Entry Word: bombast

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 boastful speech or writing <filling a speech with bombast about one's unique qualifications for student council is usually a bad idea>

Synonyms bluster, brag, braggadocio, gas, grandiloquence, hot air, rant

Related Words rhapsody, rhetoric; babble, blab, chatter, drivel, gabble, gibber, jabber, prattle; jawing, patter, prating, yammering; egotism, self-conceit, self-importance

2 language that is impressive-sounding but not meaningful or sincere <you need less bombast and more evidence in this paper> — see rhetoric 1