All grandstand play synonyms

noun grandstand play

• parade — a large public procession, usually including a marching band and often of a festive nature, held in honor of an anniversary, person, event, etc.
• demonstration — A demonstration is a march or gathering which people take part in to show their opposition to something or their support for something.
• act — When you act, you do something for a particular purpose.
• array — An array of different things or people is a large number or wide range of them.
• presentation — an act of presenting.
• dash — If you dash somewhere, you run or go there quickly and suddenly.
• pretension — the laying of a claim to something.
• affectation — If you say that someone's attitude or behaviour is an affectation, you disapprove of the fact that it is not genuine or natural, but is intended to impress other people.
• fanfare — a flourish or short air played on trumpets or the like.
• splurge — to indulge oneself in some luxury or pleasure, especially a costly one: They splurged on a trip to Europe.
• layout — an arrangement or plan: We objected to the layout of the house.
• revelation — the act of revealing or disclosing; disclosure.
• arrangement — Arrangements are plans and preparations which you make so that something will happen or be possible.
• spread — to draw, stretch, or open out, especially over a flat surface, as something rolled or folded (often followed by out).
• splash — to wet or soil by dashing masses or particles of water, mud, or the like; spatter: Don't splash her dress!
• scheme — a plan, design, or program of action to be followed; project.
• blaze — When a fire blazes, it burns strongly and brightly.
• pomp — stately or splendid display; splendor; magnificence.
• frippery — finery in dress, especially when showy, gaudy, or the like.
• ostentation — pretentious or conspicuous show, as of wealth or importance; display intended to impress others.
• manifestation — an act of manifesting.
• front — the foremost part or surface of anything.
• pedantry — the character, qualities, practices, etc., of a pedant, especially undue display of learning.
• flourish — to be in a vigorous state; thrive: a period in which art flourished.
• vanity — excessive pride in one's appearance, qualities, abilities, achievements, etc.; character or quality of being vain; conceit: Failure to be elected was a great blow to his vanity.
• shine — to give forth or glow with light; shed or cast light.
• sample — a small part of anything or one of a number, intended to show the quality, style, or nature of the whole; specimen.
• pageant — an elaborate public spectacle illustrative of the history of a place, institution, or the like, often given in dramatic form or as a procession of colorful floats.
• pretentiousness — characterized by assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or undeserved: a pretentious, self-important waiter.
• splendor — brilliant or gorgeous appearance, coloring, etc.; magnificence: the splendor of the palace.
• panorama — an unobstructed and wide view of an extensive area in all directions.
• frame-up — a fraudulent incrimination of an innocent person.
• ostentatiousness — characterized by or given to pretentious or conspicuous show in an attempt to impress others: an ostentatious dresser.
• bravura — If you say that someone is doing something with bravura, you mean that they are using unnecessary extra actions that emphasize their skill or importance.
• showboat — a boat, especially a paddle-wheel steamer, used as a traveling theater.
• show — to cause or allow to be seen; exhibit; display.
• spectacle — anything presented to the sight or view, especially something of a striking or impressive kind: The stars make a fine spectacle tonight.
• swank — dashing smartness, as in dress or appearance; style.
• boasting — to speak with exaggeration and excessive pride, especially about oneself.
• flash — a precedence code for handling messages about initial enemy contact or operational combat messages of extreme urgency within the U.S. military.
• vainglory — excessive elation or pride over one's own achievements, abilities, etc.; boastful vanity.
• swagger — to walk or strut with a defiant or insolent air.
• braggadocio — vain empty boasting
• fuss — an excessive display of anxious attention or activity; needless or useless bustle: They made a fuss over the new baby.
• bravado — Bravado is an appearance of courage or confidence that someone shows in order to impress other people.
• pomposity — the quality of being pompous.
• magnificence — the quality or state of being magnificent; splendor; grandeur; sublimity: the magnificence of snow-covered mountains; the magnificence of his achievements.
• boast — If someone boasts about something that they have done or that they own, they talk about it very proudly, in a way that other people may find irritating or offensive.
• pageantry — spectacular display; pomp: the pageantry of a coronation.
• brag — If you brag, you say in a very proud way that you have something or have done something.