Synonyms for show-off
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : shoh-awf, -of |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈʃoʊˌɔf, -ˌɒf |
Top 10 synonyms for show-off Other synonyms for the word show-off
- a million laughs
- bag of wind
- big talker
- big-timer
- bigmouth
- blowhard
- blusterer
- boaster
- brag
- braggart
- bragger
- bull artist
- bull-thrower
- class clown
- cutup
- droll
- egomaniac
- egotist
- exhibitionist
- farceur
- funny person
- funster
- gag person
- gasbag
- gascon
- gossiper
- grandstander
- gregarious person
- hotdog
- hotshot
- humorist
- idiot
- jester
- joker
- jokester
- kibitzer
- kidder
- know-it-all
- life of the party
- madcap
- moron
- nut
- peacock
- practical joker
- prankster
- punster
- quipster
- ranter
- raver
- risk-taker
- screwball
- show-off
- showboat
- simpleton
- smart-ass
- strutter
- stuntperson
- stuntwoman
- swaggerer
- swashbuckler
- swelled head
- trickster
- trumpeter
- wag
- windbag
- wise guy
- wisecracker
- wit
- zany
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for show-off
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