Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun vaunt

1 sense of vaunt

Sense 1
vaunt -- (extravagant self-praise)
       => boast, boasting, self-praise, jactitation -- (speaking of yourself in superlatives)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb vaunt

1 sense of vaunt

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")