Synonyms of grandiloquence

grandiloquence

noun

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
• rhodomontade
• gasconade
• bull
• gas
• fanfaronade
• oratory
• pomposity
• rhapsody
• turgidity
• verbosity
• prattle
• babble
• jawing
• gabble
• windiness
• 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

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