tout

verbCommon GRE wordMore T words

to promote or praise energetically as superior

In a sentence

Tout in a sentence

Here is an example sentence showing tout in a sentence.

The company touted its new battery as a breakthrough, though tests proved otherwise.

Synonyms

promoteextolboastadvertise

Antonyms

Keep going

understood or implied without being openly stated

habitually reserved and uncommunicative in speech

only loosely relevant; diverging from the main point

perceptible by touch or concrete enough to be grasped

to twist together into a confused or knotted mass

equivalent in effect or value to something else

to dull or damage the luster, reputation, or purity of something

needlessly repeating an idea using different words

Common questions

Tout (verb) means to promote or praise energetically as superior

Here is tout used in an example sentence: "The company touted its new battery as a breakthrough, though tests proved otherwise."

Common synonyms for tout include promote, extol, boast, advertise.

Antonyms of tout include disparage, criticize, belittle.

Tout is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

Vocabulary sticks when you meet it in real sentences. Practise these words inside text completion and sentence equivalence questions.