Synonyms of vaunt

vaunt 1 of 3

verb (1)

as in to boast

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

even the noblest of fellows have been known to vaunt a bit

Synonyms & Similar Words

• boast
• brag
• display
• pride
• swagger
• exhibit
• blow
• crow
• vapor
• bull
• glory
• bluster
• exult
• blow smoke
• puff
• gasconade
• harangue
• rejoice
• gush
• flaunt
• brandish
• expose
• parade
• maximize
• glorify
• show off
• magnify

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• belittle
• minimize
• diminish
• underrate
• undervalue
• deprecate
• discount
• pooh
• play down
• laugh off
• regret
• lament
• shrug off
• mourn
• pooh-pooh
• bemoan

vaunt

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noun

as in swagger

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

vaunting

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verb (2)

present participle of vaunt

as in boasting

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

even the noblest of fellows have been known to vaunt a bit

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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