Synonyms for bombastic
bɒmˈbæs tɪkbom·bas·tic

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1. bombasticadjective

   Pompous or overly wordy.

   Synonyms:
   pompous, blustering, florid, verbose, grandiloquent

   Antonyms:
   succinct, concise

2. bombasticadjective

   Inflated, overfilled.

   Synonyms:
   turgid, inflated

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1. bombastic, declamatory, large, orotund, tumid, turgidadjective

   ostentatiously lofty in style

   "a man given to large talk"; "tumid political prose"

   Synonyms:
   pear-shaped, gravid, big, tumid, orotund, rotund, great(p), enceinte, expectant, heavy(p), round, with child(p), large, big(p), prominent, intumescent, large(p), tumescent, turgid, magnanimous, puffy, erect, declamatory

   Antonyms:
   unrhetorical

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1. bombasticadjective

   Synonyms:
   inflated, turgid, tumid, swelling, stilled, grandiloquent, pompous, sophomorical, high-flown, high-sounding, HIGHFALUTIN

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1. bombasticadjective

   Synonyms:
   magniloquent, grandiose, high-sounding, turgid, inflated, grandiloquent

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1. List of paraphrases for "bombastic":

   high-flown, high-sounding, turgid, grandiloquent, high-minded, pompous

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How to use bombastic in a sentence?

1. Twitter Sanders:

   I think it has to do with the fact that Donald Trump is very smart. Donald Trump knows that media is not so interested in the serious issues facing this country. They love bombastic remarks. They love silly remarks, i think this is more of an indictment of the media than it is Donald Trump.

2. Javier Palomarez:

   There were no bombastic statements of any sorts.

3. Jerry Kilgore:

   She's not the right person to lead the party, she's bombastic at times. She says things that shouldn't be said. She leads us in the wrong direction.

4. Jeb Bush:

   First in the nation means you get to take this more seriously than people in other states, what I've seen is that you do take it seriously -- that you're not going to vote for the bombastic because it's bombastic and interesting, that you're going to vote for someone who walks on the hot coals, who takes your questions, who you get to listen to and who listens to you and builds a support based on interacting with real people and real concerns and real issues.

5. Dan Ikenson:

   It’s consistent with Trump’s bombastic approach.