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Definitions for Boast

[1] to speak with exaggeration and excessive pride, especially about oneself.
[2] to speak with pride (often followed by of ): He boasted of his family's wealth.
[3] to speak of with excessive pride or vanity: He boasts himself a genius.
[4] to be proud in the possession of: The town boasts a new school.
[5] a thing boasted of; a cause for pride: Talent is his boast. It is her boast that she has never betrayed a friend.
[6] exaggerated or objectionable speech; bragging: empty boasts and threats.
[7] to dress or shape (stone) roughly.
[8] (intr; sometimes foll by of or about) to speak in exaggerated or excessively proud terms of one's possessions, skills, or superior qualities; brag
[9] (tr) to possess (something to be proud of) the city boasts a fine cathedral
[10] a bragging statement
[11] a possession, attribute, attainment, etc, that is or may be bragged about
[12] (tr) to shape or dress (stone) roughly with a broad chisel
[13] a stroke in which the ball is hit on to one of the side walls before hitting the front wall
[14] to hit (the ball) in this way or make such a stroke

Words related to Boast

bluster, advertise, exhibit, claim, own, possess, grandiloquence, swank, exaggeration, self-satisfaction, joy, gasconade, treasure, bravado, pretension, bombast, braggadocio, avowal, pride, vaunt

Words nearby Boast

boarfish, boarhound, boarish, boart, boas, boast, boaster, boastful, boat, boat bug, boat deck

Origin of Boast

2First recorded in 1815–25; of uncertain origin

Other words from Boast

boast·ing·ly , adverb
boast·less , adjective

Word origin for Boast

C19: perhaps from French bosse the place where the ball hits the wall

Synonyms for Boast

bluster, avowal, bombast, braggadocio, bravado, exaggeration, gasconade, grandiloquence, heroics, joy, pretension, pride, self-satisfaction, swank, treasure, vaunt, pride and joy