All ostentation synonyms

noun ostentation

• flashiness — The quality of being flashy.
• pretension — the laying of a claim to something.
• display — to show or exhibit; make visible: to display a sign.
• showiness — the property or characteristic of being showy.
• 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.
• flamboyance — strikingly bold or brilliant; showy: flamboyant colors.
• brazenness — shameless or impudent: brazen presumption.
• vulgarity — the state or quality of being vulgar: the vulgarity of his remark.
• exhibitionism — Extravagant behavior that is intended to attract attention to oneself.
• array — An array of different things or people is a large number or wide range of them.
• 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.
• boasting — to speak with exaggeration and excessive pride, especially about oneself.
• brag — If you brag, you say in a very proud way that you have something or have done something.
• braggadocio — vain empty boasting
• bravado — Bravado is an appearance of courage or confidence that someone shows in order to impress other people.
• demonstration — A demonstration is a march or gathering which people take part in to show their opposition to something or their support for something.
• exhibition — A public display of works of art or other items of interest, held in an art gallery or museum or at a trade fair.
• flash — a precedence code for handling messages about initial enemy contact or operational combat messages of extreme urgency within the U.S. military.
• flourish — to be in a vigorous state; thrive: a period in which art flourished.
• fuss — an excessive display of anxious attention or activity; needless or useless bustle: They made a fuss over the new baby.
• garishness — crudely or tastelessly colorful, showy, or elaborate, as clothes or decoration.
• magnificence — the quality or state of being magnificent; splendor; grandeur; sublimity: the magnificence of snow-covered mountains; the magnificence of his achievements.
• 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.
• pageantry — spectacular display; pomp: the pageantry of a coronation.
• 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.
• pomp — stately or splendid display; splendor; magnificence.
• pomposity — the quality of being pompous.
• pretentiousness — characterized by assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or undeserved: a pretentious, self-important waiter.
• put-on — an act or instance of putting someone on.
• shine — to give forth or glow with light; shed or cast light.
• 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.
• splendour — brilliant or gorgeous appearance, coloring, etc.; magnificence: the splendor of the palace.
• splendor — brilliant or gorgeous appearance, coloring, etc.; magnificence: the splendor of the palace.
• splurge — to indulge oneself in some luxury or pleasure, especially a costly one: They splurged on a trip to Europe.
• swagger — to walk or strut with a defiant or insolent air.
• swank — dashing smartness, as in dress or appearance; style.
• vainglory — excessive elation or pride over one's own achievements, abilities, etc.; boastful vanity.
• vaunt — to speak vaingloriously of; boast of: to vaunt one's achievements.
• false front — a façade falsifying the size, finish, or importance of a building, especially one having a humble purpose or cheap construction.
• flaunting — Present participle of flaunt.
• grandstand play — an ostentatious play, as in a sport, overemphasized deliberately to elicit applause from spectators.
• 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.