boast

1. 1.

   speaking of yourself in superlatives

   Synonymsboastingself-praisejactitation

   Broaderspeech act

   Narrowerbragbraggadociovauntself-assertion

Other forms of boast

plural

boasts·

past tense

boasted·

present participle

boasting·

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 boast

What does boast mean?

boast means "show off". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in boast?

boast has 1 syllable: boast. In IPA it is /ˈboʊst/.

What is another word for boast?

Close synonyms include tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas. 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 boast a common word?

boast is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.