Synonyms of grandiloquence

grandiloquence

noun

gran-ˈdi-lə-kwən(t)s 

1

as in rhetoric

boastful speech or writing

a heavyweight champion who was famous for his entertaining grandiloquence prior to every match

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

2

as in bombast

language that is impressive-sounding but not meaningful or sincere

the predictably wearisome grandiloquence of the speeches at a political convention

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of grandiloquence

Much of that singularity was centered in McCarthy’s prose, which ricocheted—sometimes gracefully, sometimes jarringly—between gruff matter-of-factness and soaring, biblical grandiloquence. — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 13 June 2023

Several of them can fly, and all have at least a touch of grandiloquence to them. — Michael Nordine, Variety, 11 Aug. 2022

Rylance plays him with chest puffed out into grandiloquence, the painful shuffle of a man with no unbroken bones, and the periodic grace of a pixie. — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 14 June 2022

Many times, vision statements end up being washed up by grandiloquence. — Nacho De Marco, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2022

There will be plenty more rhetoric, pomposity and grandiloquence in the next few weeks as negotiations between the union and MLB get hot and heavy. — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 13 May 2020

Behind the grandiloquence of his note was a young man, alone, under extraordinary stress. — Barton Gellman, Washington Post, 11 May 2020

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