braggart

Other forms of braggart

plural

braggarts·

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 braggart

What does braggart mean?

braggart means "a very boastful and talkative person". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in braggart?

braggart has 2 syllables: brag-gart. The stress falls on "brag".

What is another word for braggart?

Close synonyms include bragger, boaster, 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 braggart a common word?

braggart 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.