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bragging
Overview of noun bragging
The noun bragging has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. brag, bragging, crow, crowing, vaporing, line-shooting, gasconade -- (an instance of boastful talk; "his brag is worse than his fight"; "whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade")
Overview of verb brag
The verb brag has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (2) boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade -- (show off)
Overview of adj bragging
The adj bragging has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. boastful, braggart, bragging, braggy, big, cock-a-hoop, crowing, self-aggrandizing, self-aggrandising -- (exhibiting self-importance; "big talk")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun bragging
1 sense of bragging
Sense 1
brag, bragging, crow, crowing, vaporing, line-shooting, gasconade
=> boast, boasting, self-praise, jactitation
=> speech act
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun bragging
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun bragging
1 sense of bragging
Sense 1
brag, bragging, crow, crowing, vaporing, line-shooting, gasconade
=> boast, boasting, self-praise, jactitation
Antonyms of noun bragging
Member Holonyms of noun bragging
Substance Holonyms of noun bragging
Part Holonyms of noun bragging
Member Meronyms of noun bragging
Substance Meronyms of noun bragging
Part Meronyms of noun bragging
Meronyms of noun bragging
Holonyms of noun bragging
Attributes of noun bragging
Derived Forms of noun bragging
Domain of noun bragging
Domain Terms of noun bragging
Familiarity of noun bragging
bragging used as a noun is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun bragging
1 sense of bragging
Sense 1
brag, bragging, crow, crowing, vaporing, line-shooting, gasconade
> boast, boasting, self-praise, jactitation
=> brag, bragging, crow, crowing, vaporing, line-shooting, gasconade
=> braggadocio, bluster, rodomontade, rhodomontade
=> vaunt
=> self-assertion
Meronyms of noun bragging
1 sense of bragging
Holonyms of noun bragging
Grep of noun bragging
bragging
Antonyms of verb brag
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb brag
1 sense of brag
Sense 1
boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade
=> overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyerbolise, magnify, amplify
=> misinform, mislead
=> inform
=> communicate, intercommunicate
=> interact
=> act, move
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb brag
1 sense of brag
Sense 1
boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade
=> puff
=> gloat, triumph, crow
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb brag
1 sense of brag
Sense 1
boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade
=> overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyerbolise, magnify, amplify
'Cause To' of verb brag
Derived Forms of verb brag
1 sense of brag
Sense 1
boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade
RELATED TO>(noun) bragger#1
=> bragger, braggart, boaster, blowhard, line-shooter, vaunter
RELATED TO>(noun) braggart#1
=> bragger, braggart, boaster, blowhard, line-shooter, vaunter
RELATED TO>(noun) brag#1
=> brag, bragging, crow, crowing, vaporing, line-shooting, gasconade
Domain of verb brag
Domain Terms of verb brag
Familiarity of verb brag
brag used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Sample Sentences of verb brag
1 sense of brag
Sense 1
boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade
*> Somebody ----s
*> Somebody ----s PP
*> Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
*> Somebody ----s to somebody
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb brag
1 sense of brag
Sense 1
boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade
> overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyerbolise, magnify, amplify
=> overemphasize, overemphasise, overstress
=> boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade
=> embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb brag
Sense 1
boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade
=> overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyerbolise, magnify, amplify
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Grep of verb brag
brag
Antonyms of adj bragging
1 sense of bragging
Sense 1
boastful, braggart(prenominal), bragging(prenominal), braggy, big, cock-a-hoop, crowing, self-aggrandizing, self-aggrandising
INDIRECT (VIA proud) -> humble
Similarity of adj bragging
1 sense of bragging
Sense 1
boastful, braggart(prenominal), bragging(prenominal), braggy, big, cock-a-hoop, crowing, self-aggrandizing, self-aggrandising
=> proud (vs. humble)
Pertainyms of adj bragging
Attributes of adj bragging
Domain of adj bragging
Domain Terms of adj bragging
Familiarity of adj bragging
bragging used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Grep of adj bragging
bragging
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