Synonyms for swaggering
- adjective
- noun
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Boastful — boastful, proud, self-confident
boastful, imperious, haughty, supercilious, disdainful, prideful UK US CA, overbearing, lordly, proud, sniffy, arrogant
2. Blustering
Noun
Definitions
- adj. 1
Boastful, proud, self-confident.
- n. 1
Boastful, blustering behaviour.
Forms
- Plural
- swaggerings → blusters, bullyings, roisterings…
Example sentences
- haughty That haughty girl thinks she's better than everyone.
- boastful I'm tired of hearing your boastful tales.
- confident He is confident that he will pass the examination.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| swaggering | rising | |
| haughty | rising | |
| imperious | rising | |
| boastful | rising | |
| supercilious | rising | |
| confident | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- proud1
- 6 letters
- lordly2, sniffy2
- 7 letters
- haughty2, bluster2
- 8 letters
- bullying3, arrogant3, boastful2, prideful, blustery3
- 9 letters
- confident3, shameless2, imperious4
- 10 letters
- disdainful3, blustering3, roistering, blusterous
- 11 letters
- overbearing4
- 12 letters
- supercilious5
- 13 letters
- swashbuckling3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (lordly2 = 2 syllables).