bluster
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
noisy confusion and turbulence
he was awakened by the bluster of their preparations
Types & categories
- confusion hypernym
Sense 2 verb
blow hard; be gusty, as of wind
A southeaster blustered onshore
Types & categories
- blow hypernym
Related & opposite
- bluster derivation
Sense 3 noun
a swaggering show of courage
Types & categories
- ostentation hypernym
Related & opposite
- boast derivation
Sense 4 verb
show off
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- bravado derivation
- jactitation derivation
- brag derivation
- braggadocio derivation
- vaunt derivation
- bragger derivation
- loudmouth derivation
Sense 5 noun
a violent gusty wind
Types & categories
- gust hypernym
Related & opposite
- bluster derivation
- blusteringa derivation
Sense 6 verb
act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner
Types & categories
- behave hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 7 noun
vain and empty boasting
Types & categories
- jactitation hypernym
Related & opposite
- boast derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | confusion |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | bluster |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | blow |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | boast |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | ostentation |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | bravado |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | jactitation |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | brag |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | braggadocio |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | vaunt |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | bragger |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | loudmouth |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | overstate |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | puff |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | crow |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | bluster |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | blusteringa |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | gust |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | loudmouth |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | swaggerer |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | behave |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | boast |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | jactitation |