Definition

1. Noun:
   • A very boastful and talkative person: A "vaunter" is someone who habitually boasts or brags about themselves, their achievements, or their possessions in a loud and excessive manner. The word emphasizes both the act of boasting and a tendency to talk at length about one's own perceived superiority.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • He was known as a vaunter, always telling exaggerated stories about his business success.
  • The meeting was dominated by a vaunter who spent an hour detailing his own accomplishments.

Advanced Usage

• "The vaunter's tale": A phrase that can describe a story or account that is full of self-praise and likely exaggeration.
  • His account of the adventure was dismissed as a vaunter's tale.

Variants and Related Words

• Vaunt (verb): To boast or brag about something.
  • He would often vaunt his wealth to anyone who would listen.
• Vaunting (adjective): Characterized by boasting; boastful.
  • His vaunting speeches were tiresome to the audience.

Synonyms

• Braggart: A person who boasts about achievements or possessions.
• Boaster: Someone who talks with excessive pride and self-satisfaction.
• Blowhard: An informal term for a boastful, talkative person.

Related Idioms

• "Full of sound and fury, signifying nothing": While not containing the word "vaunter," this Shakespearean idiom from describes talk, like that of a vaunter, that is loud and passionate but ultimately empty or meaningless.

Noun

1. a very boastful and talkative person