All grandstand play synonyms

noun grandstand play

• put-on — an act or instance of putting someone on.
• display — to show or exhibit; make visible: to display a sign.
• vaunt — to speak vaingloriously of; boast of: to vaunt one's achievements.
• flamboyance — strikingly bold or brilliant; showy: flamboyant colors.
• garishness — crudely or tastelessly colorful, showy, or elaborate, as clothes or decoration.
• showiness — the property or characteristic of being showy.
• impression — a strong effect produced on the intellect, feelings, conscience, etc.
• seeming — apparent; appearing, whether truly or falsely, to be as specified: a seeming advantage.
• profession — a vocation requiring knowledge of some department of learning or science: the profession of teaching. Compare learned profession.
• pretext — something that is put forward to conceal a true purpose or object; an ostensible reason; excuse: The leaders used the insults as a pretext to declare war.
• air — Air is the mixture of gases which forms the Earth's atmosphere and which we breathe.
• simulacrum — a slight, unreal, or superficial likeness or semblance.
• illusion — something that deceives by producing a false or misleading impression of reality.
• sham — something that is not what it purports to be; a spurious imitation; fraud or hoax.
• semblance — outward aspect or appearance.
• showing — a theatrical production, performance, or company.
• pose — a movement in which the dancer steps, in any desired position, from one foot to the other with a straight knee onto the flat foot, demi-pointe, or pointe.
• effect — something that is produced by an agency or cause; result; consequence: Exposure to the sun had the effect of toughening his skin.
• pretense — pretending or feigning; make-believe: My sleepiness was all pretense.
• likeness — a representation, picture, or image, especially a portrait: to draw a good likeness of Churchill.
• face — the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
• guise — François de Lorraine [frahn-swa duh law-ren] /frɑ̃ˈswa də lɔˈrɛn/ (Show IPA), 2nd Duc de, 1519–63, French general and statesman.
• make-believe — pretense, especially of an innocent or playful kind; feigning; sham: the make-believe of children playing.
• arrayal — the act or process of arraying
• for show — in order to impress, for display only
• false front — a façade falsifying the size, finish, or importance of a building, especially one having a humble purpose or cheap construction.
• parading — a large public procession, usually including a marching band and often of a festive nature, held in honor of an anniversary, person, event, etc.
• swaggering — pertaining to, characteristic of, or behaving in the manner of a person who swaggers.
• vaunting — having a boastfully proud disposition: a vaunting dictator.
• window-dressing — the art, act, or technique of trimming the display windows of a store.