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 Wordbraggart: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
braggart: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary