bragger
Talks themselves up
A bragger is someone who boasts excessively about their accomplishments, possessions, or abilities.
The word carries a mildly dismissive tone—calling someone a bragger suggests their self-promotion has become tiresome: Nobody likes a bragger.
He's such a bragger about his golf game.
Given to self-praise
- blowhardBoastful empty talker
- windbagOne who prattles endlessly
- showoffOne who flaunts abilities
- bigmouthOne who talks indiscreetly
know-it-all · name-dropper · one-upper · self-promoter · attention-seeker · grandstander · bloviator · motor-mouth
Proud, showy gait
- peacockOrnate pheasant relative
- showboatOstentatious attention-seeker
- flauntDisplay to provoke envy
- preenGroom with self-satisfaction
hotshot · hotdog · flash · cocky · brash · bold · audacious · bravado
Excessively proud of oneself
- smugExcessively self-satisfied
- haughtyDisdainfully proud
- pompousAffectedly grand in manner
- self-importantExaggerating one's own significance
egotistical · overbearing · supercilious · high-and-mighty · condescending · patronizing · disdainful · contemptuous
Exceed necessary correction
- self-doubtUncertainty about oneself
- inferiorityLower status or quality
- defensiveProtective or easily threatened
- maskFace-worn concealment
projection · vulnerability · fragile · validation-seeking · inadequacy · self-conscious · bluster · posturing
boastful
Given to self-praise
bigmouth · know-it-all · name-dropper · one-upper · self-promoter · attention-seeker · grandstander · bloviator · motor-mouth · trumpet
strut
Proud, showy gait
preen · hotshot · hotdog · flash · cocky · brash · bold · audacious · bravado · chest-thumping
conceited
Excessively proud of oneself
self-important · egotistical · overbearing · supercilious · high-and-mighty · condescending · patronizing · disdainful · contemptuous · snobbish
overcompensate
Exceed necessary correction
- self-doubtUncertainty about oneself
- inferiorityLower status or quality
- defensiveProtective or easily threatened
mask · projection · vulnerability · fragile · validation-seeking · inadequacy · self-conscious · bluster · posturing · facade
- showoffsshowoff, show-off, braggart, showboat, grandstander
- talkerstalker, chatterbox, motormouth, motor-mouth, loudmouth
- windbagswindbag, blowhard, gasbag, bloviator, pontificator
- annoyancesannoyance, annoyances, irritations, irritation, nuisance
braggercomplimenter
One who praises another
praiser · encourager · cheerleader · supporter · hype man
- bragging rightsInformal claim to superiority
- humble braggingSelf-promotion masked as complaint
- humble braggerOne who boasts through complaints
- bragging onProudly praising someone