brag

1 of 3

noun

ˈbrag

: a pompous or boastful statement

: arrogant talk or manner : cockiness

: braggart

brag

2 of 3

verb

bragged; bragging

intransitive verb

: to talk boastfully

always bragging about his success

transitive verb

: to assert boastfully

bragged that she was the faster runner on her team

bragger

ˈbra-gər

noun

braggy

ˈbra-gē

adjective

brag

3 of 3

adjective

bragger; braggest

: first-rate

Synonyms

Noun

bluster
bombast
braggadocio
bull [slang]
cockalorum
fanfaronade
gas
gasconade
grandiloquence
hot air
magniloquence
rant
rodomontade
rhodomontade

Verb

blow
boast
bull [slang]
crow
gasconade
swagger
vapor
vaunt

Adjective

A-OK
A1
awesome
bang-up
banner
beautiful
blue-chip
blue-ribbon
boffo
bonny [chiefly British]
bonnie
boss [slang]
brave
bully
bumper
capital
choice
classic
cool [slang]
corking
crackerjack
cracking
dandy
divine
dope [slang]
down [slang]
dynamite
excellent
fab
fabulous
famous
fantabulous [slang]
fantastic
fine
first-class
first-rate
first-string
five-star
four-star
frontline
gangbusters
gangbuster
gilt-edged
gilt-edge
gone [slang]
grand
great
groovy
heavenly
high-class
hot
hype [slang]
immense
jim-dandy
keen
lovely
marvelous
marvellous
mean
neat
nifty
noble
number one
No. 1
numero uno
out-of-sight [slang]
par excellence
peachy
peachy keen
phat [slang]
prime
primo [slang]
prize
prizewinning
quality
radical [slang]
righteous [slang]
sensational
slick
splendid
stellar
sterling
superb
superior
superlative
supernal
swell
terrific
tip-top
top
top-notch
top-of-the-line
top-shelf
topflight
topping [chiefly British]
unsurpassed
wizard [chiefly British]
wonderful

See all Synonyms & Antonyms

Example Sentences

Noun for all his brag about diving, he actually does very little he's an irritating brag whose sense of selfhood is defined by what he owns Verb After winning the race, she couldn't stop bragging. “I don't mean to brag,” he said, “but I'm an excellent cook.” He bragged that his daughter was the best student in her class. “I'm the fastest runner on the team,” she bragged. Adjective he did a really brag job on restoring that classic car See More

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Blanco is married and childless, but his paternalistic brag is that the company is his family.

Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2022 The most-coveted, bestselling, and top-rated (no brag) hot rollers from BaByliss are on sale now for Amazon Prime Day.

ELLE, 13 July 2022 While still plenty explicit, We Can’t Be Stopped served as another huge posture-shift for the group, eschewing rap’s typical boast-and-brag for the blues tradition of lamenting trauma caused by loose living.

Jonathan Rowe, SPIN, 28 June 2022 Quickly, though, the GeoGuessr video became about high scores—somewhere between a brag and, for a passionate and skeptical online community, proof.

Max Norman, The New Yorker, 24 June 2022 The real question, though, is whether the town is ready for the inevitable influx of tourists and art lovers in search of their next geotag brag.

Leena Kim, Town & Country, 14 June 2022 No child has ever read faster, which is not a brag.

Elinor Lipman, Washington Post, 26 May 2022 Overnight a copy of your résumé with something clever, funny or interesting—photoshop yourself into a team photo, send your brag book, create a QR code with an introduction video or solve a problem, for example—make an effort.

Expert Panel®, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2022 Bob McKillop, legendary coach of the giant-killing Davidson basketball team, slid a humble brag into his post-game words after his team’s 79-78 upset of No.10 Alabama.

Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 22 Dec. 2021

Verb

CoffeeAndMilk Not to brag or anything, but my lips take up a decent amount of real estate on my face.

Tatjana Freund, ELLE, 30 Aug. 2022 Just to brag a little bit about something, there’s a program called PGA Create that just started this year that Google helped finance.

Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Aug. 2022 These are the same people who work extra hard to ensure others are aware of their vast knowledge base, using every opportunity to brag.

Amy Blaschka, Forbes, 9 Aug. 2022 To just love your body, any shape color form, its your body, love it, show it off, brag about it.

