BRAVADO meaning: Confident or bold showmanship display

We found 28 dictionaries that define the word bravado:

General (26 matching dictionaries)

bravado: Merriam-Webster
bravado: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
bravado: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
bravado: Collins English Dictionary
bravado: Vocabulary.com
Bravado, bravado: Wordnik
bravado: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
bravado: Wiktionary
bravado: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
bravado: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
bravado: Infoplease Dictionary
Bravado, bravado: Dictionary.com
bravado: Online Etymology Dictionary
bravado: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
Bravado (EP), Bravado (album), Bravado (song), Bravado: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Bravado: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
bravado: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
bravado: Rhymezone
bravado: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
bravado: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
bravado: FreeDictionary.org
bravado: Mnemonic Dictionary
bravado: TheFreeDictionary.com
bravado: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)

bravado: Legal dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)

bravado: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ noun:  A swaggering show of defiance or courage.
▸ noun:  A false show of courage.
▸ noun:  (obsolete) A swaggerer; a braggart.
▸ verb:  (obsolete, intransitive) To swagger; to brag.

Similar:

bluster, bravura, prowess, bravery, valiant, swank, badass, valour, valiantise, braveheart, more...

Opposite:

timidity, cowardice, fearfulness, meekness

Types:

swagger, braggadocio, chutzpah, gall, audacity, presumption, cheek, more...

Phrases:

Bravado Brothers, false bravado, more...

Adjectives:

mere, false, sheer, such, more, reckless, youthful, certain, pure, usual, male

Colors:

crimson, scarlet, vermilion, ruby, burgundy, more...