Synonyms of bluster

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noun

1

as in rhetoric

boastful speech or writing

all the bluster in the campaign speech was intended to hide a lack of specifics

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rhetoric
• bombast
• braggadocio
• brag
• chatter
• rodomontade
• magniloquence
• grandiloquence
• rhodomontade
• rant
• hot air
• bull
• gasconade
• gas
• fanfaronade
• jawing
• pomposity
• babble
• oratory
• prattle
• rhapsody
• verbosity
• turgidity
• swagger
• gabble
• wind
• cockalorum
• jabber
• windiness
• gibber
• prating
• gibberish
• bloviation
• drivel
• patter
• egotism
• blab
• yammering
• vaunt
• self-importance
• self-conceit

2

as in roar

loud, confused, and usually inharmonious sound

I can't work with all the bluster in here

Synonyms & Similar Words

• roar
• noise
• rattle
• chatter
• commotion
• cacophony
• clamor
• din
• clatter
• racket
• blare
• clangor
• bruit
• discordance
• brawl
• babel
• katzenjammer
• bang
• dissonance
• discord
• decibel(s)
• bowwow
• hullabaloo
• hubbub
• tumult
• furor
• rumpus
• boom
• hurly-burly
• jangle
• uproar
• blast
• clap
• crash
• crack

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• silence
• still
• quiet
• stillness
• lull
• calm
• hush
• silentness
• tranquillity
• quietude
• serenity
• tranquility

3

as in commotion

a state of noisy, confused activity

a mayor who got things done without a lot of bluster and self-serving publicity

Synonyms & Similar Words

• commotion
• stir
• disturbance
• fuss
• hurry
• turmoil
• noise
• storm
• clatter
• racket
• hurricane
• blather
• row
• hoopla
• ballyhoo
• fun
• clutter
• roar
• to-do
• hullabaloo
• bustle
• hubbub
• tumult
• ado
• squall
• bother
• zoo
• pandemonium
• ruction
• ruckus
• flurry
• furore
• furor
• welter
• rumpus
• pother
• kerfuffle
• coil
• hoo-hah
• stew
• foofaraw
• uproar
• hurly-burly
• shindy
• hoo-ha
• helter-skelter
• whirl
• bobbery
• hurly
• hubble-bubble
• corroboree
• upheaval
• splore
• moil
• hurry-skurry
• howl
• cacophony
• hurry-scurry
• clamor
• alarums and excursions
• din
• williwaw
• outcry
• do
• unrest
• disorder
• hue and cry
• eruption
• outburst
• flutter
• brawl
• outbreak
• scuffle
• mêlée
• fray
• melee
• fracas
• fever
• fret
• tizzy
• dither
• lather
• flare-up
• hassle

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rest
• peace
• calm
• tranquillity
• quiet
• stillness
• hush
• tranquility
• quietude
• order
• orderliness

bluster

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verb

ˈblə-stər 

as in to huff

to talk loudly and wildly

the rude customer blustered and yelled threats about lawsuits, but eventually left

Synonyms & Similar Words

• huff
• rave
• rant
• fulminate
• spout
• rage
• speak out
• speak up
• storm
• blare
• harangue
• sound off
• pontificate
• declaim
• blow
• bloviate
• mouth (off)
• blurt (out)
• orate
• carry on
• bolt
• take on

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• murmur
• mutter
• whisper
• grunt
• breathe
• slur

Examples of bluster in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

The former president has frequently threatened to exert his will on D.C. should he be elected to another term — rhetoric that D.C. officials have at times written off as bluster but that has become of increasing concern as the election gets closer. —Meagan Flynn, Washington Post, 19 July 2024

The doc is a condemnation of American masculinity and bluster. —Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 7 Sep. 2024

Verb

North Korea could bluster, but launching a large-scale military attack would be self-defeating. —Jennifer Lind, Foreign Affairs, 19 Apr. 2023

By Thursday, forecasters were urging drivers to avoid traveling in the blustering winds with minimal visibility. —Megan Michelson, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2024