Synonyms for bravado
Most common
bragging boasting bluster blustering beer muscles bravura vaunting
Definitions
- n. 1
A swaggering show of defiance or courage.
The angry customer stood in the middle of the showroom and voiced his complaints with loud bravado.
Forms
- Plural
- bravados → blusters, blusterings, braggings, boastings…
Example sentences
- bragging I heard Tom bragging about how much money he made.
- boasting His continual boasting gave offense to everybody.
- bluster I bluster as though I know what I am doing.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| bravado | rising | |
| bragging | rising | |
| boasting | rising | |
| bluster | rising | |
| blustering | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- brag1
- 5 letters
- boast1, vaunt
- 6 letters
- steelo
- 7 letters
- swagger2, bluster2, bravura3
- 8 letters
- bragging2, boasting2, vaunting
- 9 letters
- gasconade
- 10 letters
- blustering3
- 11 letters
- rodomontade
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (swagger2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- bravade