Synonyms of bluster

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noun

1

as in rhetoric

boastful speech or writing

all the bluster in the campaign speech was intended to hide a lack of specifics

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rhetoric
• bombast
• braggadocio
• brag
• chatter
• rodomontade
• magniloquence
• grandiloquence
• rhodomontade
• rant
• hot air
• bull
• gasconade
• gas
• fanfaronade
• jawing
• pomposity
• babble
• oratory
• prattle
• rhapsody
• verbosity
• turgidity
• swagger
• gabble
• wind
• cockalorum
• jabber
• windiness
• gibber
• prating
• gibberish
• bloviation
• drivel
• patter
• egotism
• blab
• yammering
• vaunt
• self-importance
• self-conceit

2

as in roar

loud, confused, and usually inharmonious sound

I can't work with all the bluster in here

Synonyms & Similar Words

• roar
• noise
• rattle
• chatter
• commotion
• cacophony
• clamor
• din
• clatter
• racket
• blare
• clangor
• bruit
• discordance
• brawl
• babel
• katzenjammer
• bang
• dissonance
• discord
• decibel(s)
• bowwow
• hullabaloo
• hubbub
• tumult
• furor
• rumpus
• boom
• hurly-burly
• jangle
• uproar
• blast
• clap
• crash
• crack

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• silence
• still
• quiet
• stillness
• lull
• calm
• hush
• silentness
• tranquillity
• quietude
• serenity
• tranquility

3

as in commotion

a state of noisy, confused activity

a mayor who got things done without a lot of bluster and self-serving publicity

Synonyms & Similar Words

• commotion
• stir
• disturbance
• fuss
• hurry
• turmoil
• noise
• storm
• clatter
• racket
• hurricane
• blather
• row
• hoopla
• ballyhoo
• fun
• clutter
• roar
• to-do
• hullabaloo
• bustle
• hubbub
• tumult
• ado
• squall
• bother
• zoo
• pandemonium
• ruction
• ruckus
• flurry
• furore
• furor
• welter
• rumpus
• pother
• kerfuffle
• coil
• hoo-hah
• stew
• foofaraw
• uproar
• hurly-burly
• shindy
• hoo-ha
• helter-skelter
• whirl
• bobbery
• hurly
• hubble-bubble
• corroboree
• upheaval
• splore
• moil
• hurry-skurry
• howl
• cacophony
• hurry-scurry
• clamor
• alarums and excursions
• din
• williwaw
• outcry
• do
• unrest
• disorder
• hue and cry
• eruption
• outburst
• flutter
• brawl
• outbreak
• scuffle
• mêlée
• fray
• melee
• fracas
• fever
• fret
• tizzy
• dither
• lather
• flare-up
• hassle

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rest
• peace
• calm
• tranquillity
• quiet
• stillness
• hush
• tranquility
• quietude
• order
• orderliness

bluster

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verb

as in to huff

to talk loudly and wildly

the rude customer blustered and yelled threats about lawsuits, but eventually left

Synonyms & Similar Words

• huff
• rave
• rant
• fulminate
• spout
• rage
• speak out
• speak up
• storm
• blare
• harangue
• sound off
• pontificate
• declaim
• blow
• bloviate
• mouth (off)
• blurt (out)
• orate
• carry on
• bolt
• take on

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• murmur
• mutter
• whisper
• grunt
• breathe
• slur