bluster

1. 1.

   blow hard; be gusty, as of wind

   “A southeaster blustered onshore”

   “The flames blustered”

   Broaderblow
2. 2.

   show off

   Synonymsboasttoutswashshoot a linebraggasblowvauntgasconade

   Broaderoverstate

   Narrowerpuffgloat
3. 3.

   act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner

   Synonymsswaggerswash

   Broaderact

Other forms of bluster

plural

blusters·

past tense

blusterred·

present participle

blusterring·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about bluster

What does bluster mean?

bluster means "noisy confusion and turbulence". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in bluster?

bluster has 2 syllables: blus-ter. The stress falls on "blus". In IPA it is /ˈblʌstɚ/.

What is another word for bluster?

Close synonyms include bravado, braggadocio, rodomontade, rhodomontade, boast. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bluster a common word?

bluster is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.