Thesaurus:boastful

Thesaurus

boastful

English

Adjective

Sense: tending to boast or brag

Synonyms

• boastful
• bragging
• crowing
• gasconade
• spread-eagle (US, humorous)
• swaggering
• thrasonic
• thrasonical
• vaunting

Antonyms

• humble    [⇒ thesaurus]
• modest
• quiet    [⇒ thesaurus]
• shy    [⇒ thesaurus]
• silent    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hypernyms

• arrogant    [⇒ thesaurus]
• proud
• triumphant
• vain    [⇒ thesaurus]

Various

• bravado

See also

• Thesaurus:braggart
• Thesaurus:verbose

Further reading

• “884. boasting” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “boastful” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.