Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun brag
1 sense of brag
Sense 1
brag, bragging, crow, crowing, vaporing, line-shooting, gasconade -- (an instance of boastful talk; "his brag is worse than his fight"; "whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade")
=> boast, boasting, self-praise, jactitation -- (speaking of yourself in superlatives)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb brag
1 sense of brag
Sense 1
boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade -- (show off)
=> overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, magnify, amplify -- (to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery")
Antonyms of adj brag
1 sense of brag
Sense 1
boss, brag -- (exceptionally good; "a boss hand at carpentry"; "his brag cornfield")
INDIRECT (VIA superior) -> inferior -- (of low or inferior quality)
Similarity of adj brag
1 sense of brag
Sense 1
boss, brag -- (exceptionally good; "a boss hand at carpentry"; "his brag cornfield")
=> superior (vs. inferior) -- (of high or superior quality or performance; "superior wisdom derived from experience"; "superior math students")