Synonyms for fanfaronade
Definitions
- n. 1
Loud, showy display, celebration or proclamation (of something), sometimes involving the playing of trumpets or other musical instruments.
Related words
- Other spellings
- fanfaronnade
Forms
- Plural
- fanfaronades → blasts, boastings, fanfares, blares…
Example sentences
- blast News of the recent blast is all over the radio.
- boasting His continual boasting gave offense to everybody.
- fanfare Hype and fanfare greeted the U.S. launch of Microsoft's newest game.
- blare Then come the clamour and the trumpet's blare.
- bullying I happened to witness the bullying in the corridor.
- bragging I heard Tom bragging about how much money he made.
By length
- 5 letters
- blast1, blare1
- 7 letters
- fanfare2, bluster2
- 8 letters
- bullying3, bragging2, boasting2
- 11 letters
- ostentation4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (fanfare2 = 2 syllables).