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| Main Entry: | ostentation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | exhibitionism, flashiness |
| Synonyms: | affectation, array, boast, boasting, brag, bravado, demonstration, display, exhibition, false front*, flash*, flaunting, flourish, fuss, magnificence, pageant, pageantry, parade, pomp, pomposity, pretending, pretension, shine*, show, showoff*, spectacle, splendor, splurge, swagger*, vainglory, vaunt*, braggadocio, bragging, flamboyance, garishness, grandstand play, parading, pompousness, pretentiousness, put-on, showiness, showing off, swaggering, swank, vaunting, window-dressing |
| Antonyms: | modesty, quiet, reservation, plainness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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-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) [more]; 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 [more].
-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) [more]; 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) [more].
-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) [more]., 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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| Main Entry: | airs |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | affectation; pretended behavior |
| Synonyms: | arrogance, false front, front, haughtiness, hauteur, mannerism, ostentation, pomposity, pose, pretense, pretension, show, affectedness, pretentiousness, put-on, superciliousness |
| Antonyms: | personality, truthfulness, realness |
| Main Entry: | arrogance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | exaggerated self-opinion |
| Synonyms: | airs, audacity, bluster, brass*, cheek*, chutzpah*, conceit, crust*, disdain, ego, gall, haughtiness, hauteur, hubris, insolence, nerve, ostentation, pomposity, presumption, pretension, pride, priggishness, self-importance, self-love, swagger, vanity, aloofness, braggadocio, conceitedness, contemptuousness, disdainfulness, egotism, high-handedness, imperiousness, loftiness, overbearance, pompousness, pretentiousness, scornfulness, smugness, superciliousness |
| Antonyms: | humility, meekness, servility |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | display |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | public showing; spectacle |
| Synonyms: | act, affectation, arrangement, array, blaze, dash, demonstration, example, exhibit, exhibition, exposition, exposure, fanfare, flourish, frippery, front, layout, manifestation, ostentation, pageant, panorama, parade, pedantry, pomp, presentation, pretension, revelation, sample, scheme, shine, splash, splendor, splurge, spread, vanity, arrayal, bravura, expo, for show, frame-up, grandstand play, ostentatiousness, pretentiousness, showboat, unfolding |
| Antonyms: | hiding |
| Main Entry: | egoism/egotism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | self-centeredness |
| Synonyms: | arrogance, assurance, boasting, conceit, haughtiness, insolence, ostentation, presumption, pride, self-confidence, self-importance, self-love, self-possession, selfishness, superiority, vainglory, vanity, boastfulness, bragging, conceitedness, egocentricity, egomania, gasconade, megalomania, narcissism, overconfidence, preoccupation with self, self-absorption, self-admiration, self-interest, self-regard, self-worship, swellheadedness, vaunting |
| Antonyms: | altruism, humility, selflessness |
| Main Entry: | embellishment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beautification; decorating |
| Synonyms: | adornment, coloring, decoration, doodad*, elaboration, embroidery, enhancement, enrichment, exaggeration, frill, fuss*, garnish, hyperbole, jazz*, ornament, ornamentation, ostentation, overstatement, embroidering, fandangle, floridity, flowery speech, froufrou, gilding, gingerbread, icing on the cake |
| Antonyms: | injury, disfigurement, simplification, spoliation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | frippery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | waste, nonsense |
| Synonyms: | adornment, bauble, decoration, frill, knickknack, ornament, ostentation, toy, trinket, fanciness, fandangle, flashiness, fussiness, gaudiness, meretriciousness, pretentiousness, showiness, tawdriness |
| Antonyms: | plainness |
| Main Entry: | glitz |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | showiness |
| Synonyms: | appeal, glamour, ostentation, flashiness, gaudiness, speciousness |
| Main Entry: | hubris |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | arrogance |
