Synonyms for talk big
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : tawk |
| Phonetic Transcription : tɔk |
Top 10 synonyms for talk big Other synonyms for the word talk big
- act as if
- advocate
- aggrandize
- allege
- amplify
- announce
- asseverate
- attack
- attract attention
- aver
- avouch
- badger
- be intemperate
- belabor
- bite off too much
- bloviate
- blow
- blow hot air
- blow one's own horn
- blow smoke
- bluster
- boast
- brag
- brazen
- browbeat
- bully
- certify
- claim
- cock-a-doodle-doo
- come out
- con
- confirm
- congratulate oneself
- constate
- cow
- croon
- cross heart
- crow
- declare
- decry
- denounce
- depose
- dissemble
- do to death
- domineer
- drive oneself
- exult
- fake
- fatigue
- feign
- flatter oneself
- flaunt
- flourish
- gasconade
- get off chest
- get on a soapbox
- get on soapbox
- give a good account of oneself
- gloat
- glory
- go overboard
- go too far
- grandstand
- harangue
- hector
- hold forth
- hug oneself
- hype
- inveigh
- jive
- lay it on
- lay on thick
- lecture
- magnify
- maintain
- make federal case
- make out
- mouth
- not know when to stop
- open up
- orate
- overburden
- overestimate
- overindulge
- overload
- overplay
- overrate
- overreach
- overstate
- overtax
- overtire
- overuse
- overvalue
- overwork
- own
- own up
- perorate
- pile it on
- pile on
- prate
- preachify
- predicate
- preen
- pressure
- pretend
- proclaim
- psych
- puff
- purport
- rail
- rant
- rave
- recite
- ride the high horse
- roar
- roister
- run into the ground
- run riot
- say so
- sermonize
- shoot
- shoot off one's mouth
- shovel
- show off
- showboat
- shuck
- sing
- sling
- soapbox
- sound off
- speak
- spiel
- spout
- state
- storm
- strain oneself
- stretch
- strut
- stump
- swagger
- swear on bible
- swear up and down
- swell
- talk big
- triumph
- urge
- vapor
- vaunt
- vouch
- wear down
- wear oneself out
- yap
Définition of talk big
Origin :- late 15c., "speech, discourse, conversation," from talk (v.). Meaning "informal lecture or address" is from 1859. Talk of the town first recorded 1620s. Talk show first recorded 1965; talk radio is from 1985.
- As in overdo : verb go to extremes; carry too far
- As in preach : verb lecture, moralize
- As in profess : verb declare, assert
- As in bluster : verb bully, intimidate
- As in boast : verb brag
- As in declaim : verb proclaim; get on a soapbox
- What did Mr. Stein mean sending a boy like that to talk big to an old servant?
- Extract from : « Lord Jim » by Joseph Conrad
- I came to Paris by myself to talk big business with Thomery.
- Extract from : « Messengers of Evil » by Pierre Souvestre
- I may have to talk big, and twelve ounces of lead lend weight to an argument.
- Extract from : « The Message » by Louis Tracy
- Of course they talk big about honesty and all that stuff, but that's only their guff.
- Extract from : « Poor White » by Sherwood Anderson
- "You talk big when Zoraida's eyes are not on you," said Kendric.
- Extract from : « Daughter of the Sun » by Jackson Gregory
- She used to talk big things about me, and the rest used to laugh at her.
- Extract from : « Mary Marston » by George MacDonald
- We strut and talk big; we call the politicians sharks, the soldiers fools; but does it do any good?
- Extract from : « Aunt Jane's Nieces in the Red Cross » by Edith Van Dyne
- Tell thy soldiers, then, not to be too fierce, and not to talk big words.
- Extract from : « Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China » by Evariste Regis Huc
- They had, in order to be consistent and to talk big about morality, to include novels in their scheme of scavenging.
- Extract from : « Books and Persons » by Arnold Bennett
- In vain they deny their peril, affect to bluster and talk big; their real alarm peeps through the flimsy cloak of bravado.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 64, No. 397, November 1848 » by Various
Antonyms for talk big
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