Synonyms of gasconade

gasconade 1 of 2

noun

ˌga-skə-ˈnād 

as in hot air

boastful speech or writing

if you believe the gasconade of his memoirs, he pretty much won World War II on his own

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hot air
• rhetoric
• fanfaronade
• rodomontade
• magniloquence
• chatter
• cockalorum
• gas
• brag
• rant
• bull
• grandiloquence
• bombast
• braggadocio
• bluster
• rhapsody
• turgidity
• oratory
• wind
• pomposity
• prattle
• jawing
• verbosity
• babble
• jabber
• windiness
• gibberish
• gabble
• swagger
• gibber
• drivel
• egotism
• prating
• blab
• patter
• yammering
• bloviation
• vaunt
• self-importance
• self-conceit

gasconade

2 of 2

verb

as in to boast

to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess

the Baron Münchhausen was so notorious for gasconading about his purported exploits as soldier and hunter that his name has become synonymous with the telling of tall tales

Synonyms & Similar Words

• boast
• brag
• display
• blow
• vapor
• bull
• blow smoke
• exhibit
• pride
• crow
• swagger
• vaunt
• show off
• glory
• puff
• parade
• gush
• expose
• maximize
• rejoice
• bluster
• exult
• harangue
• flaunt
• glorify
• magnify
• brandish

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• minimize
• play down
• shrug off
• diminish
• discount
• laugh off
• belittle
• deprecate
• underrate
• undervalue
• regret
• mourn
• pooh-pooh
• lament
• bemoan

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of gasconade

Noun

His early career was marked by the sort of gasconade many fans of the NFL had come to adore and many MLB executives and players had come to loathe. — Robert Klemko, The MMQB, 13 July 2017

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