Synonyms of swaggering

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adjective

as in cocky

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cocky
• bombastic
• boastful
• braggart
• blusterous
• bumptious
• bragging
• blustery
• arrogant
• smug
• conceited
• vainglorious
• domineering
• pompous
• egotistic
• supercilious
• haughty
• cavalier
• uppity
• complacent
• bigheaded
• snooty
• egotistical
• braggy
• snobbish
• prideful
• chesty
• uppish
• overweening
• egoistic
• snobby
• self-satisfied
• assumptive
• self-important
• disdainful
• overconfident
• pontifical
• huffy
• swellheaded
• stuck-up
• egoistical
• self-conceited
• self-assertive
• imperious
• vain
• biggety
• lordly
• assured
• peremptory
• proud
• pretentious
• high-and-mighty
• self-asserting
• consequential
• toplofty
• superior
• confident
• masterful
• biggity
• fastuous
• high-handed
• holier-than-thou
• self-opinionated
• self-assured
• important
• lofty
• high-hat
• presumptuous
• toploftical
• highfalutin
• self-confident
• hifalutin
• selfish
• presuming
• self-contented
• self-glorifying
• self-congratulatory
• self-dramatizing
• self-promoting
• self-adulatory
• self-gratulatory
• self-engrossed
• self-centered
• self-applauding
• self-affected

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• humble
• modest
• diffident
• timid
• meek
• egoless
• unassertive
• unassuming
• self-doubting
• sheepish
• bashful
• uncomplacent
• unpretentious
• demure
• self-critical
• shy
• shrinking
• self-reproving
• introverted
• self-reproachful
• self-distrustful
• mousy
• retiring
• mousey
• down-to-earth
• overmodest
• unarrogant

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• humble
• modest
• diffident
• timid
• meek
• egoless
• unassertive
• unassuming
• self-doubting
• sheepish
• bashful
• uncomplacent
• unpretentious
• demure
• self-critical
• shy
• shrinking
• self-reproving
• introverted
• self-reproachful
• self-distrustful
• mousy
• retiring
• mousey
• down-to-earth
• overmodest
• unarrogant

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swaggering

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verb

present participle of swagger

1

as in boasting

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

• boasting
• bragging
• vaunting
• displaying
• blustering
• crowing
• exhibiting
• vaporing
• blowing
• bulling
• puffing
• haranguing
• gasconading
• blowing smoke
• gushing
• flaunting
• exulting
• parading
• glorying
• priding
• brandishing
• exposing
• rejoicing
• maximizing
• showing off
• glorifying
• magnifying

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• diminishing
• deprecating
• discounting
• belittling
• minimizing
• underrating
• poohing
• undervaluing
• pooh-poohing
• lamenting
• laughing off
• shrugging off
• playing down
• mourning
• bemoaning
• regretting

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• diminishing
• deprecating
• discounting
• belittling
• minimizing
• underrating
• poohing
• undervaluing
• pooh-poohing
• lamenting
• laughing off
• shrugging off
• playing down
• mourning
• bemoaning
• regretting

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2

as in strutting

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

• strutting
• prancing
• striding
• stalking
• sashaying
• shuffling
• mincing
• sweeping
• stepping
• tiptoeing
• parading
• lurching
• flouncing
• shambling
• staggering
• padding
• treading
• traipsing
• pussyfooting
• promenading
• pacing
• lumbering
• pounding