Definition for Ostentation:

• pretentious or showy or vulgar display

Synonyms for Ostentation:

• n.

  •
  • plain.
  •exhibitionism, flashiness (noun)
  • bravado,
  • shine,
  • splendor,
  • showoff,
  • bragging,
  • flamboyance,
  • Flaunting,
  • flourish,
  • pomposity,
  • array,
  • spectacle,
  • splurge,
  • boast,
  • fuss,
  • garishness,
  • showiness,
  • flash,
  • vaunt,
  • vainglory,
  • brag,
  • pageant,
  • swaggering,
  • pretending,
  • boasting,
  • Parading,
  • demonstration,
  • affectation,
  • swank,
  • pompousness,
  • Vaunting,
  • pretentiousness.
  •frippery (noun)
  • flashiness,
  • fanciness,
  • tawdriness,
  • meretriciousness,
  • gaudiness.
  •glitz (noun)
  • glitz.
  •ostentation (noun)
  • exhibitionism,
  • affectedness,
  • swaggar,
  • Flagrancy,
  • jauntiness,
  • dramatics,
  • formality,
  • showmanship,
  • ornateness,
  • inflation,
  • pomp and circumstance,
  • rakishness,
  • shamelessness,
  • fanfare,
  • dash,
  • sensationalism,
  • snazziness,
  • splashiness,
  • histrionics,
  • grandiosity,
  • opulence,
  • grandiloquence,
  • blatancy.
  •pretension (noun)
  • claim,
  • air,
  • stage,
  • imposture,
  • falseness,
  • charade,
  • cover,
  • imitation,
  • fraud,
  • facade,
  • mannerism,
  • front,
  • guise,
  • counterfeit,
  • bluff,
  • gimmick,
  • masquerade,
  • impersonation,
  • disguise,
  • device,
  • forgery,
  • deceit,
  • artificiality.
  •pride (noun)
  • confidence,
  • high-and-mightiness,
  • conceit,
  • grandness,
  • assurance,
  • condescension,
  • huffiness,
  • self-glory,
  • haughtiness,
  • pride.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • braggadocio,
  • grandstanding,
  • grandioseness,
  • theatrics,
  • Foppery,
  • one-upmanship,
  • self-promotion.
  •
  • swagger,
  • exhibitionist,
  • BLING,
  • window dressing.
  •egoism
  • egotism.
  •genealogy
  • heraldry.

Antonyms for Ostentation:

• n.

  • exhibitionism, flashiness
    modesty, simplicity, dullness, ordinariness, concealment, hiding, quiet, truth, plainness, reservation.
  • Other antonyms:
    tastefulness, Conservativeness, elegance, moderation, unobtrusiveness, timidity, restraint, diffidence, retirement, understatement, reserve, gracefulness, quietness, austerity, shrinking, severity.

Hyponym for Ostentation:

• n.

  • attribute
    pretentiousness, largeness, pretension.