Synonyms of blowhard

blowhard

noun

ˈblō-ˌhärd 

1

as in chatterer

a person who talks constantly

a politician who is the stereotypical backslapping blowhard

Synonyms & Similar Words

• chatterer
• magpie
• windbag
• gasbag
• gossiper
• talker
• jay
• chatterbox
• conversationalist
• babbler
• blabbermouth
• motormouth
• gossip
• prattler
• blabber
• cackler
• converser
• gabbler
• jabberer
• tattletale
• tattler
• blatherskite
• talebearer
• discourser
• blatherer

2

as in braggart

someone who boasts

a blowhard who always had to act like she was better than anyone else

Synonyms & Similar Words

• braggart
• cock
• swaggerer
• cracker
• bragger
• boaster
• blower
• braggadocio
• brag
• vaunter
• gascon
• blusterer
• gasconader
• cockalorum
• self-promoter
• self-advertiser
• self-dramatizer

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of blowhard

Being a manager is hard; being a blowhard columnist after a series that brought national indignity to the local nine is easy. — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2026

Because his subject was surrounded by colorful and often unpredictable characters—alcoholics, neurotics, and blowhards—Perkins’s self-effacing qualities make for a dramatic contrast and a wealth of wild stories. — Boris Kachka, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2026

The wonder is how Kamala Harris ever chose this creepy blowhard as her 2024 vice presidential running mate. — Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 10 Jan. 2026

In the best Scrooge tradition, Brad — a three-time Razzie Award nominee who at the story’s beginning is filming the seventh installment of his cheesy action movie series Killing Time — is an obnoxious blowhard who hits on his married co-star and refuses to do his own stunts. — Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 24 Nov. 2025