Thesaurus:show off
English
Verb
(Intransitive)
Sense: to attract attention to, for the purpose of bragging or personal exhibitionism
Synonyms
- aura farm (Internet slang)
- boulevardier
- cut a wide swath (chiefly US, idiomatic)
- cut it fat (obsolete, UK, slang)
- cut round (dated, US, slang)
- exhibitionize
- figure away (obsolete)
- flamboast (dated, AAVE, slang)
- flaunt (archaic or literary)
- flex (slang)
- floss (AAVE, slang)
- fluff one's feathers (idiomatic)
- gallery (Trinidad and Tobago)
- high-side (AAVE, slang)
- let one's nuts hang (slang)
- ostent (obsolete)
- ostentate (obsolete)
- preen
- showboat (chiefly US)
- show away (archaic)
- show off (idiomatic)
- strut
- strut one's stuff (idiomatic)
- stunt (AAVE, slang)
- swag it out (slang)
- swagger
- swank
- three-sheet (theater)
- venditate (obsolete)
- yaya (Singlish)
Antonyms
- hide one's light under a bushel (idiomatic)
Hypernyms
- cut a dash (idiomatic)
- cut a figure (idiomatic)
- exhibit
- stand out [⇒ thesaurus]
Hyponyms
- drop science (slang)
- flex one's muscles (figurative)
- front off (slang)
- hot dog [⇒ thesaurus] (slang)
- humblebrag (slang)
- parade (figurative)
- prance
- promenade
Various
See also
- Thesaurus:exaggerate
- Thesaurus:賣弄 (Chinese)
Further reading
- “882. ostentation” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “show off” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.