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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | public showing; spectacle |
| 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, showboat, splash, splendor, splurge, spread, unfolding, vanity |
| Antonyms: | hiding |
| Main Entry: | show |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | false front; appearance given |
| Synonyms: | affectation, air, display, effect, face*, front, grandstand play, guise, illusion, impression, likeness, make-believe, ostentation, parade, pose, pretense, pretext, profession, seeming, semblance, sham, shine*, showboat, showing, simulacrum, splash* |
| Notes: | in horse racing results, there is win, place, show, and also-ran |
| Antonyms: | reality, truth |
* = 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
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Concept: | Ostentation. |
| Category: | 4. Extrinsic Affections |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
ostentation, display, show, flourish, parade, etalage, pomp, array, state, solemnity; dash, splash, splurge, glitter, strut, pomposity; pretense, pretensions; showing off; fuss., magnificence, splendor; coup d'oeil; grand doings., coup de theatre; stage effect, stage trick; claptrap; mise en scene; tour de force; chic., demonstration, flying colors; tomfoolery; flourish of trumpets (celebration); pageant, pageantry; spectacle, exhibition, exposition, procession; turn out, set out; grand function; fête, gala, field day, review, march past, promenade, insubstantial pageant., dress; court dress, full dress, evening dress, ball dress, fancy dress; tailoring, millinery, man millinery, frippery, foppery, equipage., ceremony, ceremonial; ritual; form, formality; etiquette; puncto, punctilio, punctiliousness; starched stateliness, stateliness., mummery, solemn mockery, mouth honor., attitudinarian; fop.
-verbs
be ostentatious; come forward, put oneself forward; attract attention, star it., cut a figure, make a dash, make a splash, make a splurge, cut a dash, cut a splash, cut a splurge; figure, figure away; make a show, make a display; glitter., show off, show offone's paces; parade, march past; display, exhibit, put forward, hold up; trot out, hand out; sport, brandish, blazon forth; dangle, dangle before the eyes., cry up (praise); proner, flaunt, emblazon, prink, set off, mount, have framed and glazed., put a good face upon, put a smiling face upon; clean the outside of the platter (disguise).
-adjectives
ostentatious, showy, dashing, pretentious; janty, jaunty; grand, pompous, palatial; high-sounding; turgid (big-sounding) [more]; gairish, garish; gaudy, gaudy as a peacock, gaudy as a butterfly, gaudy as a tulip; flaunting, flashing, flaming, glittering; gay (ornate)., splendid, magnificent, sumptuous., theatrical, dramatic, spectacular; ceremonial, ritual., solemn, stately, majestic, formal, stiff, ceremonious, punctilious, starched., en granite tenue, in best bib and tucker, in Sunday best, endimanche, chic.
-adverbs
with flourish of trumpet, with beat of drum, with flying colors., ad captandum vulgus [Lat.].
-phrases
honores mutant mores.
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