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showing off

ADJECTIVE

featuring

Synonyms

STRONG

displaying headlining highlighting presenting promoting pushing recommending showing starring turning

WEAK

calling attention to drawing attention to giving center stage to making much of pointing up turning the spotlight on

NOUN

acting

Synonyms

STRONG

assuming characterization depiction dramatics dramatizing enacting enactment feigning hamming histrionics imitating imitation impersonation improvisation mime mimicry pantomime performance playing portrayal portraying posing posturing pretending pretense putting rendition seeming simulating stagecraft stooging theatre theatricals

WEAK

play acting

NOUN

affectation

Synonyms

STRONG

air airs appearance artificiality facade front imitation insincerity mannerism pose pretense pretension pretentiousness put on sham show simulation

WEAK

false front going Hollywood putting on airs

Antonyms

STRONG

honesty personality reality truth

WEAK

naturalness simplicity

NOUN

exhibitionism

Synonyms

STRONG

flashing immodesty

WEAK

exposing oneself indecent exposure self-display

NOUN

ostentation

Synonyms

STRONG

affectation array boast boasting brag braggadocio bragging bravado demonstration display exhibition flamboyance flash flourish fuss garishness magnificence pageant pageantry parade pomp pomposity pompousness pretending pretension pretentiousness put on shine show showiness spectacle splendor splurge swagger swank vainglory vaunt

WEAK

false front flaunting grandstand play parading vaunting window-dressing

Antonyms

STRONG

concealment dullness hiding modesty ordinariness simplicity truth

WEAK

plainness quiet reservation

NOUN

vanity

Synonyms

STRONGEST

arrogance pride

STRONG

affectation airs conceitedness display narcissism ostentation pretension self-love self-worship show smugness vainglory

WEAK

big-headedness ego trip self-admiration

Antonyms

STRONGEST

humility

STRONG

hiding truth

WEAK

modesty

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Catcher, Carson Sheffer, Oaks Christian, Sr.: The Oklahoma State commit batted .440 with 14 doubles and five home runs while also showing off strong defensive skills.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

McClain’s other passion was competing on horseback, showing off skills to round up calves.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

Investors should realize that SpaceX doesn’t mind showing off all that happens in developing space tech.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

"Wearing clothing made of high-quality leather is a way of showing off one's special status," says Cheong.

From BBC • May 5, 2026

There was a whole crowd around him—Hans, the countess’s manservant, was there, and forty, maybe fifty of our fellow refugees, and the schoolchildren—and Karli was showing off even more than usual.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

showing off

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