Fanfaron

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. bully
  • n. boaster
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A bully; a hector; a swaggerer; an empty boaster.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A bully; a hector; a swaggerer; an empty boaster; a vain pretender.
  • n. Noisy or boastful parade; ostentation; fanfare.
  • Word Usage
    "Walpole from then on ridiculed GW, calling him a fanfaron braggart, and saying that he soon “learned to blush for his rodomontade.”"
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    fanfare    fanfares   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    bully    hector    swaggerer   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    hasard    swaggerer    tour    pain    diable