| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. An act of boasting: boast, braggadocio, fanfaronade, gasconade, rodomontade, vaunt. Informal : blow1. See PRAISE. 2. One given to boasting: boaster, braggadocio, braggart, bragger, vaunter. Informal : blowhard. Slang : blower. See PRAISE. | | VERB: | To talk with excessive pride: boast, crow, gasconade, rodomontade, vaunt. Informal : blow1. See PRAISE. | | ADJECTIVE: | Exceptionally good of its kind: ace, banner, blue-ribbon, capital, champion, excellent, fine1, first-class, first-rate, prime, quality, splendid, superb, superior, terrific, tiptop, top. Informal : A-one, bully, dandy, great, swell, topflight, topnotch. Slang : boss. Chiefly British : tophole. See GOOD.
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