Entry Word: tout

Function: verb

Meaning: 1 to praise or publicize lavishly and often excessively <a new cleaning agent touted as the only product a homeowner needs for all his or her cleaning chores>

Synonyms ballyhoo, crack up, glorify, trumpet

Related Words advance, advertise, announce, boost, herald, offer, plug, promote, publicize; assert, aver, claim, declare, lay down, make out, proclaim, pronounce

2 to declare enthusiastic approval of <statements from several former patients touting the doctor's alleged cancer cure> — see acclaim
3 to provide publicity for <an avalanche of ads touting the new movie> — see publicize 1