| Synonyms: | airs, audacity, brass*, cheek*, chutzpah*, disdain, insolence, nerve, ostentation, pomposity, presumption, pretension, self-importance, vanity, cockiness, conceitedness, contemptuousness, loftiness, overbearance, pompousness, pretentiousness |
* = 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, magnificence, ostentation, pageant, parade, pomp, pomposity, show, spectacle, splash, splendor, grandiosity, panoply |
| Main Entry: | parade |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pageant, display |
| Synonyms: | array, cavalcade, ceremony, column, demonstration, exhibition, fanfare, flaunting, line, march, ostentation, pomp, procession, review, ritual, shine, show, spectacle, train, autocade, panoply, vaunting |
| Main Entry: | pomp |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pageantry, display |
| Synonyms: | affectation, array, ceremonial, ceremony, fanfare, flourish, formality, grandeur, magnificence, ostentation, pageant, parade, pomposity, ritual, shine, show, solemnity, splendor, state, vainglory, grandiosity, panoply |
| Antonyms: | dullness, simplicity, plainness |
| Main Entry: | pretense |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | falsehood, affected show; cover |
| Synonyms: | act, acting, affectation, appearance, artifice, charade, claim, cloak, deceit, deception, display, double-dealing*, evasion, excuse, fabrication, facade, gag, guise, insincerity, invention, make-believe, mask, masquerade, misrepresentation, misstatement, ostentation, pretext, routine, ruse, semblance, sham*, simulation, stall, stunt, subterfuge, trickery, veil, veneer, wile, dissimulation, dumb act, fakery, faking, falsification, feigning, posing, posturing, pretentiousness, schtick, shuffling |
| Antonyms: | honesty, reality, truth, openness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | vanity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conceit, egotism |
| Synonyms: | affectation, airs, arrogance, display, ostentation, pretension, pride, self-love, show*, vainglory, big-headedness, conceitedness, ego trip, narcissism, self-admiration, self-worship, showing off, smugness |
| Antonyms: | modesty |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | egoism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | self-centeredness |
| Synonyms: | arrogance, assurance, boasting, conceit, haughtiness, insolence, ostentation, presumption, pride, self-confidence, self-importance, self-love, self-possession, selfishness, superiority, vainglory, vanity, boastfulness, bragging, conceitedness, egocentricity, egomania, egotism, gasconade, megalomania, narcissism, overconfidence, self-absorption, self-admiration, self-interest, self-regard, self-worship, swellheadedness, vaunting |
| Notes: | egoism is an attempt to get excessive personal recognition for yourself while egotism is an exaggerated opinion of your own importance |
| Antonyms: | altruism, selflessness |
| Main Entry: | magnificence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | grandeur |
| Synonyms: | beauty, distinction, elegance, flourish, glitter, glory, grace, greatness, importance, lavishness, majesty, nobility, ostentation, pomp, post*, pulchritude, radiance, richness, show, splendor, style, brilliance, exaltedness, impressiveness, loftiness, luxuriousness, nobleness, ostentatiousness, resplendency, spectacularity, stateliness, sublimity, sumptuousness, swank* |
| Antonyms: | dullness, modesty, simplicity, ugliness, unostentatiousness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pretension |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | airs, snobbishness |
| Synonyms: | affectation, big talk*, charade, conceit, disguise, fake*, false front*, front, hypocrisy, ostentation, phony, pomposity, self-importance, show, showoff, snobbery, splash*, vainglory, vanity, pretentiousness, put-on, showboat, showiness |
| Antonyms: | honesty, humility |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pomposity |
| Part of Speech: | noun1 |
| Definition: | pretension |
| Synonyms: | airs, arrogance, conceit, ostentation, presumption, overconfidence |
| Main Entry: | show |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | false front; appearance given |
| Synonyms: | affectation, air, display, effect, face*, front, guise, illusion, impression, likeness, make-believe*, ostentation, parade, pose, pretense, pretext, profession, seeming, semblance, sham, shine*, showing, splash*, grandstand play, showboat, simulacrum |
| Antonyms: | reality, truth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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