Definition for Ostentation:

• pretentious or showy or vulgar display

Synonyms for Ostentation:

• n.

  •
  • plain.
  •airs (noun)
  • puton.
  •arrogance (noun)
  • high-handednesses,
  • disdainfulnesses,
  • high handednesses,
  • imperiousnesses,
  • selfimportance,
  • high handedness,
  • self importance,
  • conceitednesses,
  • self love,
  • contemptuousnesses,
  • highhandednesses,
  • selflove,
  • scornfulnesses,
  • smugnesses,
  • overbearances.
  •attribute (noun)
  • ostentation.
  •display (noun)
  • un folding,
  • grandstand plays,
  • ostentatiousnesses,
  • dis-play,
  • dis-plays,
  • re-velations,
  • ex-ample,
  • ex-position,
  • ex-positions,
  • frame ups,
  • bravuras,
  • bravure,
  • re velation,
  • un-folding,
  • re-velation,
  • ex ample,
  • dis play,
  • frameups,
  • frameup,
  • arrayals,
  • dis plays,
  • re velations.
  •egoism/egotism (noun)
  • over-confidences,
  • self admiration,
  • selfinterest,
  • selfregard,
  • self admirations,
  • self worships,
  • over confidences,
  • selfconfidence,
  • self possession,
  • boastfulnesses,
  • selfpossession,
  • megalomanias,
  • preoccupation with selves,
  • self confidence,
  • self regard,
  • selfworship,
  • selfadmirations,
  • selfadmiration,
  • self worship,
  • selfinterests,
  • swellheadednesses,
  • over confidence,
  • vauntings,
  • self-admirations,
  • selfworships,
  • self interest,
  • self-worships,
  • self-interests,
  • self interests,
  • braggings.
  •embellishment (noun)
  • icing the cake,
  • co loring,
  • flowery speeches,
  • fandangles,
  • co-lorings,
  • floridities,
  • over statement,
  • co lorings,
  • hyper bole,
  • over-statement,
  • over statements,
  • icing cake,
  • co-loring,
  • over-statements,
  • hyper-boles,
  • hyper-bole,
  • icing on cake,
  • froufrous,
  • embroiderings,
  • hyper boles.
  •exhibitionism, flashiness (noun)
  • bravado,
  • pretentiousness,
  • showoff,
  • pomposity,
  • Flaunting,
  • flourish,
  • splendor,
  • put-on,
  • fuss,
  • demonstration,
  • vaunt,
  • array,
  • showing off,
  • pretending,
  • swaggering,
  • bragging,
  • flamboyance,
  • flash,
  • shine,
  • boast,
  • spectacle,
  • Parading,
  • window-dressing,
  • swank,
  • brag,
  • showiness,
  • pageant,
  • boasting,
  • splurge,
  • pompousness,
  • affectation,
  • vainglory,
  • Vaunting,
  • garishness.
  •fanfare (noun)
  • fanfare.
  •frippery (noun)
  • flashiness,
  • meretriciousness,
  • trinket,
  • tawdriness,
  • gaudiness,
  • fussiness,
  • fanciness.
  •glitz (noun)
  • glitz.
  •hubris (noun)
  • cockinesses.
  •inflation (noun)
  • inflation.
  •magnificence (noun)
  • impressivenesses,
  • statelinesses,
  • exaltednesses,
  • luxuriousnesses,
  • noblenesses,
  • spectacularities.
  •narcissism (noun)
  • amourpropre.
  •ostentation (noun)
  • splashiness,
  • affectedness,
  • grandiosity,
  • formality,
  • dramatics,
  • grandiloquence,
  • swaggar,
  • blatancy,
  • jauntiness,
  • pomp and circumstance,
  • Flagrancy,
  • shamelessness,
  • dash,
  • snazziness,
  • sensationalism,
  • rakishness,
  • showmanship,
  • histrionics,
  • exhibitionism,
  • ornateness.
  •parade (noun)
  • pro cessions,
  • re-view,
  • flauntings,
  • pro-cession,
  • autocades,
  • pro cession,
  • re view,
  • re-views,
  • pro-cessions,
  • re views.
  •pretense (noun)
  • dumb acts,
  • pre tenses,
  • pre-tense,
  • posings,
  • doubledealing,
  • feignings,
  • in sincerity,
  • makebelieve,
  • mis statements,
  • dis simulations,
  • pre texts,
  • pre-tenses,
  • dis-simulation,
  • mis representation,
  • mis representations,
  • pre text,
  • in sincerities,
  • fakings,
  • schticks,
  • dissimulations,
  • mis statement,
  • pre-text,
  • mis-statements,
  • dis-simulations,
  • in-sincerities,
  • fakeries,
  • dis simulation,
  • pre-texts,
  • mis-representation,
  • in-sincerity,
  • pre tense.
  •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.
  •pretentiousness (noun)
  • immodesties,
  • immodesty,
  • vaingloriousness.
  •pride (noun)
  • confidence,
  • high-and-mightiness,
  • conceit,
  • grandness,
  • assurance,
  • condescension,
  • huffiness,
  • self-glory,
  • haughtiness,
  • pride.
  •self-absorption (noun)
  • self absorption,
  • selfabsorption.
  •self-centeredness (noun)
  • self centeredness,
  • selfcenteredness.
  •self-involvement (noun)
  • self involvement,
  • selfinvolvement.
  •vanity (noun)
  • big-headedness.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • Foppery,
  • dog-and-pony show,
  • name-dropping,
  • showboating,
  • braggadocio,
  • one-upmanship,
  • theatrics,
  • self-promotion,
  • grandstanding,
  • grandioseness.
  •
  • 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.

Ostentation Sentence Examples:

• The presentation of Etrennes is now carried to a ruinous and ludicrous height among our French neighbours; but it should be remembered that, without either ostentation or folly, a gift ought to be worth offering.

• Mr. Weekes was honest without the show of ostentation.

Hyponym for Ostentation:

• n.

  • attribute
    pretentiousness, largeness, pretension.