Synonyms of touting

touting

verb

present participle of tout

1

as in announcing

to praise or publicize lavishly and often excessively

a new cleaning agent touted as the only product a homeowner needs for all his or her cleaning chores

Synonyms & Similar Words

• announcing
• trumpeting
• promoting
• advertising
• acclaiming
• extolling
• commending
• offering
• ballyhooing
• lauding
• glorifying
• applauding
• proclaiming
• tub-thumping
• cracking up
• blowing up
• crying up
• complimenting
• claiming
• eulogizing
• heralding
• pronouncing
• publicizing
• blaring
• declaring
• asserting
• magnifying
• plugging
• blazing
• averring
• boosting
• advancing
• blazoning
• laying down
• making out

2

as in praising

to declare enthusiastic approval of

statements from several former patients touting the doctor's alleged cancer cure

Synonyms & Similar Words

• praising
• hailing
• applauding
• acclaiming
• saluting
• commending
• lauding
• cheering
• endorsing
• accrediting
• extolling
• cracking up
• recommending
• approving
• rising (to)
• celebrating
• ballyhooing
• favoring
• doffing one's hat to
• clapping
• eulogizing
• supporting
• emblazoning
• singing
• rooting (for)
• flattering
• glorifying
• magnifying
• bravoing
• idolizing
• overpraising
• deifying
• belauding
• adulating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• knocking
• slamming
• disparaging
• panning
• belittling
• blaming
• criticizing
• putting down
• admonishing
• censuring
• chiding
• rebuking
• reprimanding
• reprobating
• castigating
• lambasting
• reproaching
• excoriating
• reproving
• vilifying
• discommending
• skewering
• reprehending
• slagging
• keelhauling

3

as in promoting

to provide publicity for

an avalanche of ads touting the new movie

Synonyms & Similar Words

• promoting
• selling
• announcing
• publicizing
• hyping
• advertising
• ballyhooing
• plugging
• praising
• boosting
• pushing
• pitching
• hailing
• endorsing
• lauding
• talking up
• reviewing
• beating the drum (for)
• recommending
• publishing
• merchandising
• barking
• acclaiming
• broadcasting
• plonking (for)
• plumping (for)
• plunking (for)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of touting

Flores, a political newcomer, made his first national appearance at the Republican National Committee’s midterm convention in Dallas, touting his commitment to border security and accusing Gonzalez of allowing migrants to make the community unsafe. — Christopher Buchanan, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026

Meta is touting Muse's ability to book appointments and travel, fill out electronic forms for users, and monitor home security cameras. — Jonathan Vanian,ari Levy, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2026

The critical resource is used to help applicants achieve funding for higher education and department officials are touting the FAFSA as its simplest version ever. — Arthur Jones Ii, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026

Theroux emphatically does not write travel guides touting luxury experiences. — Heller McAlpin, Christian Science Monitor, 23 Sep. 2026

Over time that label has grown into a kind of manifesto for diversity and inclusion and women’s empowerment, touting individuality. — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 21 Sep. 2026

Trump has spent nearly a year touting his plans to build an arch at Memorial Circle, a traffic roundabout. — Dan Diamond, Arkansas Online, 21 Sep. 2026

Yet more than 80 businesses apparently flouted LegitScript's rules while touting its seal of approval, a CBS News investigation found. — Daniel Gilbert, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026

Meanwhile, the New York State Education Department has been touting progress, not decline. — Zilvinas "z" Silenas, New York Daily News, 14 Sep. 2026