Antonyms for show-off

Grammar : Noun

Spell : shoh-awf, -of

Phonetic Transcription : ˈʃoʊˌɔf, -ˌɒf

Definition of show-off

Origin : 1776, "a display;" see show (v.) + off (adv.). From 1801 as "a deliberate and ostentatious display;" in reference to the person who makes such a display, attested from 1924. The verbal phrase is first recorded 1793 as "make a conspicuous and obvious display." Noun showing-off is from 1874.

As in wag : noun person who is very funny
As in zany : noun person who is wildly funny
As in bigmouth : noun a loudmouth
As in braggart : noun person who talks boastingly
As in wise-ass : noun smart aleck
As in bighead : noun boaster
As in braggadocio : noun braggart
As in bragger : noun braggart
As in cut-up : noun joker
As in vaunter : noun braggart
As in daredevil : noun thrill-seeker
As in extrovert : noun sociable person

Example sentences :

Well, he'll see then that this kind of thing was all show-off, and bluff, won't he?
Extract from : « Alice Adams » by Booth Tarkington

Once or twice, when I've paid calls with mamma, they were so fussy and show-off.
Extract from : « Robin Redbreast » by Mary Louisa Molesworth

What a prancing, show-off, matinée fool you've made me look!
Extract from : « The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VI. (of X.) » by Various

Does he then hang out a profession that is not true to the kernel of things, but only a show-off for impression's sake?
Extract from : « Studies of Christianity » by James Martineau

She graduates and comes home and there are a lot of "doings" which she attends, then comes the show-off which is called a debut.
Extract from : « Evening Round Up » by William Crosbie Hunter

Without that spirit of "show-off," what would induce our knights to meet in glorious tournaments?
Extract from : « Yolanda: Maid of Burgundy » by Charles Major

So Max, with a dash of "show-off" in his disposition, laughed at Yolanda's fears and answered that he was in no danger.
Extract from : « Yolanda: Maid of Burgundy » by Charles Major

I do not belittle it, since from this spirit of "show-off" arises one great good--respect for the opinion of our fellow-man.
Extract from : « Yolanda: Maid of Burgundy » by Charles Major

Many a man builds a grand house for a show-off, when he has verra little to support it.
Extract from : « The House with the Green Shutters » by George Douglas Brown

Don't think I mean those that never grew up out of their 'show-off' time in childhood.
Extract from : « Harlequin and Columbine » by Booth Tarkington

Synonyms for show-off

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