Defenition of the word boast
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Defenition of the word boast
- To show off.
- speaking of yourself in superlatives
- show off
- wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner; "she was sporting a new hat"
- wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner
Synonyms for the word boast
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- assertion
- blow
- blow your own horn
- bluster
- boasting
- brag
- claim
- display
- enjoy
- feature
- gas
- gasconade
- have
- jactitation
- lay claim to
- possess
- pride yourself on
- self-praise
- shoot a line
- show off
- sing your own praises
- sport
- swank
- swash
- tout
- vaunt
Similar words in the boast
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- boast
- boasted
- boaster
- boaster's
- boasters
- boastful
- boastfully
- boastfulness
- boastfulness's
- boasting
- boasts
Hyponyms for the word boast
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- bluster
- brag
- braggadocio
- bragging
- crow
- crowing
- gasconade
- gloat
- line-shooting
- puff
- rhodomontade
- rodomontade
- self-assertion
- triumph
- vaporing
- vaunt
Hypernyms for the word boast
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- amplify
- exaggerate
- feature
- have
- hyerbolise
- hyperbolise
- hyperbolize
- magnify
- overdraw
- overstate
- speech act
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