BRAGGART Synonyms: 129 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

ˈbra-gərt

Definition of braggart

as in cock

someone who boasts a braggart who was always talking about how much money he made

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adjective

as in boastful

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Noun

Of the many incarnations of the narcissist, there is the braggart, and there is also the neurotic. — Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2025 Still, Kimmel never came off as a braggart. — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 24 Sep. 2025

Adjective

Big Red might be a braggart, a bully and rotten to the core, but Lasdun invokes Thomas De Quincey’s neat point about how a man’s capacity to rob says nothing about his propensity to murder. — Literary Hub, 25 June 2026 Of the many incarnations of the narcissist, there is the braggart, and there is also the neurotic. — Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for braggart

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Noun

The movie is based on the true story of a whistle-blower who exposed Facebook’s secrets.

— The New Yorker, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2026
The blower was created by an aerospace company after its engineers realized their expertise in quiet jet propulsion could be a salve to suburbia.

— Richard Eisenberg, Time, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of blower

Adjective

He a notoriously vain, boastful and fame-obsessed wizard well versed in Memory Charms who is recruited by Dumbledore as Professor of Defence Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts.

— Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 24 Aug. 2026
Defense witnesses pointed to boastful teens, fireworks-like flashes and uncertain ignition points, with an expert arguing that fireworks were the likely cause and that prosecutors lack proof that a lighter sparked the blaze.

— Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2026

Definition of boastful

Noun

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has lent some backing in their own study to Waymo’s safety brag.

— Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 11 Oct. 2026
One of the Roundhouse’s biggest brags is an extensive liquor collection, highlighting spirits produced in New York State.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of brag

Adjective

Innanen‘s characters in the five-episode series include a manager lacking confidence, a cocky cruise specialist, an adventure expert who deeply fears adventure and a Francophile who hasn‘t left American soil since the late ’90s.

— Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026
On the field, there’s drama between head coach Danny Roarke (Christopher Meloni) and the cocky quarterback.

— Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of cocky

Noun

But smokejumpers generally eschew the spotlight—even a hint of braggadocio amid their ranks is looked down upon—and so their work feels especially shrouded.

— M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2026
Against this stripped down but still bumping backdrop, Christmas and Crack’s loose, witty braggadocio shines.

— Brendan Hay, SPIN, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of braggadocio

Adjective

In between the swaggering pronouncements, Jaggseer waxes poetic about dusty roads and Chevy trucks and reflects on humble beginnings and hard work.

— Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026
That year, the group, whose official name is Ansar Allah, surged to prominence by capturing Sana’a, the country’s capital, a swaggering first step in their evolution from a scruffy militia to the rulers of large swaths of Yemeni territory.

— Kareem Fahim, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of swaggering

Adjective

Played by Jesse Eisenberg, Zuckerberg is dramatized as a conceited, socially awkward college student who repeatedly burns allies in pursuit of power.

— Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
Meanwhile, Johnson reprises his role as Moana's bantering reluctant partner, the shapeshifting trickster demigod Maui, alongside Jemaine Clement again voicing the conceited giant crustacean Tamatoa.

— Brian Truitt, USA Today, 9 July 2026

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