| Main Entry: | brag |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | talk boastingly |
Synonyms: |
blow one's own horn, bluster*, boast, crow*, exult, gasconade, gloat, grandstand, hotdog, jive, mouth*, pat oneself on the back, prate, puff, rodomontade, showboat, shuck, swagger, vaunt |
Antonyms: |
be modest, be quiet, deprecate |
| Main Entry: | bluster |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bully, intimidate |
Synonyms: |
badger, boast, brag, brazen, browbeat, bulldoze, cow*, crow*, domineer, gloat, hector, rant, rave, ride the high horse, roar, roister, shoot off one's mouth, show off, storm, strut, swagger, swell, talk big, vapor, vaunt, yap |
| Main Entry: | exaggerate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | overstate, embellish |
Synonyms: |
amplify, blow out of proportion, boast, boost, brag, build up, caricature, color, cook up, corrupt, distort, embroider, emphasize, enlarge, exalt, expand, fabricate, falsify, fudge, go to extremes, heighten, hike, hyperbolize, inflate, intensify, lay it on thick, lie, loud talk, magnify, make too much of, misquote, misreport, misrepresent, overdo, overdraw, overemphasize, overestimate, pad, pretty up, puff, put on, pyramid, romance, romanticize, scam, stretch, up* |
Antonyms: |
depreciate, minimize, play down, reduce, understate |
| Main Entry: | exult |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | boast |
Synonyms: |
bluster, brag, bully, crow, gloat, glory, revel, show off, take delight in, triumph, vaunt |
| Notes: | exalt means to elevate, praise, or raise a person or thing; exult means to rejoice greatly |
Antonyms: |
conceal, hide |
| Main Entry: | overstate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exaggerate |
Synonyms: |
amplify, blow out of proportion, boast, boost, brag, build up, embellish, embroider, emphasize, enlarge, exalt, expand, fabricate, fudge, heighten, hike, inflate, lay it on thick, lie, magnify, misquote, misreport, misrepresent, overdo, overemphasize, overestimate, pad, play up, puff |
| Main Entry: | parade |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | show off; march |
Synonyms: |
advertise, air, boast, brag, brandish, declare, demonstrate, disclose, display, disport, divulge, exhibit, expose, flash, flaunt, march in review, prance, proclaim, publish, reveal, sport, strut, swagger, trot out, vaunt |
Antonyms: |
conceal, hide |
| Main Entry: | pride |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take pleasure in accomplishment |
Synonyms: |
be proud, boast, brag, congratulate, crow, exult, felicitate, flatter oneself, gasconade, glory in, hold head high, overbear, pique*, plume, prance, preen, presume, puff up, revel in, strut, swagger, swell, vaunt |
Antonyms: |
humble |
| Main Entry: | spout |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | talk forcefully |
Synonyms: |
boast, brag, chatter, declaim, expatiate, go on, gush, harangue, hold forth, orate, pontificate, ramble, rant, sermonize, shoot off one's mouth, speechify, spellbind, spiel, vapor, yell |
Antonyms: |
be quiet |
| Main Entry: | swagger |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | show off; walk pompously |
Synonyms: |
bluster, boast, brag, brandish, bully, cock, flourish, gasconade, gloat, grandstand, hector, look big, lord, parade, parade one's wares, peacock, play to the crowd, pontificate, prance, put on, put on airs, sashay, saunter, strut, swank, swashbuckle, sway, sweep, swell |
| Main Entry: | blow one's own horn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | congratulate oneself |
Synonyms: |
boast, brag, crow, gloat, grandstand, hug oneself, pat oneself on the back, toot one's own horn |