full of hot air
All talk, nothing
Someone full of hot air talks confidently but says nothing of substance—all bluster, no content.
The phrase evokes a balloon: impressive-looking but empty inside.
Don't listen to him, he's full of hot air.
A person full of hot air may be pompous, boastful, or simply long-winded without saying anything meaningful.
One who flaunts achievements
- blowhardBoastful empty talker
- windbagOne who prattles endlessly
- pompousAffectedly grand in manner
- bombasticExcessively inflated language
vainglorious · conceited · arrogant · self-important · egotistical · swaggering · cocky · puffed-up
Represent as greater
- embellishAdd decorative elements
- inflateFill with gas
- hyperboleRhetorical extreme exaggeration
- stretchPull to extend
amplify · overplay · dramatize · magnify · overemphasize · overdraw · elaborate · aggrandize
braggart
One who flaunts achievements
bombastic · vainglorious · conceited · arrogant · self-important · egotistical · swaggering · cocky · puffed-up · smug
overstate
Represent as greater
stretch · amplify · overplay · dramatize · magnify · overemphasize · overdraw · elaborate · aggrandize · tall tales
long-winded
Excessively wordy, tediously so
- ramblingLong-winded and unfocused
- verboseMore words than necessary
- wordyUsing more language than necessary
garrulous · loquacious · pontificate · prolix · windy · rant · prattle · blather · droning · circumlocutory
- Weather Idiomsunder the weather, when it rains it pours, come rain or shine, rain check, take a rain check
- arrogancearrogant, conceited, pompous, vain, haughty
full of hot airknowledgeable
Having extensive information
well-informed · credible · substantive · authoritative · reliable
full of hot airconcise
Briefly and clearly stated
to the point · succinct · pithy · terse · laconic
full of hot airhumble
Unassuming about oneself
modest · down-to-earth · unpretentious · genuine · authentic
full, fully, fullness, fuller, fullest, hotter, hottest, hotness, airily