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to tout

to tout

65 6.1
To praise or advertise something strongly to make people want it
  • verb
  • /taʊt/
translation icon : promocionar
  • The company is trying to tout its new smartphone as the best on the market.
  • tout the benefits
  • touting new products
  • ads tout

And he took a moment to tout American greatness.

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Examples

  • And the reporter wrote the following while the premier was touting this resurgent tourism industry.

  • Marketers of technology tout only its promise of improving education and making teaching and learning easier.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Each camp seems to tout all the health benefits and how great they feel.

  • And he took a moment to tout American greatness.

  • So we started touting a day on not a day off.

  • Much has been written touting the potential and benefits of technology in the classroom.

    Academic text (2007)
  • And, you know, Biden has touted Bidenomics as a large success.

  • At the same time, industry touts cheap, fast road transport as the means to unify Europe.

    Academic text (1990)
  • That would appear to be a huge issue with social media influencers touting crypto assets like this.

  • In order to help them, American businessmen began touting a plethora of cleaning products.

    Academic text (2015)

Synonyms

to rave
vsto tout
68 4.6

Speak about something in a very excited, positive way

promotes or publicizes with force rather than just excited praise
to acclaim
vsto tout
53 4.5

To praise someone in public with great excitement for their success

focuses on promotion and forceful publicizing rather than mere welcome
to hype
vsto tout
53 4.4

To promote something with exaggerated, flashy advertising to get attention

uses forceful enthusiasm but not necessarily exaggeration
to laud
vsto tout
  • Formal
30 7.7

To praise someone publicly in a formal way

is more about active promotion and less about formal praise
to gush
vsto tout
26 5.6

To praise a person or thing too much, often with strong feeling

is more promotional and less purely emotional in intent
to talk up
vsto tout
13 4.1

To say that something is better or more important than it really is

promotes forcefully without always overstating value
to puff
vsto tout
  • Literature
7 7.4

To praise something too much to make people want to buy it

is forceful promotion but not always so exaggerated
to oversell
vsto tout
7 4.9

Make something seem better than it really is

uses forceful publicizing but may not overstate actual value
to extol
vsto tout
7 7.5

To praise someone or something very much

adds a promotional attention seeking element rather than pure praise
6 4.1

Say strong good things about someone or something in public

emphasizes promotion and publicity as well as praise
5 4.5

Say very good things about someone or something

often promotes with force, not only offers praise
to gush about
vsto tout
4 6.1

Talk in a very excited way to praise someone or something

promotes or publicizes with intent, not solely emotional praise
to puff up
vsto tout
1 6.4

To praise someone too much to make them seem better

promotes or praises forcefully without necessarily inflating importance
to trump
vsto tout
1 7.0

Announce something loudly to get attention

promotes with force but not necessarily with showy fanfare
to ballyhoo
vsto tout
  • Literature
1 9.5

To promote something loudly and with exaggeration to get attention

promotes with force but without the same noisy show
to vaunt
vsto tout
  • Archaic
1 8.9

To talk proudly about your achievements to show off

promotes strongly but is less about boasting and show
praise to the skies
vsto tout
  • Informal
1 5.8

Say very good things about someone or something with strong feeling

shares enthusiasm but adds a promotional or attention aim
to spruik
vsto tout
  • Australian
9.9

To loudly promote things in public to attract attention

is similar but not limited to public promotion
to trump out
vsto tout
  • Informal
8.4

Announce something loudly and proudly to get attention

promotes with enthusiasm but may be less boastful or theatrical
to advertize
vsto tout
  • US
3.2

To tell many people about something so they know it

does the same but with forceful praise or enthusiastic promotion

Antonyms

701 3.3

To say what is wrong with someone or something

28 7.7

To speak badly about someone or something to show little respect

Idioms

tout de suite
  • Informal
3 9.9

Immediately, without any delay

tout ensemble
  • Formal
9.9

When you think about everything together

Compounds

A person who sells tips for betting on horse races

8.6

A person who buys event tickets then sells them for more money

tout ensemble
  • Formal
9.9

The overall look and feeling of a group of things together

How Forceful

to hype
53 4.4
to tout
65 6.1
to promote
252 3.5
to publicize
94 4.0
to mention
1.0

Surface Forms

tout infinitive
touted past
touted past participle
touting present participle
touts third person singular

Etymology

To tout something means to loudly promote or praise it, like a person in a market telling everyone how great a product is, and this sense grew from the idea of pushing a sale or an idea to others. So to tout a product or an achievement is to try to sell it with strong, public praise.