Synonyms for brag
- verb
- noun
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Blow
bluster, talk big informal, tout, vaunt, swagger, gas, gasconade, vapor US, vapour UK, swash, blow dated, crack dated, bravado dated, flourish dated
2. Boast — to boast; to talk with excessive pride about what one has, is able to do, or has done; often as an attempt to…
Other
talk trash slang, bounce dated
Noun
Other
Definitions
- v. 1
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.
to brag of one’s exploits, courage, or money
- n. 1
A boast or boasting; bragging; ostentatious pretence or self-glorification.
Related words
- Word family
- braggart braggy
- Phrases
- not to brag
Example sentences
- gas The reporter covered the gas explosion in Shibuya.
- tout He didn't miss the opportunity to tout his bona fides.
- bluster I bluster as though I know what I am doing.
By length
- 3 letters
- gas1
- 4 letters
- blow1, crow1, tout1
- 5 letters
- crack1, bully2, vapor2, boast1, swash, vaunt
- 6 letters
- bounce1, vapour
- 7 letters
- swagger2, bravado3, bluster2, crowing2
- 8 letters
- flourish2, boasting2, vaporing
- 9 letters
- gasconade, vapouring
- 11 letters
- braggadocio5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (bully2 = 2 syllables).