grandiloquence | Definition of grandiloquence

Synonyms and Antonyms of grandiloquence

1 boastful speech or writing

a heavyweight champion who was famous for his entertaining grandiloquence prior to every match

Synonyms of grandiloquence

bluster, bombast, brag, braggadocio, bull [slang], cockalorum, fanfaronade, gas, gasconade, hot air, magniloquence, rant, rodomontade (also rhodomontade)

Words Related to grandiloquence

oratory, rhapsody, rhetoric

pomposity, turgidity, wind

bloviation, verbosity, windiness

babble, blab, chatter, drivel, gabble, gibber, gibberish, jabber, prattle

jawing, patter, prating, yammering

egotism, self-conceit, self-importance, swagger, vaunt

2 language that is impressive-sounding but not meaningful or sincere

the predictably wearisome grandiloquence of the speeches at a political convention

Synonyms of grandiloquence

bombast, fustian, gas, hot air, oratory, rhetoric, verbiage, wind

Words Related to grandiloquence

claptrap, drivel, gibberish, hogwash, humbug, jabberwocky, jazz, moonshine, nonsense

affectedness, floweriness, grandiosity, loftiness, pomposity, pretension, pretentiousness

garrulity, garrulousness, verboseness, verbosity, windiness, wordiness