All pageant synonyms

noun pageant

• gala — festive; festal; showy: Her birthday parties were always gala occasions.
• garishness — crudely or tastelessly colorful, showy, or elaborate, as clothes or decoration.
• divertissement — a diversion or entertainment.
• centennial — A centennial is the same as a centenary.
• grandstand play — an ostentatious play, as in a sport, overemphasized deliberately to elicit applause from spectators.
• cover up — If you cover something or someone up, you put something over them in order to protect or hide them.
• autocade — a procession or parade of automobiles; motorcade.
• ostentation — pretentious or conspicuous show, as of wealth or importance; display intended to impress others.
• coverup — an attempt to keep blunders, crimes, etc. from being disclosed
• mise en scene — the process of setting a stage, with regard to placement of actors, scenery, properties, etc.
• display — to show or exhibit; make visible: to display a sign.
• charade — If you describe someone's actions as a charade, you mean that their actions are so obviously false that they do not convince anyone.
• inspection — the act of inspecting or viewing, especially carefully or critically: an inspection of all luggage on the plane.
• make-believe — pretense, especially of an innocent or playful kind; feigning; sham: the make-believe of children playing.
• for show — in order to impress, for display only
• dos — any of several single-user, command-driven operating systems for personal computers, especially MS DOS.
• ostentatiousness — characterized by or given to pretentious or conspicuous show in an attempt to impress others: an ostentatious dresser.
• disguise — to change the appearance or guise of so as to conceal identity or mislead, as by means of deceptive garb: The king was disguised as a peasant.
• 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.
• exposition — A comprehensive description and explanation of an idea or theory.
• get-up — costume; outfit: Everyone will stare at you if you wear that getup.
• bravure — Music. a florid passage or piece requiring great skill and spirit in the performer.
• look over — the act of looking: a look of inquiry.
• look-over — a brief or superficial examination or reading.
• frame up — a fraudulent incrimination of an innocent person.
• dissimulation — the act of dissimulating; feigning; hypocrisy.
• fakery — the practice or result of faking.
• expo — A large exhibition.
• county fair — a competitive exhibition of farm products, livestock, etc., often held annually in the same place in the county.
• flamboyance — strikingly bold or brilliant; showy: flamboyant colors.
• extravaganza — An elaborate and spectacular entertainment or production.
• arrayal — the act or process of arraying
• fig leaf — the leaf of a fig tree.
• frame-up — a fraudulent incrimination of an innocent person.
• clambake — A clambake is a picnic at which clams and other food are served.
• wingding — a noisy, exciting celebration or party.
• 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.
• carnival — A carnival is a public festival during which people play music and sometimes dance in the streets.
• fair — free from bias, dishonesty, or injustice: a fair decision; a fair judge.
• lookover — A brief visual inspection.