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bombast

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Synonyms and Antonyms of bombast

1 boastful speech or writing

the other world leaders at the international conference had little interest in being subjected to the president's bombast

Synonyms of bombast

bluster, brag, braggadocio, bull [slang], cockalorum, fanfaronade, gas, gasconade, grandiloquence, hot air, magniloquence, rant, rodomontade (also rhodomontade)

Words Related to bombast

oratory, rhapsody, rhetoric

pomposity, turgidity, wind

bloviation, verbosity, windiness

babble, blab, chatter, drivel, gabble, gibber, gibberish, jabber, prattle

jawing, patter, prating, yammering

egotism, self-conceit, self-importance, swagger, vaunt

2 language that is impressive-sounding but not meaningful or sincere

you need less bombast and more substance in this speech on human rights

Synonyms of bombast

fustian, gas, grandiloquence, hot air, oratory, rhetoric, verbiage, wind

Words Related to bombast

claptrap, drivel, gibberish, hogwash, humbug, jabberwocky, jazz, moonshine, nonsense

affectedness, floweriness, grandiosity, loftiness, pomposity, pretension, pretentiousness

garrulity, garrulousness, verboseness, verbosity, windiness, wordiness

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