Synonyms for fanfare
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Ostentation
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
A flourish of trumpets or horns as to announce; a short and lively air performed on hunting horns during the chase.
They played a short fanfare to announce the arrival of the king.
- n. 2
A show of ceremony or celebration.
The town opened the new library with fanfare and a speech from the mayor.
Forms
- Plural
- fanfares → ostentations, flashes, flourishes, tuckets…
Example sentences
- flash I think I'll save all my files on the flash drive.
- ostentation Tom did it all with characteristic ostentation.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| fanfare | rising | |
| flash | rising | |
| ostentation | steady | |
| tucket | steady | |
| fanfaronade | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- flash1
- 6 letters
- tucket
- 8 letters
- flourish2
- 9 letters
- fanfarade
- 11 letters
- ostentation4, fanfaronade
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (flourish2 = 2 syllables).