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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: | green |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | emerald in color |
| Synonyms: | apple, aquamarine, beryl, bice, blue-green, chartreuse, fir, forest, grass, greenish-blue, jade, kelly, lime, malachite, moss, olive, pea, peacock, pine, sage, sap, sea, spinach, verdigris, vert, viridian, willow |
| Main Entry: | pose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sit, stand in place |
| Synonyms: | arrange, model, peacock, poise, position, posture, sit for, strike a pose, strut |
| Antonyms: | go, move |
| Main Entry: | pose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pretend, fake |
| Synonyms: | act, affect, attitudinize, feign, grandstand, impersonate, make believe, make out like, masquerade, pass off, peacock, playact, posture, profess, purport, put on airs, put up a front, sham*, show off*, strike an attitude, take off as |
| Antonyms: | be genuine |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | strut |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | walk pompously |
| Synonyms: | flaunt, flounce, grandstand, mince, parade, peacock, play to audience, prance, put on airs, sashay, show off, stalk, stride, swagger, swank, sweep |
| Main Entry: | swagger |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | show off; walk pompously |
| Synonyms: | bluster, boast, brag, brandish, bully, cock, flourish, gasconade, gloat, grandstand, hector, look big, lord, parade, parade one's wares, peacock, play to the crowd, pontificate, prance, put on, put on airs, sashay, saunter, strut, swank, swashbuckle, sway, sweep, swell |
| Main Entry: | swank |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | strut |
| Synonyms: | flaunt, flounce, grandstand, mince, parade, peacock, play to audience, prance, put on airs, sashay, show off*, stalk, stride, swagger, swash, sweep |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | swash |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | strut |
| Synonyms: | flaunt, flounce, grandstand, mince, parade, peacock, play to audience, prance, put on airs, sashay, show off*, stalk, stride, swagger, swank, sweep |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | vaunter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | braggart |
| Synonyms: | bag of wind, big talker, big-timer, bigmouth, 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 |
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