brag

UK: /ˈbræg/ US: /bræg/ ,(brag)

Inflections of 'brag' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

brags

v 3rd person singular

bragging

v pres p

bragged

v past

bragged

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

brag /bræg/   v., bragged, brag•ging. 

1. to boast;
   to say or declare something in a proud way: [no object; (~ + about + object)]
   always bragging about her wonderful children.
   [~ + that clause]
   He bragged that he had shot a lion.

brag•ger, n. [countable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

brag  (brag), v., bragged, brag•ging, n., adj. 
v.i. 

1. to use boastful language;
   boast:
   He bragged endlessly about his high score.

v.t. 

2. to boast of:
   He bragged that he had won.

n. 

3. a boast or vaunt.
4. a thing to boast of.
5. a boaster.
6. Games an old English card game similar to poker.

adj. 

7. [Archaic.] unusually fine;
   first-rate.

• 1350–1400; Middle English brag (noun, nominal) ostentation, arrogance, braggen (verb, verbal); of obscure origin, originally

brag′ging•ly, adv. 
brag′less, adj. 
Synonyms

• 1. See boast ¹.

Antonyms

• 2. depreciate.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

brag / bræɡ/ verb (brags, bragging, bragged)

1. to speak of (one's own achievements, possessions, etc) arrogantly and boastfully

noun

1. boastful talk or behaviour, or an instance of this
2. something boasted of
3. a braggart; boaster
4. a card game: an old form of poker

Etymology: 13th Century: of unknown origin

ˈbragger noun