Thesaurus:braggart

Thesaurus

braggart

English

Noun

Sense: person who talks with excessive pride about themselves

Synonyms

• blower
• blowhard
• blusterer
• boaster
• braggadocian
• braggadocio
• braggart
• bragger
• bully
• cacafogo
• cacafuego
• cracker (obsolete)
• gascon
• huffcap
• huffer
• poseur
• pseud
• vaunter

Hypernyms

• person    [⇒ thesaurus]

Various

• big mouth
• blowhard
• gasbag
• loudmouth
• peacock
• windbag

See also

• Thesaurus:arrogance
• Thesaurus:arrogant

Further reading

• “884. boasting” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “887. blusterer” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “braggart” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.
• braggart, bragger, boaster at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.