All ballyhooed synonyms
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B b verb ballyhooed
- publicize β to give publicity to; bring to public notice; advertise: They publicized the meeting as best they could.
- advance β To advance means to move forward, often in order to attack someone.
- aid β Aid is money, equipment, or services that are provided for people, countries, or organizations who need them but cannot provide them for themselves.
- laud β to praise; extol.
- offer β to present for acceptance or rejection; proffer: He offered me a cigarette.
- introduce β to present (a person) to another so as to make acquainted.
- benefit β The benefit of something is the help that you get from it or the advantage that results from it.
- push β to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away.
- further β at or to a great distance; a long way off; at or to a remote point: We sailed far ahead of the fleet.
- boost β If one thing boosts another, it causes it to increase, improve, or be more successful.
- disclose β to make known; reveal or uncover: to disclose a secret.
- reveal β to make known; disclose; divulge: to reveal a secret.
- communicate β to impart (knowledge) or exchange (thoughts, feelings, or ideas) by speech, writing, gestures, etc
- proclaim β to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
- tout β to solicit business, employment, votes, or the like, importunately.
- sponsor β a person who vouches or is responsible for a person or thing.
- announce β If you announce something, you tell people about it publicly or officially.
- promote β to help or encourage to exist or flourish; further: to promote world peace.
- display β to show or exhibit; make visible: to display a sign.
- hasten β to move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry: to hasten to a place.
- help β to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need; contribute strength or means to; render assistance to; cooperate effectively with; aid; assist: He planned to help me with my work. Let me help you with those packages.
- facilitate β to make easier or less difficult; help forward (an action, a process, etc.): Careful planning facilitates any kind of work.
- speed β rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity: the speed of light; the speed of sound.
- bolster β If you bolster something such as someone's confidence or courage, you increase it.
- save β to rescue from danger or possible harm, injury, or loss: to save someone from drowning.
- support β to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
- cooperate β If you cooperate with someone, you work with them or help them for a particular purpose. You can also say that two people cooperate.
- maintain β to keep in existence or continuance; preserve; retain: to maintain good relations with neighboring countries.
- back β If you move back, you move in the opposite direction to the one in which you are facing or in which you were moving before.
- stimulate β to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- portend β to indicate in advance; to foreshadow or presage, as an omen does: The street incident may portend a general uprising.
- presage β a presentiment or foreboding.
- foretoken β a sign of a future event; omen; forewarning.
- congratulate β If you congratulate someone, you say something to show you are pleased that something nice has happened to them.
- flatter β to make flat.
- cry β When you cry, tears come from your eyes, usually because you are unhappy or hurt.
- commend β If you commend someone or something, you praise them formally.
- admire β If you admire someone or something, you like and respect them very much.
- build β If you build something, you make it by joining things together.
- praise β the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- overpraise β to praise excessively or unduly.
- acclaim β If someone or something is acclaimed, they are praised enthusiastically.
- tip β Eugene (Gladstone) 1888β1953, U.S. playwright: Nobel prize 1936.
- steer β to guide the course of (something in motion) by a rudder, helm, wheel, etc.: to steer a bicycle.
- plug β an apparatus for splitting stone, consisting of two tapered bars (feathers) inserted into a hole drilled into the stone, between which a narrow wedge (plug) is hammered to spread them.
- urge β to push or force along; impel with force or vigor: to urge the cause along.
- splash β to wet or soil by dashing masses or particles of water, mud, or the like; spatter: Don't splash her dress!
- ballyhoo β You can use ballyhoo to refer to great excitement or anger about something, especially when you disapprove of it because you think it is unnecessary or exaggerated.
- suggest β to mention or introduce (an idea, proposition, plan, etc.) for consideration or possible action: The architect suggested that the building be restored.
- serve β to act as a servant.