Synonyms for grandstand play
| Grammar : Noun |
Top 10 synonyms for grandstand play Other synonyms for the word grandstand play
- arrayal
- bragging
- bravado
- bravura
- dash
- demonstration
- display
- effect
- example
- exhibit
- exhibition
- expo
- exposition
- exposure
- face
- false front
- fanfare
- flamboyance
- flash
- flaunting
- flourish
- for show
- frame-up
- frippery
- front
- fuss
- garishness
- grandstand play
- guise
- illusion
- impression
- layout
- likeness
- magnificence
- make-believe
- manifestation
- ostentation
- ostentatiousness
- pageant
- pageantry
- panorama
- parade
- parading
- pedantry
- pomp
- pomposity
- pompousness
- pose
- presentation
- pretending
- pretense
- pretension
- pretentiousness
- pretext
- profession
- put-on
- revelation
- sample
- scheme
- seeming
- semblance
- sham
- shine
- show
- showboat
- showiness
- showing
- showing off
- showoff
- simulacrum
- spectacle
- splash
- splendor
- splurge
- spread
- swagger
- swaggering
- swank
- unfolding
- vainglory
- vanity
- vaunt
- vaunting
- window-dressing
Définition of grandstand play
- As in ostentation : noun exhibitionism, flashiness
- As in show : noun false front; appearance given
- As in panoply : noun display
- As in display : noun public showing; spectacle
- I made a grandstand play for others, but was turned down hard.
- Extract from : « Tom Slade on the River » by Percy K. Fitzhugh
- You couldn't expect me to compete with a hero, who is making such a grandstand play as Morley.
- Extract from : « A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill » by Alice Hegan Rice
- They spent so much time in arguin' and makin' grandstand play, that the interests of the city were forgotten.
- Extract from : « Plunkitt of Tammany Hall » by George Washington Plunkitt
- Charles stood up, prudence and timidity washed away by a burning need to make up for his embarrassment with a grandstand play.
- Extract from : « The Syndic » by C.M. Kornbluth
- So leave me alone with your last big efforts—and grandstand play for glory.
- Extract from : « Stand by for Mars! » by Carey Rockwell
Antonyms for grandstand play
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