VERB | communication | brag, boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade | show off |
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NOUN | communication | brag, bragging, crow, crowing, vaporing, line-shooting, gasconade | an instance of boastful talk |
ADJECTIVE | all | brag, boss | exceptionally good |
Sounds | brae'g | |
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Rhymes | Ag ... zigzag: 32 rhymes with aeg... |
Meaning | exceptionally good. | |
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Example | "his brag cornfield" | |
Synonym | boss | |
Broader | superior | Of high or superior quality or performance |
Usage of | colloquialism | A colloquial expression |
Meaning | An instance of boastful talk. | |
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Example | "his brag is worse than his fight" | |
Synonyms | bragging, crow, crowing, vaporing, line-shooting, gasconade | |
Broader | boast, boasting, self-praise, jactitation | speaking of yourself in superlatives |
Spanish | baladronada, bravata, bravuconería, fanfarronada, fanfarronería, pavoneo | |
Catalan | bravata, fanfarronada, fardada, vacil·lada | |
Adjectives | braggy | exhibiting self-importance |
Verbs | brag | show off |
Meaning | show off. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE; Somebody ----s to somebody | |
Synonyms | boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade | |
Narrower | gloat, triumph, crow | Dwell on with satisfaction |
puff | speak in a blustering or scornful manner | |
Broader | overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, magnify, amplify | To enlarge beyond bounds or the truth |
Spanish | alardear, bravear, dragonear, fachendear, fanfarronear, farolear, gallardear, gloriarse, jactarse, ostentar, presumir, ufanarse, vanagloriarse | |
Catalan | fanfarronejar, gallejar, jactar-se, vanar-se | |
Nouns | brag | an instance of boastful talk |
bragger, braggart | a very boastful and talkative person |
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