Synonyms for BLUSTER
ˈblʌs tərblus·ter

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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

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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, bluster, 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, bluster, 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, bluster, 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, bluster, prance, spatter, blow, brag, bully, boast, splash, shoot a line

Matched Categories

1. • Blow
   • Confusion
   • Gust

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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. Wasserman Schultz:

   The Sanders campaign doesn't have anything other than bluster at the moment that The DNC can put out there.

2. White House spokesman Eric Schultz:

   This is not the first time that Republicans have come out with a lot of bluster, only to have reality ultimately sink in.

3. Jimmy Carter:

   A strong nation, like a strong person, can afford to be gentle, firm, thoughtful, and restrained. It can afford to extend a helping hand to others. It's a weak nation, like a weak person, that must behave with bluster and boasting and rashness and other signs of insecurity.

4. John Kasich:

   If we turn this country over to somebody with wild ideas who thinks they can scream and bluster or operate their way to success, it's my kids that are going to be at risk, and your kids, and your grandchildren, i'm going to have call it like it is as long as I'm in this race.

5. Nathan Thrall:

   Even Netanyahu's main rivals believe that any Palestinian entity that is established in the West Bank should be completely encircled by Israel, having no border with Jordan, the annexation plan shouldn't be dismissed as election bluster. If reelected, Netanyahu will be under tremendous pressure to implement it.