boaster

Questions about boaster

What does boaster mean?

boaster means "a very boastful and talkative person".

How many syllables are in boaster?

boaster has 3 syllables and divides as bo-a-ster under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for boaster?

Close synonyms include bragger, braggart, blowhard, line-shooter, vaunter. 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 boaster a common word?

boaster is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.