Synonyms of boasting

boasting

verb

present participle of boast

1

as in bragging

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

• bragging
• displaying
• exhibiting
• vaunting
• blowing
• swaggering
• crowing
• blowing smoke
• vaporing
• priding
• exposing
• bulling
• flaunting
• gushing
• gasconading
• puffing
• blustering
• haranguing
• glorying
• exulting
• parading
• rejoicing
• maximizing
• brandishing
• showing off
• glorifying
• magnifying

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• minimizing
• diminishing
• discounting
• belittling
• undervaluing
• deprecating
• underrating
• playing down
• shrugging off
• lamenting
• pooh-poohing
• bemoaning
• regretting
• mourning
• laughing off

2

as in containing

to have within

the hotel boasts nearly 50 rooms

Synonyms & Similar Words

• containing
• holding
• encompassing
• bearing
• housing
• accommodating
• fitting
• enclosing
• taking
• harboring
• casing
• sheltering
• encasing
• lodging

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of boasting

The losses came despite record spending from Silicon Valley to shape the 2026 midterms, with the GOP boasting a commanding advantage among the election's biggest donors. — Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2026

Yet boasting about big numbers may not impress people as much as emphasizing the consistency of donations. — Yanyi Leng, The Conversation, 4 Nov. 2026

Win out, and the Trojans would almost certainly be in the College Football Playoff, boasting one of the best resumes in the country with three wins over top-5 teams. — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 Nov. 2026

Coming next year to Los Angeles, near the corner of Melrose and Fairfax avenues, is Genres Book Society, boasting a design led by former Walt Disney Imagineer Ann Morrow Johnson. — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026

This year’s line-up will feature over 100 projects across its program, with the festival boasting its largest feature film selection to date. — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 20 Oct. 2026

Gurman specifically mentioned a 14-inch and a 16-inch MacBook Pro, each boasting OLED displays with touch-screen capability. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 19 Oct. 2026

With a generation of listeners boasting shorter attention spans and having a glut of releases at their disposal, projects tend to get discarded within weeks, and this kind of move can help alleviate that. — Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 14 Oct. 2026

Topol asks why those boasting success haven’t conducted clinical studies. — CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2026