Synonyms of swaggered

swaggered

verb

past tense of swagger

1

as in boasted

to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess

I, too, would swagger if I'd won first place in the bowling tournament

Synonyms & Similar Words

• boasted
• bragged
• crowed
• displayed
• bulled
• blew
• exhibited
• vaunted
• blustered
• blew smoke
• prided
• puffed
• gushed
• vapored
• harangued
• gasconaded
• paraded
• exulted
• gloried
• flaunted
• exposed
• rejoiced
• brandished
• maximized
• showed off
• magnified
• glorified

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• diminished
• minimized
• belittled
• discounted
• laughed off
• undervalued
• shrugged off
• underrated
• played down
• regretted
• deprecated
• lamented
• mourned
• pooh-poohed
• bemoaned

2

as in strutted

to walk with exaggerated arm and leg movements

hoping to impress the women at the bar, the young man confidently swaggered across the room

Synonyms & Similar Words

• strutted
• stalked
• strode
• pranced
• sashayed
• stepped
• tiptoed
• shuffled
• swept
• flounced
• minced
• paraded
• lurched
• padded
• traipsed
• staggered
• promenaded
• shambled
• trod
• paced
• pussyfooted
• lumbered
• pounded

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of swaggered

Jeezy, Teyana Taylor, Jermaine Dupri, Usher, Swizz Beatz, Rihanna (who briefly out-swaggered Jay), Pharrell, and Beyoncé, backed by the Mayyas, a Lebanese dance group. — Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026

In San Ángel, those men swaggered around town, smoking marijuana and blasting banda music from their flashy trucks. — Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026

The buck stopped, stared, detected no threat and turned and swaggered away. — Michael Hanback, Outdoor Life, 16 Oct. 2019

Attendee’s workday blues than completely vanished thanks to Billboard‘s Hip-Hop Rookie of the Year GELO, who swaggered about the stage and ignited the party with the littest cuts off his debut album, League of My Own. — Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019