Synonyms of boasted

boasted

verb

past tense of boast

1

as in bragged

to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess

he boasted about his latest killing in real estate so I thought he should be the one to pay for dinner

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bragged
• exhibited
• displayed
• blew
• vaunted
• swaggered
• crowed
• prided
• blew smoke
• bulled
• gushed
• vapored
• gasconaded
• exposed
• puffed
• blustered
• exulted
• harangued
• flaunted
• rejoiced
• gloried
• paraded
• maximized
• brandished
• showed off
• magnified
• glorified

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• diminished
• minimized
• discounted
• belittled
• undervalued
• underrated
• laughed off
• deprecated
• regretted
• shrugged off
• played down
• lamented
• bemoaned
• pooh-poohed
• mourned

2

as in contained

to have within

the hotel boasts nearly 50 rooms

Synonyms & Similar Words

• contained
• held
• bore
• housed
• encompassed
• fitted
• accommodated
• took
• enclosed
• encased
• lodged
• sheltered
• harbored
• cased

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of boasted

The United States should not echo its 1970s policies around food power, during which officials boasted of altruism while attempting to exert political strength by alternatively deploying and withholding its grain supply. — Anna Nelson, Foreign Affairs, 4 Sep. 2026

From behind, the gown boasted a low-cut back and a single zipper. — Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 3 Sep. 2026

By 2014, when Wojcicki became YouTube CEO, the platform boasted more than 1 billion monthly viewers, but its TV strategy was still nascent. — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 1 Sep. 2026

Like McLachlan’s event, Daisy Chain Fields boasted an all-female lineup, featuring some of the most coveted names in the contemporary music scene. — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026

The only show that boasted more major nominations was The Pitt with 12. — Joe Reid, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2026

What about the multiple times that Andrew Tate has boasted pretty explicitly that his posts generate him hundreds of millions of dollars? — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 27 Aug. 2026

At the time, Shapiro boasted of a massive data center campus coming to Homer City and another $20 billion Amazon campus in eastern Pennsylvania. — Andy Sheehan, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026

The original Volt boasted a combined range of almost 400 miles. — Brooke Crothers, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026