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brag

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of brag

1 boastful speech or writing
  • For all his brag about skiing, he actually does very little.
Synonyms of brag

bluster, bombast, braggadocio, gas, grandiloquence, hot air, rant
Words Related to brag

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 someone who boasts
  • She's always been an annoying brag.
Synonyms of brag

blower, blowhard, boaster, braggart, bragger, swaggerer, vaunter
Words Related to brag

blusterer

self-advertiser, self-dramatizer, self-promoter

brag

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of brag

to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess
  • She bragged that she was richer than anyone else in the state.
Synonyms of brag

blow, boast, crow, swagger, vaunt
Words Related to brag

bluster, harangue, puff

pride

gush

exult, glory, rejoice

brandish, display, exhibit, expose, flaunt, glorify, parade, show off

magnify, maximize
Phrases Synonymous with brag

blow smoke
Near Antonyms of brag

belittle, deprecate, diminish, discount, laugh off, minimize, play down, pooh-pooh (also pooh), shrug off, underrate, undervalue

bemoan, lament, mourn, regret

Synonym Discussion of brag

boast, brag, vaunt, crow mean to express pride in oneself or one's accomplishments. boast often suggests ostentation and exaggeration
    • boasts of every trivial success
, but it may imply a claiming with proper and justifiable pride.
    • the town boasts one of the best museums in the area
brag suggests crudity and artlessness in glorifying oneself.
    • bragging of their exploits
vaunt usually connotes more pomp and bombast than boast and less crudity or naïveté than brag.
    • vaunted his country's military might
crow usually implies exultant boasting or bragging.
    • crowed after winning the championship

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