brag

¹brag

noun \ˈbrag\

Definition of BRAG

1

: a pompous or boastful statement

2

: arrogant talk or manner : cockiness

3

: braggart

Examples of BRAG

1. <for all his brag about diving, he actually does very little>
2. <he's an irritating brag whose sense of selfhood is defined by what he owns>

Origin of BRAG

Middle English

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to BRAG

Synonyms

bluster, bombast, braggadocio, bull [slang], cockalorum, fanfaronade, gas, gasconade, grandiloquence, hot air, magniloquence, rant, rodomontade (also rhodomontade)

Related Words

oratory, rhapsody, rhetoric; pomposity, turgidity, wind; bloviation, verbosity, windiness; babble, blab, chatter, drivel, gabble, gibber, gibberish, jabber, prattle; jawing, patter, prating, yammering; egotism, self-conceit, self-importance, swagger, vaunt

Rhymes with BRAG

ag, bag, crag, dag, drag, fag, flag, gag, hag, jag, lag, mag, nag, quag, rag, sag, scag, scrag, shag, slag, snag, sprag, stag, swag, tag, wag, YAG, zag

²brag

verb

bragged brag·ging

Definition of BRAG

intransitive verb

: to talk boastfully <always bragging about his success>

transitive verb

: to assert boastfully

— brag·ger \ˈbra-gər\ noun

— brag·gy \ˈbra-gē\ adjective

Examples of BRAG

1. After winning the race, she couldn't stop bragging.
2. “I don't mean to brag,” he said, “but I'm an excellent cook.”
3. He bragged that his daughter was the best student in her class.
4. “I'm the fastest runner on the team,” she bragged.

First Known Use of BRAG

14th century

Related to BRAG

Synonyms

blow, boast, bull [slang], crow, gasconade, swagger, vapor, vaunt

Related Words

bluster, harangue, puff; pride; gush; exult, glory, rejoice; brandish, display, exhibit, expose, flaunt, glorify, parade, show off; magnify, maximize

Near Antonyms

belittle, deprecate, diminish, discount, laugh off, minimize, play down, pooh-pooh (also pooh), shrug off, underrate, undervalue; bemoan, lament, mourn, regret

See Synonym Discussion at boast

³brag

adjective

brag·ger brag·gest

Definition of BRAG

: first-rate

Examples of BRAG

1. <he did a really brag job on restoring that classic car>

First Known Use of BRAG

1836

Related to BRAG

Synonyms

A-OK, A1, awesome, bang-up, banner, beautiful, blue-chip, blue-ribbon, boffo, bonny (also bonnie) [chiefly British], boss [slang], excellent, brave, bully, bumper, capital, choice, classic, cool [slang], corking, crackerjack, cracking, dandy, divine, dope [slang], down [slang], dynamite, fab, fabulous, famous, fantabulous [slang], fantastic, fine, first-class, first-rate, first-string, five-star, four-star, frontline, gangbusters (also gangbuster), gilt-edged (or gilt-edge), gone [slang], grand, great, groovy, heavenly, high-class, hot, hype [slang], immense, jim-dandy, keen, lovely, marvelous (or marvellous), mean, neat, nifty, noble, number one (also No. 1), numero uno, out-of-sight [slang], par excellence, peachy, peachy keen, phat [slang], prime, primo [slang], prize, prizewinning, quality, radical [slang], righteous [slang], sensational, slick, splendid, stellar, sterling, superb, superior, superlative, supernal, swell, terrific, tip-top, top, top-flight, top-notch, top-of-the-line, topping [chiefly British], top-shelf, unsurpassed, wizard [chiefly British], wonderful

Antonyms

atrocious, awful, execrable, lousy, pathetic, poor, rotten, terrible, vile, wretched

Related Words

acceptable, adequate, all right, decent, good, OK (or okay), passable, satisfactory, tolerable; better, exceptional, fancy, high-grade, high-test, premium, select, special, superfine; classical, standard, traditional

Near Antonyms

bad, inferior, low-grade, substandard, unsatisfactory; mediocre, middling, second-class, second-rate