ostentation

English Thesaurus

1. pretentious or showy or vulgar display (noun.attribute)

hypernym	:	largeness, pretension, pretentiousness,
definition	:	the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth) (noun.attribute)

2. lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity (noun.attribute)

hypernym	:	inelegance,
definition	:	the quality of lacking refinement and good taste (noun.attribute)

3. a gaudy outward display (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	display,
definition	:	exhibiting openly in public view (noun.communication)

hyponym	:	bluster, bravado,
definition	:	a swaggering show of courage (noun.communication)

hyponym	:	exhibitionism,
definition	:	extravagant and conspicuous behavior intended to attract attention to yourself (noun.communication)

hyponym	:	ritz,
definition	:	ostentatious display of elegance (noun.communication)

hyponym	:	splurge,
definition	:	an ostentatious display (of effort or extravagance etc.) (noun.communication)

hyponym	:	pedantry,
definition	:	an ostentatious and inappropriate display of learning (noun.communication)

4. pretentious or showy or vulgar display (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	flash, flaunt, ostentate, show off, swank,
definition	:	display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously (verb.perception)

derivation	:	ostentatious, pretentious, ostentatious, pretentious,
definition	:	intended to attract notice and impress others (adj.all)

5. lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	grandiloquent, overblown, pompous, pontifical, portentous,
definition	:	puffed up with vanity (adj.all)

derivation	:	ostentatious, pretentious,
definition	:	(of a display) tawdry or vulgar (adj.all)

6. a gaudy outward display (noun.communication)

derivation	:	flash, flaunt, ostentate, show off, swank,
definition	:	display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously (verb.perception)

derivation	:	flashy, gaudy, jazzy, showy, sporty,
definition	:	(used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display (adj.all)

derivation	:	ostentatious, pretentious,
definition	:	intended to attract notice and impress others (adj.all)

derivation	:	brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy,
definition	:	tastelessly showy (adj.all)

7. pretentious or showy or vulgar display (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	flash, flaunt, ostentate, show off, swank,
definition	:	display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously (verb.perception)

derivation	:	ostentatious, pretentious, ostentatious, pretentious,
definition	:	intended to attract notice and impress others (adj.all)

8. lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	grandiloquent, overblown, pompous, pontifical, portentous,
definition	:	puffed up with vanity (adj.all)

derivation	:	ostentatious, pretentious,
definition	:	(of a display) tawdry or vulgar (adj.all)

9. a gaudy outward display (noun.communication)

derivation	:	flash, flaunt, ostentate, show off, swank,
definition	:	display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously (verb.perception)

derivation	:	flashy, gaudy, jazzy, showy, sporty,
definition	:	(used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display (adj.all)

derivation	:	ostentatious, pretentious,
definition	:	intended to attract notice and impress others (adj.all)

derivation	:	brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy,
definition	:	tastelessly showy (adj.all)