Synonyms for bombast
- noun
- adjective
Most common
fustian purple prose grandiloquence aureation rant clap-trap bluster
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Fustian — high-sounding words; language above the dignity of the occasion; a pompous or ostentatious manner of writing…
fustian, purple prose, grandiloquence, aureation, bombard phrase dated
3. Bluster
bluster, braggadocio, pomposity, balderdash, gasconade, rodomontade
Other
Adjective
Definitions
- n. 1
High-sounding words; language above the dignity of the occasion; a pompous or ostentatious manner of writing or speaking.
- adj. 1
Big without meaning, or high-sounding; bombastic, inflated; magniloquent.
Related words
- Word family
- bombastic bombastically bombastry
Forms
- Plural
- bombasts → fustians, grandiloquences, aureations, rants…
Example sentences
- rant It soon became clear the rant was directed at her.
- bluster I bluster as though I know what I am doing.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| bombast | steady | |
| fustian | steady | |
| grandiloquence | steady | |
| rant | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- blah1, rant1
- 7 letters
- bluster2, fustian3, aureate
- 9 letters
- pomposity4, gasconade, turgidity, aureation, bombastry
- 10 letters
- balderdash3
- 11 letters
- braggadocio5, highfalutin4, rodomontade
- 13 letters
- magniloquence
- 14 letters
- grandiloquence
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (bluster2 = 2 syllables).