Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Ostentation

Nouns
  • ostentation, display, show, flourish, parade, pomp, array, state, solemnity
  • dash, splash, splurge, glitter, strut, pomposity
  • pretense, pretensions
  • showing off
  • fuss. magnificence, splendor
  • grand doings. coup de theatre
  • stage effect, stage trick
  • claptrap
  • tour de force
  • chic. demonstration, flying colors
  • tomfoolery
  • flourish of trumpets etc. (celebration) Celebration
  • pageant, pageantry
  • spectacle, exhibition, exposition, procession
  • turn out, set out
  • grand function
  • f=ete, 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
  • punctilio, punctiliousness
  • starched stateliness, stateliness. mummery, solemn mockery, mouth honor. attitudinarian
  • fop etc. Fop.
Verbs
  • be ostentatious etc. adj.
  • 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 off one'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 etc. (praise) Approbation
  • 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 etc. (disguise) Falsehood.
Adjectives
  • ostentatious, showy, dashing, pretentious
  • janty, jaunty
  • grand, pompous, palatial
  • high-sounding
  • turgid etc. (big-sounding) Ornament
  • gairish, garish
  • gaudy, gaudy as a peacock, gaudy as a butterfly, gaudy as a tulip
  • flaunting, flashing, flaming, glittering
  • gay etc. (ornate) Ornament. splendid, magnificent, sumptuous. theatrical, dramatic, spectacular
  • ceremonial, ritual. solemn, stately, majestic, formal, stiff, ceremonious, punctilious, starched. dressed to kill, dressed to the nines, decjed out, all decked out, in best bib and tucker, in Sunday best, endimanch_e, chic.
Adverbs
  • with flourish of trumpet, with beat of drum