Synonyms of bombast

bombast

noun

ˈbäm-ˌbast 

1

as in rhetoric

boastful speech or writing

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

2

as in grandiloquence

language that is impressive-sounding but not meaningful or sincere

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rhetoric
• grandiloquence
• oratory
• fustian
• wind
• verbiage
• hot air
• jazz
• gas
• nonsense
• claptrap
• grandiosity
• drivel
• pomposity
• hogwash
• gibberish
• pretension
• loftiness
• verbosity
• wordiness
• humbug
• pretentiousness
• garrulousness
• jabberwocky
• garrulity
• moonshine
• floweriness
• affectedness
• windiness
• verboseness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bombast

The screen is big, the image is sharp and bright, but Nolan’s visual compositions are dull—just pictures of actors acting, without style or poetry—and his fetish for size is just bombast and vanity. — Caroline Mimbs Nyce, New Yorker, 17 July 2026

An album inspired by American Gangster, Ridley Scott’s biopic of legendary Harlem drug lord Frank Lucas, gave Jay-Z a chance to step away from the superstar bombast of Kingdom Come and go back to Reasonable Doubt-style dope game tales. — Al Shipley, SPIN, 14 July 2026

The documentary’s contradiction is right there, enthralling us with the wild achievements Potter pulled off and frustrating us with his bombast, leading us to ponder whether, as The Dark Wizard suggests, either could exist without the other. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 7 May 2026

The bombast of the song clashes with the aloofness of her style. — Stephen Kearse, Pitchfork, 21 Apr. 2026

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