3.5.1.7.3 Boast
Use this domain for words related to boasting--to say something good about yourself, especially to make it seem that you are better than you really are.
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(1) What words refer to boasting?
Example words: boast, brag, claim, crow, bravado, name-drop, praise yourself, swagger, toot your own horn, blow your own trumpet, vaunt yourself
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(2) What words refer to the act of boasting?
Example words: boasting, bragging, name-dropping
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(3) What words refer to what is said when boasting?
Example words: boast (n), claim (n)
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(4) What words describe a person who boasts?
Example words: boastful, vain, proud, big-headed, be all talk, be all bluster
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(5) What words refer to a person who boasts?
Example words: blowhard, braggart, bighead, name-dropper