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grandstand play

NOUN
display
Synonyms
STRONGEST
act array demonstration example exhibit parade presentation
STRONG
affectation arrangement blaze bravura dash exhibition expo exposition exposure fanfare flourish frame-up frippery front layout manifestation ostentation ostentatiousness pageant panorama pedantry pomp pretension pretentiousness revelation sample scheme shine showboat splash splendor splurge spread unfolding vanity
WEAK
arrayal for show
Antonyms
STRONGEST
concealment hiding
STRONG
dullness modesty plainness simplicity
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 parading showing off vaunting window-dressing
Antonyms
STRONG
concealment dullness hiding modesty ordinariness simplicity truth
WEAK
plainness quiet reservation
NOUN
panoply
Synonyms
STRONGEST
array
STRONG
act affectation arrangement blaze bravura dash demonstration example exhibit exhibition expo exposition exposure fanfare flourish frame-up frippery front 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
WEAK
arrayal for show
Antonyms
STRONG
concealment cover dullness hiding modesty ordinariness plainness quiet simplicity truth
NOUN
show
Synonyms
STRONGEST
display parade
STRONG
affectation air effect face front guise illusion impression likeness make believe ostentation pose pretense pretext profession seeming semblance sham shine showboat showing simulacrum splash
Antonyms
STRONG
back quiet reality rear truth
WEAK
concealment hiding

Example Sentences

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This isn’t a grandstand play on my part; I’ve discovered—and you can see it in other entertainers—when they don’t reach out to the audience, nothing happens.

From Slate • Nov. 26, 2012

Faced with a long-drawn fight for control which will ruin all the little stockholders, grandstanding Dan Armstrong makes the best grandstand play of all.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last week "100%" Nichols made what looked like his last possible grandstand play short of shutting down completely.

From Time Magazine Archive

Powered by the celestial arrangements of Nelson Riddle, the album is not a sentimental journey, a dizzy camp-out or a show-biz grandstand play.

From Time Magazine Archive

You couldn't expect me to compete with a hero, who is making such a grandstand play as Morley.

From A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill by Rice, Alice Caldwell Hegan