tout

1. 1.

   advertize in strongly positive terms

   “This product was touted as a revolutionary invention”

   Broaderpronounce
2. 2.

   show off

   Synonymsboastswashshoot a linebraggasblowblustervauntgasconade

   Broaderoverstate

   Narrowerpuffgloat

Other forms of tout

plural

touts·

past tense

touted·

present participle

touting·

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 tout

What does tout mean?

tout means "someone who buys tickets to an event in order to resell them at a profit". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in tout?

tout has 1 syllable: tout. In IPA it is /ˈtaʊt/.

What is another word for tout?

Close synonyms include ticket tout, touter, tipster, boast, swash. 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 tout a common word?

tout 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.

What rhymes with tout?

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