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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who talks boastingly |
| Synonyms: | bag of wind, big talker, big-timer, bigmouth, blatherskite, blowhard, blusterer, boaster, brag, braggadocio, bragger, egotist, exhibitionist, gasbag, gascon, grandstander, hotshot, know-it-all, peacock, ranter, raver, show-off, strutter, swaggerer, swashbuckler, swelled head, trumpeter, windbag |
| Main Entry: | hot dog |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | showoff |
| Synonyms: | boaster, braggart, crowd-pleaser, granstander, showboat |
| Notes: | a frankfurter is a smoked sausage, hot dog describes a frankfurter served in a bun or roll, and wiener is actually 'wienerwurst' or Vienna sausage and later became a synonym for frankfurter |
| Main Entry: | know-it-all |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | one who claims full knowledge |
| Synonyms: | braggart, brain, brain*, intellectual, smart aleck, smart aleck, smart-ass, smarty-pants, walking encyclopedia, windbag, wise guy, wiseacre |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | showoff |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who brags about him- or herself |
| Synonyms: | boaster, braggadocio, braggart, egotist, exhibitionist, swaggerer, vulgarian |
| Antonyms: | introvert |
| Main Entry: | snob |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who looks down on others |
| Synonyms: | braggart, highbrow, name-dropper, parvenu, pretender, smarty pants, stiff neck, upstart |
| Main Entry: | rodomontade |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | exaggeration |
| Synonyms: | bluster, boast, bombast, braggart, grandiloquence, pretension, pride, rant |
| Main Entry: | windbag |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bigmouth, chatterer |
| Synonyms: | bag of wind, big talker, blabberer, blowhard, boaster, braggart, bragger, gasbag, gascon, jabberer, know-it-all, motor-mouth |
| Main Entry: | egotist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | narcissist |
| Synonyms: | boaster, braggart, egoist, egomaniac |
| Notes: | an egoist thinks the world revolves around him, an egotist is someone who cannot stop talking about himself |
| Main Entry: | exhibitionist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | show-off |
| Synonyms: | braggart, flasher, flaunter, grandstander, pervert |
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