braggadocio

Questions about braggadocio

What does braggadocio mean?

braggadocio means "vain and empty boasting".

How many syllables are in braggadocio?

braggadocio has 5 syllables: brag-ga-do-ci-o. The stress falls on "do". In IPA it is /ˌbɹæɡəˈdoʊʃiˌoʊ/.

What is another word for braggadocio?

Close synonyms include bluster, rodomontade, rhodomontade. 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 braggadocio a common word?

braggadocio 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.

What rhymes with braggadocio?

35 words rhyme with braggadocio. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.