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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cheering |
| Synonyms: | alarum, array, ballyhoo, demonstration, display, flourish, hullabaloo*, panoply, parade, pomp, shine, show, trump, trumpet call |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | noise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sound that is loud or not harmonious |
| Synonyms: | babble, babel, bang, bedlam, bellow, bewailing, blare, blast, boisterousness, boom, buzz, cacophony, caterwauling, clamor, clang, clatter, commotion, crash, cry, detonation, din, discord, disquiet, disquietude, drumming, eruption, explosion, fanfare, fireworks, fracas*, fuss*, hoo-ha, hubbub, hullabaloo*, jangle, lamentation, outcry, pandemonium, peal, racket, ring, roar, row, shot, shouting, sonance, squawk, stridency, talk, thud, tumult, turbulence, uproar, uproariousness, yelling, yelp |
| Antonyms: | silence |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pageantry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flashy display |
| Synonyms: | affectation, array, ceremonial, ceremony, extravagance, fanfare, flourish, formality, glitter, grandeur, grandiosity, magnificence, ostentation, pageant, panoply, parade, pomp, pomposity, show, spectacle, splash, splendor |
| Main Entry: | parade |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pageant, display |
| Synonyms: | array, autocade, cavalcade, ceremony, column, demonstration, exhibition, fanfare, flaunting, line, march, ostentation, panoply, pomp, procession, review, ritual, shine, show, spectacle, train, vaunting |
| Main Entry: | pomp |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pageantry, display |
| Synonyms: | affectation, array, ceremonial, ceremony, fanfare, flourish, formality, grandeur, grandiosity, magnificence, ostentation, pageant, panoply, parade, pomposity, ritual, shine, show, solemnity, splendor, state, vainglory |
| Antonyms: | dullness, plainness, simplicity |
| Main Entry: | show |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | demonstration, exhibition |
| Synonyms: | appearance, array, display, expo, exposition, fair, fanfare, fireworks, grandstand, manifestation, occurrence, pageant, pageantry, panoply, parade, pomp, presentation, program, representation, shine*, showboat, showing, sight, spectacle, splash*, view |
| Notes: | in horse racing results, there is win, place, show, and also-ran |
| Antonyms: | concealment, hiding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | panoply |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | display |
| Synonyms: | act, affectation, arrangement, array, arrayal, blaze, bravura, dash, demonstration, example, exhibit, exhibition, expo, exposition, exposure, fanfare, flourish, for show, frame-up, frippery, front, grandstand play, layout, manifestation, ostentation, ostentatiousness, pageant, panorama, parade, pedantry, pomp, presentation, pretension, pretentiousness, revelation, sample, scheme, shine*, show, showboat, spectacle, splash*, splendor, splurge, spread, unfolding, vanity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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