English noun: boasting | |||
1. | boasting (communication) speaking of yourself in superlatives | ||
Synonyms | boast, jactitation, self-praise | ||
Broader (hypernym) | speech act | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | bluster, brag, braggadocio, bragging, crow, crowing, gasconade, line-shooting, rhodomontade, rodomontade, self-assertion, vaporing, vaunt | ||