20
bluster(noun, show, trick, claim, sham)
20
boast(noun, show, claim, flash, source)
18
brag(noun, show, display, claim, flash)
12
bombast(noun, show, claim, swank, brag)
12
braggadocio(noun, show, trick, claim, flash)
11
boasting(noun, show, display, daring, boasting)
10
gasconade(noun, show, claim, daring, swank)
9
bragging(noun, show, display, boasting, intimidation)
9
pretension(noun, show, display, claim, flash)
9
swaggering(noun, show, display, boasting, intimidation)
9
hot air(noun, expression, idiom, order, disregard)
9
rodomontade(noun, boasting)
8
bluff(noun, deceit, daring, boldness, boast)
7
defiance(noun, disregard, resistance, disobedience, insolence)
7
fanfaronade(noun, daring, boldness, audacity, boast)
7
flaunting
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grandiloquence(noun, claim, swank, brag, ostentation)
6
bravura(noun, ostentation)
6
derring-do(noun, deed)
6
vanity(noun, boast, ostentation)
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