Antonyms for showboat
Grammar : Noun, verb |
Spell : shoh-boht |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈʃoʊˌboʊt |
- aid
- alleviate
- allow
- assist
- assure
- back
- be modest
- be quiet
- be sad
- boost
- bore
- calm
- comfort
- conceal
- concealment
- cover
- delight
- deprecate
- dullness
- embolden
- encourage
- expect
- fail
- gladden
- hearten
- help
- hide
- hiding
- honesty
- humility
- incite
- inspirit
- introvert
- leave alone
- make happy
- modesty
- ordinariness
- plainness
- please
- quiet
- reality
- rear
- reassure
- release
- relieve
- simplicity
- soothe
- truth
Definition of showboat
Origin :- also show-boat, 1838, "river boat on which theatrical performances are given," from show (n.) + boat (n.). The verb meaning "to show off" is attested from 1951.
- As in pretension : noun airs, snobbishness
- As in show : noun demonstration, exhibition
- As in show : noun false front; appearance given
- As in grandioseness : noun pretentiousness
- As in grandiosity : noun pretentiousness
- As in panoply : noun display
- As in pompousness : noun pretentiousness
- As in display : noun public showing; spectacle
- As in extrovert : noun sociable person
- As in hot dog : noun frankfurter
- As in hot dog : noun showoff
- As in intimidate : verb frighten, threaten
- As in awe : verb amaze
- As in boast : verb brag
- As in brag : verb talk boastingly
- As in bully : verb intimidate, push around
- As in cow : verb browbeat, intimidate
- As in grandstand : verb show off
- And here, in the spring of the year, the calliope could be heard far down the Ohio as the showboat steamed into view.
- Extract from : « Blue Ridge Country » by Jean Thomas
Synonyms for showboat
- abash
- act
- advertise
- affectation
- aggrandize
- air
- alarm
- appall
- appearance
- arrangement
- array
- arrayal
- astonish
- attract attention
- awe
- badger
- bait
- be ostentatious
- be vain
- big talk
- blaze
- blow
- blow away
- blow one's own horn
- blow smoke
- bludgeon
- bluster
- boast
- boaster
- bowl over
- braggart
- bravura
- browbeat
- buffalo
- bulldoze
- bully
- character
- charade
- chill
- cock-a-doodle-doo
- coerce
- compel
- con
- conceit
- congratulate oneself
- constrain
- cow
- crow
- crowd-pleaser
- dash
- daunt
- dazzle
- demonstration
- despotize
- discomfit
- disconcert
- disguise
- dishearten
- dismay
- dispirit
- display
- disquiet
- dog
- domineer
- dragoon
- effect
- embarrass
- enforce
- exaggerate
- example
- exhibit
- exhibition
- exhibitionist
- expo
- exposition
- exposure
- exult
- face
- fair
- fake
- false front
- fanfare
- faze
- fireworks
- flabbergast
- flatter oneself
- flaunt
- flaunt it
- flaunter
- flourish
- foot long
- footlong
- for show
- force
- frame-up
- frank
- frankfurter
- frighten
- frippery
- front
- gasconade
- Georgia hot
- give a good account of oneself
- gloat
- glory
- grandioseness
- grandiosity
- grandstand
- grandstand play
- grandstander
- granstander
- gregarious person
- guise
- harass
- hector
- horrify
- hot dog
- hotdog
- hotshot
- hound
- hug oneself
- hypocrisy
- illusion
- impress
- impression
- intimidate
- jive
- knock socks off
- lay on thick
- layout
- lean on
- life of the party
- likeness
- make-believe
- manifestation
- menace
- mouth
- oblige
- occurrence
- oppress
- ostentation
- ostentatiousness
- overawe
- overbear
- pageant
- pageantry
- panoply
- panorama
- parade
- pat oneself on the back
- pedantry
- persecute
- phony
- pigs in a blanket
- play to the crowd
- pomp
- pomposity
- pompousness
- pose
- prance
- prate
- preen
- presentation
- pretense
- pretension
- pretentiousness
- pretext
- profession
- program
- psych
- puff
- push around
- put on airs
- put-on
- rattle
- red-hot
- redhot
- representation
- revelation
- ride
- ride roughshod
- rodomontade
- ruffle
- sample
- sausage
- scare
- scheme
- seeming
- self-importance
- semblance
- sham
- shine
- shoot
- shovel
- show
- show off
- show-off
- showboat
- showiness
- showing
- showoff
- shuck
- sight
- simulacrum
- sling
- snobbery
- sound off
- spectacle
- splash
- splendor
- splurge
- spook
- spread
- startle
- strike
- strong-arm
- strut
- stun
- stupefy
- subdue
- swagger
- talk big
- terrify
- terrorize
- threaten
- torment
- torture
- triumph
- turn on the heat
- twist someone's arm
- tyrannize
- unfolding
- unnerve
- va
- vainglory
- vanity
- vapor
- vaunt
- view
- walk heavy
- weenie
- wiener
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