SWAGGERED Synonyms: 66 Similar and Opposite Words

swaggered

verb

past tense of swagger

as in boasted

to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess I, too, would swagger if I'd won first place in the bowling tournament

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

as in strutted

to walk with exaggerated arm and leg movements hoping to impress the women at the bar, the young man confidently swaggered across the room

Synonyms & Similar Words

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Recent Examples of swaggered Attendee’s workday blues than completely vanished thanks to Billboard‘s Hip-Hop Rookie of the Year GELO, who swaggered about the stage and ignited the party with the littest cuts off his debut album, League of My Own. — Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019

Recent Examples of Synonyms for swaggered

Verb

Still, in the firm’s first formal investor letter this month, Kushner boasted that its second through its 10th funds rank in the top quartile in a key financial performance metric, with several in the top 5%.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026
The only show that boasted more major nominations was The Pitt with 12.

— Joe Reid, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of boasted

Verb

Just last week, Minnesota strolled into San Francisco, delivered a clinical beatdown and strutted off the floor like brash royalty, reminding the peasants of their place.

— Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026
Earlier this month, Andrew and Tristan Tate strutted around Washington as MAGA royalty.

— Dan Adler, Vanity Fair, 29 July 2026

Definition of strutted

Verb

In a recent interview with the right-wing publication the Daily Wire, a police chief in the tiny town of Sahuarita, Arizona bragged that his officers have been using them for years.

— Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 27 Aug. 2026
Noling's lawyers wrote in court documents that a man told authorities that his foster brother, Wilson, bragged about committing the crime.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of bragged

Verb

Masked men staked out his home and stalked his wife on the street.

— Cora Engelbrecht, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2026
The feds’ case alleged that Mangione had stalked the executive for weeks and laid out plans to kill him in a manifesto that lamented greed in the health insurance industry at the expense of everyday Americans’ well-being.

— Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of stalked

Browse Nearby Words

swagger

swaggered

swaggerer

See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

Style

“Swaggered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swaggered. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

Copy Citation

Synonyms of swaggered

verb

Example Sentences

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

More from Merriam-Webster

Word of the Day

dissonant

Popular in Grammar & Usage

A Who’s Who Regarding ‘Who’s’ and ‘Whose’

Is it 'nerve-racking' or 'nerve-wracking'?

What's the difference between 'fascism' and 'socialism'?

Why does English have so many silent letters?

7 Pairs of Commonly Confused Words

Popular in Wordplay

Ye Olde Nincompoop: Old-Fashioned Words for 'Stupid'

14 Phobias You Probably Haven't Heard Of

Even More Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

Even More Bird Names that Sound Like Insults (and Sometimes Are)

12 Lovely and Unusual Words for the Natural World

Popular

A Who’s Who Regarding ‘Who’s’ and ‘Whose’

Ye Olde Nincompoop: Old-Fashioned Words for 'Stupid'

14 Phobias You Probably Haven't Heard Of

Games & Quizzes