Synonyms of bombast

bombast

noun

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
• brag
• chatter
• rodomontade
• rant
• fanfaronade
• hot air
• bull
• gasconade
• gas
• pomposity
• rhapsody
• oratory
• verbosity
• rhodomontade
• turgidity
• jawing
• cockalorum
• prattle
• babble
• bloviation
• swagger
• gabble
• drivel
• windiness
• wind
• prating
• jabber
• gibberish
• blab
• vaunt
• gibber
• egotism
• 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
• fustian
• oratory
• wind
• verbiage
• claptrap
• jazz
• nonsense
• hot air
• grandiosity
• pomposity
• drivel
• gas
• hogwash
• jabberwocky
• gibberish
• pretension
• verbosity
• loftiness
• wordiness
• garrulousness
• pretentiousness
• garrulity
• humbug
• floweriness
• moonshine
• affectedness
• windiness
• verboseness

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