Definition of BRAGGART

braggart

Plural: braggarts

Noun

  • A person who boasts about their achievements or possessions.
  • a very boastful and talkative person
  • Someone who constantly brags or boasts.

Adjective Satellite

  • exhibiting self-importance

Adj

  • Characterized by boasting; boastful.

Examples

  • The BRAGGART at the table wouldn’t stop talking about their record-breaking Scrabble score.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle French bragard (“bragging, flaunting, vain", also "a showy, arrogant individual”), from braguer (“to boast, brag”). No firm relation to English brag has been established.

Synonyms

big, blowhard, boaster, boastful, bragger, bragging, braggy, cock-a-hoop, crowing, line-shooter, self-aggrandising, self-aggrandizing, vaunter, blower, blusterer, braggadocian, braggadocio, braggart, bully, cacafogo, cacafuego, cracker, gascon, huffcap, huffer, poseur, pseud

Scrabble Score: 12

braggart: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
braggart: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
braggart: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

braggart: valid Words With Friends Word