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BOASTER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does boaster mean?
• BOASTER (noun)
The noun BOASTER has 1 sense:
1. a very boastful and talkative person
Familiarity information: BOASTER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A very boastful and talkative person
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
blowhard; boaster; braggart; bragger; line-shooter; vaunter
Hypernyms ("boaster" is a kind of...):
egoist; egotist; swellhead (a conceited and self-centered person)
Derivation:
boast (show off)
Context examples
Old Kinoos is a brave man, but Old Kinoos was never a boaster.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
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