, ostentation, vaunt, rodomontade, fanfaronade, gasconade dated

Antonyms

modest, humble, self-effacing

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Definitions

  1. n. 1

    The making of boasts.

  2. n. 2

    An individual boast or bout of boasting.

Forms

Plural
boastings → self-praises, jactitations, braggings, brags…

Choose the right word

Boasting or Ostentation?

Boasting is in direct statement, and is louder and more vulgar than ostentation.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • brag I cannot brag about my team. It always loses games.
  • bragging I heard Tom bragging about how much money he made.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
boastingrising
bragrising
braggingrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
brag1
5 letters
vaunt
7 letters
bravado3, bluster2
8 letters
bragging2
9 letters
gasconade
11 letters
ostentation4, jactitation, rodomontade, fanfaronade

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (bravado3 = 3 syllables).