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Synonyms for gasconade

  • verb
  • noun

Most common

boast brag bluster vaunt

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    Boastful talk.

Forms

Plural
gasconades → crows, braggings, vaporings, crowings…
Past participle
gasconaded
e.g. gasconaded → boasted, blustered, blown, bragged…

Example sentences

  • boast The new school building is the boast of the village.
  • brag I cannot brag about my team. It always loses games.
  • bluster I bluster as though I know what I am doing.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
gasconadesteady
boaststeady
bragrising
blusterrising
vauntsteady

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

By length

3 letters
gas1
4 letters
blow1, crow1, brag1, tout1
5 letters
vapor2, boast1, swash, vaunt
6 letters
vapour
7 letters
swagger2, bravado3, bluster2, crowing2, bombast2
8 letters
flourish2, bragging2, boasting2, vaporing
9 letters
vapouring

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (vapor2 = 2 syllables).