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Braggart

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. One given to loud, empty boasting; a bragger.

adj. Boastful.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. someone who boasts.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A boaster.

adj. Boastful.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Boastful; vauntingly ostentatious.

n. A boaster; a vaunting fellow.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. exhibiting self-importance

n. a very boastful and talkative person

Word Usage

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Equivalent

proud

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

egotist swellhead egoist

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

boaster boastful braggadocio bragger

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

roisterer boaster libertine weakling braggadocio