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Antonyms for parade
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : puh-reyd |
| Phonetic Transcription : pəˈreɪd |
Definition of parade
Origin :- 1650s, "a show of bravado," also "an assembly of troops for inspections," from French parade "display, show, military parade," from Middle French parade (15c.), or from Italian parate "a warding or defending, a garish setting forth," or Spanish parada "a staying or stopping," all from Vulgar Latin *parata, from Latin parere "arrange, prepare, adorn" (see pare), which developed widespread senses in Romanic derivatives. Non-military sense of "march, procession" is first recorded 1670s.
- noun pageant, display
- verb show off; march
- The civic portion of the parade numbered about five thousand men.
- Extract from : « Ridgeway » by Scian Dubh
- Shouldn't we order out our askaris with their guns to make the parade?
- Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
- She has entered upon a parade, which she knows not how to quit with a female grace.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- I thought again of that parade and my impression of mass force.
- Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
- Has this parade gone to your head—or has Sue been talking to you again?
- Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
- Mr. Morris has drawn them just as they are leaving their school for their weekly parade.
- Extract from : « Harper's Young People, October 26, 1880 » by Various
- After dinner he asked Margaret if she wouldn't care for a turn on the Parade.
- Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster
- The parade and the road after it were well lighted, but it was darker in Aunt Juley's garden.
- Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster
- Then she'd be ready to dress up and go on parade to astonish the natives.
- Extract from : « Cape Cod Stories » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- Blueworthy, he marched, but 'twa'n't as joyful a parade as an Odd Fellers' picnic.
- Extract from : « Cape Cod Stories » by Joseph C. Lincoln
Synonyms for parade
- advertise
- air
- array
- autocade
- boast
- brag
- brandish
- cavalcade
- ceremony
- column
- declare
- demonstrate
- demonstration
- disclose
- display
- disport
- divulge
- exhibit
- exhibition
- expose
- fanfare
- flash
- flaunt
- flaunting
- line
- march
- march in review
- ostentation
- panoply
- pomp
- prance
- procession
- proclaim
- publish
- reveal
- review
- ritual
- shine
- show
- spectacle
- sport
- strut
- swagger
- train
- trot out
- vaunt
- vaunting
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