flaunted - 15 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | flaunt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make an exhibition, show off |
| Synonyms: | advertise, air, boast, brandish, break out, broadcast, declare, disclose, display, disport, divulge, expose, flash, flourish, grandstand*, parade, proclaim, put on an act*, reveal, show and tell, sport, streak, trot out*, vaunt, fan it, flash about, gasconade, hotdog, let it all hang out, make a scene, roll out, showcase, smack with, spring on, throw weight around, wave around, whip out |
| Notes: | one flaunts (makes much of) something of one's own (wealth, good looks, education) while one flouts (disregards or violates) something outside oneself (convention, law, regulation); to flaunt is to show off and to flout is to treat with contempt or disregard with smugness |
| Antonyms: | conceal, hide, refrain |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ostentatious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | flashy, showy |
| Synonyms: | boastful, chichi*, classy, conspicuous, crass*, dashing, egotistic, extravagant, flamboyant, flatulent, fussy, garish, gaudy, gay, grandiose, jaunty, loud, obtrusive, pompous, pretentious, spectacular, splashy, sporty, swanky*, theatrical, vain, vulgar, exhibitionistic, flaunted, glittery, highfaluting*, peacocky, splurgy, swank, tinsel*, tony, uptown |
| Antonyms: | modest, plain, quiet, reserved |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | advertise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | publicize for the purpose of selling or causing one to want |
| Synonyms: | acquaint, advance, advise, announce, apprise, ballyhoo*, beat the drum for*, bill, blazon, boost*, build up, communicate, declare, disclose, display, divulge, drum*, endorse, exhibit, expose, flaunt, hard sell, herald, hype*, inform, notify, pitch, plug, press agent*, proclaim, promote, promulgate, puff*, push, reveal, show, soft sell, splash*, sponsor, spot, tout, uncover, unmask, circularize, get on soapbox for, make a pitch, make known, put on the map |
| Antonyms: | hide, keep secret |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | boast |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | brag |
| Synonyms: | advertise, aggrandize, attract attention, blow, blow one's own horn, blow smoke, bluster, bully, cock-a-doodle-doo, con, congratulate oneself, crow, exaggerate, exult, fake, flatter oneself, flaunt, flourish, gasconade, give a good account of oneself, gloat, glory, grandstand*, hug oneself, jive*, lay on thick, prate, preen, psych, puff*, shoot*, shovel*, show off, showboat, shuck*, sling*, sound off, strut, swagger, talk big, triumph, vapor* |
| Antonyms: | be modest, deprecate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dangle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | suspend |
| Synonyms: | brandish, depend, droop, entice, flap, flaunt, flourish, hang, lure, sling, sway, swing, tantalize, tempt, trail, wave, hang down |
| Main Entry: | demonstrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | display, show |
| Synonyms: | authenticate, determine, establish, evidence, evince, exhibit, expose, flaunt, indicate, make out, manifest, prove, show and tell*, test, trot out*, try, validate, make evident, roll out*, testify to |
| Antonyms: | conceal, hide |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | display |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | show for public viewing, effect |
| Synonyms: | advertise, arrange, bare, betray, boast, brandish, demonstrate, disclose, emblazon, evidence, evince, exhibit, expand, expose, extend, feature, flash, flaunt, flourish, glaze, grandstand*, illustrate, impart, lay out, manifest, model, open, parade, perform, present, promote, promulgate, publish, represent, reveal, show off, sport, trot out*, uncover, unfold, unfurl, unmask, unroll, unveil, vamp, bring to view, lay bare, make clear, make known, open out, set out, showcase, spread out, stretch out |
| Antonyms: | conceal, cover, hide, secrete, withhold |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | exhibit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put on view; present |
| Synonyms: | advertise, air, brandish, demonstrate, disclose, display, disport, evidence, evince, expose, express, feature, flash, flaunt, illustrate, indicate, manifest, mark, offer, parade, proclaim, reveal, show, show and tell*, show off, trot out*, let it all hang out, make clear, make plain, ostend, parade wares, roll out, showcase, strut stuff, wave around |
| Antonyms: | conceal, cover, hide |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | expose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reveal |
| Synonyms: | advertise, air, bare, betray, brandish, bring to light*, broadcast, crack, debunk, denude, disclose, display, disport, divulge, exhibit, feature, flash, flaunt, give away, leak, manifest, open, parade, present, prove, publish, report, show, show off, spill, streak, trot out*, uncover, unearth, unfold, unmask, unveil, dig up, lay bare, lay open*, let cat out of bag, let out*, make known, open to view, put on view, smoke out, tip off, unclothe, unshroud |
| Antonyms: | conceal, cover, hide |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | flash |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move fast and display |
| Synonyms: | bolt, brandish, dart, dash, disport, exhibit, expose, flaunt, flit, flourish, fly, parade, race, shoot, show, show off, speed, spring, streak, sweep, trot out, whistle, zoom |
| Antonyms: | pause, slow, walk |
| Main Entry: | flourish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wave about |
| Synonyms: | brandish, display, flaunt, flutter, shake, sweep, swing, swish, twirl, vaunt, wag, wield |
| Main Entry: | parade |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | show off; march |
| Synonyms: | advertise, air, boast, brag, brandish, declare, demonstrate, disclose, display, disport, divulge, exhibit, expose, flash, flaunt, prance, proclaim, publish, reveal, sport, strut, swagger, trot out*, vaunt, march in review |
| Antonyms: | conceal, hide |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | show |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | actively exhibit something |
| Synonyms: | afford, air, arrive, attend, bare, blazon, brandish, demonstrate, display, disport, exhibit, expose, flash, flaunt, flourish, lay out, mount, offer, parade, present, produce, proffer, put on, reveal, sell, show off, sport, spread, stage, streak, submit, supply, trot out, unfold, unfurl, unveil, vaunt, wave, deal in, lay bare, set out, showcase |
| Antonyms: | conceal, hide |
| Main Entry: | strut |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | walk pompously |
| Synonyms: | flaunt, flounce, grandstand*, mince, parade, prance, sashay*, show off, stalk, stride, swagger, sweep, peacock*, play to audience, put on airs, swank |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | trot out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring forward |
| Synonyms: | brandish, bring up, come out with, display, disport, exhibit, expose, flash, flaunt, parade, recite, rehearse, reiterate, relate, repeat, represent, show, show off, drag up |
| Antonyms: | conceal, hide |
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