tub–thump

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of TUB-THUMP

to praise or publicize lavishly and often excessively <the studio is going all out to tub-thump its latest summer blockbuster>

Synonyms ballyhoo, blow up, crack up, cry up, glorify, trumpet, tub-thump

Related Words acclaim, applaud, extol (also extoll), laud, magnify; commend, compliment, eulogize; advance, advertise, announce, blare, blaze, blazon, boost, herald, offer, plug, promote, publicize; assert, aver, claim, declare, lay down, make out, proclaim, pronounce

What made you want to look up tub-thump? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).

Put-downs with flair

How to use a word that (literally) drives some people nuts.

Test your vocab with our fun, fast game

Ailurophobia, and 9 other unusual fears