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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1. Dan Ikenson:

   It’s consistent with Trump’s bombastic approach.

2. 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.

3. Scott Paul:

   I don't think he does our issue any favors by making it so incredibly jingoistic and bombastic, but I believe there’s widespread agreement ... that there is something amiss with our economic relationship with China and it’s past time that our government pushes back a little more forcefully.

4. Dianne Feinstein:

   Isolating the North Koreans has not halted their pursuit of nuclear weapons, and President Trump is not helping the situation with his bombastic comments.

5. Javier Palomarez:

   There were no bombastic statements of any sorts.