Synonyms for bluster
ˈblʌs tərblus·ter

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. blusternoun

   Synonyms:
   bombast

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bluster

   Synonyms:
   storm, rage, puff, insult, blow, swagger, fume, brag

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. blusternoun

   noisy confusion and turbulence

   "he was awakened by the bluster of their preparations"

   Synonyms:
   braggadocio, rodomontade, bravado, rhodomontade

2. bravado, blusternoun

   a swaggering show of courage

   Synonyms:
   braggadocio, rodomontade, bravado, rhodomontade

3. blusternoun

   a violent gusty wind

   Synonyms:
   braggadocio, rodomontade, bravado, rhodomontade

4. braggadocio, bluster, rodomontade, rhodomontadeverb

   vain and empty boasting

   Synonyms:
   braggadocio, rodomontade, bravado, rhodomontade

5. blusterverb

   blow hard; be gusty, as of wind

   "A southeaster blustered onshore"; "The flames blustered"

   Synonyms:
   brag, boast, shoot a line, swash, gas, vaunt, blow, tout, swagger, gasconade

6. boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconadeverb

   show off

   Synonyms:
   swash, gasconade, botch, splatter, bungle, muck up, splash, mishandle, bumble, botch up, brag, blow, burn out, flub, suck, waste, fumble, shove off, fellate, muff, ball up, sport, bollocks, mess up, feature, louse up, bollocks up, float, gas, bollix, plash, vaunt, screw up, spoil, tout, shoot a line, go down on, swagger, foul up, fluff, blow out, drift, bobble, be adrift, shove along, bollix up, squander, splosh, boast, bodge, spatter

7. swagger, bluster, swashverb

   act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner

   Synonyms:
   ruffle, tittup, sashay, swash, gas, splatter, swagger, vaunt, cock, gasconade, browbeat, splosh, tout, plash, strut, prance, spatter, blow, brag, bully, boast, splash, shoot a line

Matched Categories

1. • Blow
   • Confusion
   • Gust

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. blusterverb

   Synonyms:
   roar (as the wind), make a loud noise

2. blusterverb

   Synonyms:
   vapor, swagger, bully, BOAST, vaunt, swell, domineer, gasconade, play the bully

3. blusterverb

   Synonyms:
   make a great ado, make much ado about nothing

4. blusternoun

   Synonyms:
   boisterousness, noise, tumult, turbulence

5. blusternoun

   Synonyms:
   boasting, swaggering, bullying, blattering, BLATHERSKITE

6. blusternoun

   Synonyms:
   great ado, much ado about nothing

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1. blusternoun

   Synonyms:
   swaggering, gasconade, boasting, wind, storm

2. blusterverb

   Synonyms:
   swagger, storm, rage, gasconade, roister

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How to use bluster in a sentence?

1. President Barack Obama:

   That's just hot air. That's bluster. That's not serious, there's another word for it that starts with a 'b' - it's baloney.

2. Kate Klonick:

   A lot of the executive order is bluster.

3. Wasserman Schultz:

   What we didn't hear is what Trump will do to keep jobs, he has no new plans, only bluster, fear and chaos. America is better than this.

4. Hillary Clinton:

   He has been engaging in bigotry and bluster and bullying and I think when it comes to understanding what he would do as president, there are serious questions that have been raised, and this campaign should he be the nominee will have to address them.

5. Jena Griswold:

   I realize that most of it is probably bluster, but what's concerning is the one time it's not.