Synonyms of bravado

bravado

noun

as in arrogance

confident or brave talk or behavior that is intended to impress other people

His stories are always told with bravado.

I remember his youthful bravado.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• arrogance
• attitude
• swagger
• boastfulness
• braggadocio
• triumphalism
• pretence
• bombast
• vainglory
• disdain
• imperiousness
• haughtiness
• superciliousness
• strut
• pridefulness
• hauteur
• superiority
• pomposity
• pompousness
• peremptoriness
• pride
• loftiness
• cheek
• presumptuousness
• lordliness
• vaingloriousness
• self-importance
• assumption
• masterfulness
• bumptiousness
• bossiness
• dominance
• high-handedness
• condescension
• huffiness
• pretentiousness
• high horse
• vanity
• scorn
• chest-thumping
• pretense
• pretension
• toploftiness
• brag
• snobbery
• authoritativeness
• snobbishness
• cockiness
• snootiness
• cheekiness
• self-consequence
• self-assertion
• consequence
• snobbism
• inflation
• smugness
• bowwow
• sauciness
• impudence
• self-satisfaction
• egotism
• egoism
• self-complacency
• self-opinion
• self-conceit
• self-centeredness
• complacence
• impertinence
• self-contentment
• self-content
• conceit
• side
• swelled head
• superiority complex
• self-assumption
• self-partiality

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• shyness
• bashfulness
• timidity
• diffidence
• demureness
• self-doubt
• passivity
• meekness
• submissiveness
• passiveness
• timidness
• humility
• modesty
• quietness
• lowliness
• reserve
• self-distrust
• retiringness
• unpretentiousness
• reservedness
• mousiness
• unassumingness

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of bravado

Trump’s team typically tends to project bravado, and his aides believe that voters who made their decision in the last two months have tilted in his favor. —New York Times, The Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2024

These stories of characteristic Marine Corps bravado – relayed with a wink and a smile, but at the heart of the service’s ethos – make the respite room a notable, and necessary, addition to the museum, experts say. —Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Sep. 2024

The creation of the film’s character Maxie Dean results from his use of campiness and bravado. —Lisa Stardust, Peoplemag, 6 Sep. 2024

After an overture of fierce flaming-chicken riffage, the song settles into a Prince groove, mixing hair metal bravado with a party rap vibe. —Stephen Deusner, SPIN, 26 Nov. 2024

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