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Synonyms & Antonyms of bluster
(Entry 1 of 2)
1
boastful speech or writing
- all the bluster in the campaign speech was intended to hide a lack of specifics
Synonyms for bluster
- bombast,
- brag,
- braggadocio,
- bull
- [slang],
- cockalorum,
- fanfaronade,
- gas,
- gasconade,
- grandiloquence,
- hot air,
- magniloquence,
- rant,
- rodomontade
- (also rhodomontade)
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2
loud, confused, and usually inharmonious sound
- I can't work with all the bluster in here
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Near Antonyms for bluster
- quietude,
- serenity,
- tranquillity
- (or tranquility)
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3
a state of noisy, confused activity
- a mayor who got things done without a lot of bluster and self-serving publicity
Synonyms for bluster
- ado,
- alarums and excursions,
- ballyhoo,
- blather,
- bobbery,
- bother,
- bustle,
- clatter,
- clutter
- [chiefly dialect],
- coil,
- commotion,
- corroboree
- [Australian],
- disturbance,
- do
- [chiefly dialect],
- foofaraw,
- fun,
- furor,
- furore,
- fuss,
- helter-skelter,
- hoo-ha
- (also hoo-hah),
- hoopla,
- hubble-bubble,
- hubbub,
- hullabaloo,
- hurly,
- hurly-burly,
- hurricane,
- hurry,
- hurry-scurry
- (or hurry-skurry),
- kerfuffle
- [chiefly British],
- moil,
- pandemonium,
- pother,
- row,
- ruckus,
- ruction,
- rumpus,
- shindy,
- splore
- [Scottish],
- squall,
- stew,
- stir,
- storm,
- to-do,
- tumult,
- turmoil,
- uproar,
- welter,
- whirl,
- williwaw,
- zoo
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Near Antonyms for bluster
- calm,
- hush,
- peace,
- quiet,
- quietude,
- rest,
- stillness,
- tranquillity
- (or tranquility)
bluster
verbSynonyms & Antonyms of bluster (Entry 2 of 2)
to talk loudly and wildly
- the rude customer blustered and yelled threats about lawsuits, but eventually left
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