vaunter
One who boasts
A vaunter is someone who boasts or brags excessively about their accomplishments, possessions, or abilities.
The term carries a slightly literary or old-fashioned flavor, related to the verb vaunt, which means to speak boastfully.
The vaunter at the party wouldn't stop talking about his expensive car.
Unlike a simple braggart, vaunter often implies a degree of pomposity or self-aggrandizement.
One who flaunts achievements
- blowhardBoastful empty talker
- swaggererBoastful, showy person
- bigmouthOne who talks indiscreetly
- show-offOne who flaunts
windbag · egotist · loudmouth · grandstander · hotshot · puffer · trumpeter · coxcomb
Rhetorical extreme exaggeration
- embellishmentDecorative addition or exaggeration
- overstatementClaim beyond the facts
- pufferyOverblown self-promotion
- inflationSustained price level increase
amplification · aggrandizement · magnification · dramatization · overemphasis · bluster · bombast · braggadocio
Ruinous excessive confidence
- conceitExaggerated self-admiration
- egotismInflated sense of self-importance
- haughtinessDisdainful sense of superiority
- pomposityExaggerated sense of importance
smugness · self-importance · overconfidence · superciliousness · presumption · disdain · imperiousness · lordliness
Performing to impress onlookers
- showboatingOstentatious self-display
- attention-seekingCraving others' focus
- self-aggrandizementInflating one's own status
- name-droppingCiting connections for status
braggart
One who flaunts achievements
show-off · windbag · egotist · loudmouth · grandstander · hotshot · puffer · trumpeter · coxcomb · peacock
hyperbole
Rhetorical extreme exaggeration
- embellishmentDecorative addition or exaggeration
- overstatementClaim beyond the facts
- pufferyOverblown self-promotion
inflation · amplification · aggrandizement · magnification · dramatization · overemphasis · bluster · bombast · braggadocio · gasconade
hubris
Ruinous excessive confidence
- conceitExaggerated self-admiration
- egotismInflated sense of self-importance
- haughtinessDisdainful sense of superiority
pomposity · smugness · self-importance · overconfidence · superciliousness · presumption · disdain · imperiousness · lordliness · vainglory
grandstanding
Performing to impress onlookers
- showboatingOstentatious self-display
- attention-seekingCraving others' focus
- self-aggrandizementInflating one's own status