Stephen Daw, Billboard, 28 June 2022 And, as if that wasn't enough, Guttman as a finance major can brag on his grandfather's business acumen.

Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 17 June 2022 Armed with a rigorous ranking system, investors could make smarter decisions based on firms’ data practices: A VC fund might brag about only backing firms with Gold or better ratings, for instance.

Yacov Salomon, Forbes, 5 May 2022 Lance Leipold wasn’t going to going to brag on that win without a little coercion.

Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 14 July 2022 White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre took to Twitter to brag about falling gas prices while blasting oil refiners for making profits Thursday.

Lindsay Kornick, Fox News, 22 July 2022

Adjective

This will also give you a brag bank to pull from when the interviewer asks you to articulate your strengths.

Dominique Law, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2021 The Wild Insulated Water Bottle Allow us to humble-brag about The Wild water bottle with the cool logo of the L.A. Times newsletter about the outdoors in Southern California.

Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2021 Extremely familiar forays into bass-heavy brag rap, whooshing R&B, and Afrobeats break up the slog.

Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2021 Lays down brag-worthy numbers, draws every eye, amazing value.

K.c. Colwell, Car and Driver, 2 Sep. 2020 See More

单词	bragging
释义	brag 1 of 3 noun ˈbrag 1 : a pompous or boastful statement 2 : arrogant talk or manner : cockiness 3 : braggart brag 2 of 3 verb bragged; bragging intransitive verb : to talk boastfully always bragging about his success transitive verb : to assert boastfully bragged that she was the faster runner on her team bragger ˈbra-gər noun braggy ˈbra-gē adjective brag 3 of 3 adjective bragger; braggest : first-rate Synonyms Noun bluster bombast braggadocio bull [slang] cockalorum fanfaronade gas gasconade grandiloquence hot air magniloquence rant rodomontade rhodomontade Verb blow boast bull [slang] crow gasconade swagger vapor vaunt Adjective A-OK A1 awesome bang-up banner beautiful blue-chip blue-ribbon boffo bonny [chiefly British] bonnie boss [slang] brave bully bumper capital choice classic cool [slang] corking crackerjack cracking dandy divine dope [slang] down [slang] dynamite excellent fab fabulous famous fantabulous [slang] fantastic fine first-class first-rate first-string five-star four-star frontline gangbusters gangbuster gilt-edged gilt-edge gone [slang] grand great groovy heavenly high-class hot hype [slang] immense jim-dandy keen lovely marvelous marvellous mean neat nifty noble number one No. 1 numero uno out-of-sight [slang] par excellence peachy peachy keen phat [slang] prime primo [slang] prize prizewinning quality radical [slang] righteous [slang] sensational slick splendid stellar sterling superb superior superlative supernal swell terrific tip-top top top-notch top-of-the-line top-shelf topflight topping [chiefly British] unsurpassed wizard [chiefly British] wonderful See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Noun for all his brag about diving, he actually does very little he's an irritating brag whose sense of selfhood is defined by what he owns Verb After winning the race, she couldn't stop bragging. “I don't mean to brag,” he said, “but I'm an excellent cook.” He bragged that his daughter was the best student in her class. “I'm the fastest runner on the team,” she bragged. Adjective he did a really brag job on restoring that classic car See More Recent Examples on the Web Noun Blanco is married and childless, but his paternalistic brag is that the company is his family. Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2022 The most-coveted, bestselling, and top-rated (no brag) hot rollers from BaByliss are on sale now for Amazon Prime Day. ELLE, 13 July 2022 While still plenty explicit, We Can’t Be Stopped served as another huge posture-shift for the group, eschewing rap’s typical boast-and-brag for the blues tradition of lamenting trauma caused by loose living. Jonathan Rowe, SPIN, 28 June 2022 Quickly, though, the GeoGuessr video became about high scores—somewhere between a brag and, for a passionate and skeptical online community, proof. Max Norman, The New Yorker, 24 June 2022 The real question, though, is whether the town is ready for the inevitable influx of tourists and art lovers in search of their next geotag brag. Leena Kim, Town & Country, 14 June 2022 No child has ever read faster, which is not a brag. Elinor Lipman, Washington Post, 26 May 2022 Overnight a copy of your résumé with something clever, funny or interesting—photoshop yourself into a team photo, send your brag book, create a QR code with an introduction video or solve a problem, for example—make an effort. Expert Panel®, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2022 Bob McKillop, legendary coach of the giant-killing Davidson basketball team, slid a humble brag into his post-game words after his team’s 79-78 upset of No.10 Alabama. Joseph Goodman \| Jgoodman@al.com, al, 22 Dec. 2021 Verb CoffeeAndMilk Not to brag or anything, but my lips take up a decent amount of real estate on my face. Tatjana Freund, ELLE, 30 Aug. 2022 Just to brag a little bit about something, there’s a program called PGA Create that just started this year that Google helped finance. Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Aug. 2022 These are the same people who work extra hard to ensure others are aware of their vast knowledge base, using every opportunity to brag. Amy Blaschka, Forbes, 9 Aug. 2022 To just love your body, any shape color form, its your body, love it, show it off, brag about it. Stephen Daw, Billboard, 28 June 2022 And, as if that wasn't enough, Guttman as a finance major can brag on his grandfather's business acumen. Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 17 June 2022 Armed with a rigorous ranking system, investors could make smarter decisions based on firms’ data practices: A VC fund might brag about only backing firms with Gold or better ratings, for instance. Yacov Salomon, Forbes, 5 May 2022 Lance Leipold wasn’t going to going to brag on that win without a little coercion. Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 14 July 2022 White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre took to Twitter to brag about falling gas prices while blasting oil refiners for making profits Thursday. Lindsay Kornick, Fox News, 22 July 2022 Adjective This will also give you a brag bank to pull from when the interviewer asks you to articulate your strengths. Dominique Law, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2021 The Wild Insulated Water Bottle Allow us to humble-brag about The Wild water bottle with the cool logo of the L.A. Times newsletter about the outdoors in Southern California. Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2021 Extremely familiar forays into bass-heavy brag rap, whooshing R&B, and Afrobeats break up the slog. Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2021 Lays down brag-worthy numbers, draws every eye, amazing value. K.c. Colwell, Car and Driver, 2 Sep. 2020 See More Word History Etymology Noun Middle English, "ostentation, presumption," perhaps noun derivative of earlier brag, "ostentatious, spirited," of obscure origin Verb Middle English braggen, noun derivative of brag brag entry 1 Adjective probably adjectival derivative of brag entry 1 or brag entry 2 First Known Use Noun 14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2 Verb 14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense Adjective 1836, in the meaning defined above Phrases Containing brag humble-brag humble-brag Kids Definition brag verb ˈbrag bragged; bragging : to speak in a way that shows too much pride : boast She bragged about all the awards she'd won. bragging 1 of 2 adjective as in boastful Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance boastful braggart braggy swaggering cocky bombastic conceited smug arrogant vainglorious blusterous uppity bigheaded proud assured egotistic prideful snobbish snobby complacent domineering haughty bumptious snooty egotistical supercilious blustery assumptive pompous egoistic chesty swellheaded vain huffy cavalier biggety pontifical stuck-up important pretentious superior toplofty overconfident disdainful egoistical overweening self-satisfied self-important self-conceited uppish fastuous consequential high-and-mighty biggity presuming lofty confident lordly presumptuous toploftical peremptory masterful selfish imperious self-asserting hifalutin self-assertive holier-than-thou highfalutin self-opinionated high-handed self-congratulatory self-promoting self-adulatory self-assured self-glorifying high-hat self-applauding self-gratulatory self-contented self-confident self-dramatizing self-centered self-affected self-engrossed Antonyms & Near Antonyms humble modest timid diffident uncomplacent meek bashful egoless shy self-reproving unassuming unassertive sheepish shrinking self-reproachful retiring self-distrustful unpretentious self-doubting self-critical introverted unarrogant demure overmodest mousy mousey down-to-earth See More bragging 2 of 2 verb present participle of brag as in boasting to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess she bragged that she was richer than anyone else in the state Synonyms & Similar Words boasting vaunting crowing displaying swaggering exhibiting blowing vaporing bulling gushing blustering flaunting puffing blowing smoke priding exulting glorying haranguing rejoicing gasconading exposing parading maximizing showing off glorifying brandishing magnifying Antonyms & Near Antonyms belittling minimizing discounting diminishing poohing undervaluing underrating pooh-poohing deprecating bemoaning lamenting laughing off regretting playing down shrugging off mourning See More
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