Synonyms for pomp
Definitions
- n. 1
Show of magnificence; parade; display; power.
Forms
- Plural
- pomps → ostentations, grandeurs, pageantries, solemnities…
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Pageant, pageantry, parade, and pomp refer principally to affairs of arms or state; as, a royal pageant; a military parade. Pomposity and pompousness are the affectation of pomp.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- grandeur The ball was a spectacle of elegance and grandeur.
- pageantry I can do without the pageantry. I'm just here to watch them play ball.
- ostentation Tom did it all with characteristic ostentation.
- pride Italians take pride in their dress and appearance.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| pomp | steady | |
| grandeur | steady | |
| pageantry | steady | |
| solemnity | steady | |
| ostentation | steady | |
| pride | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- show1
- 5 letters
- state1, pride1, glory2, eclat
- 6 letters
- parade2
- 7 letters
- display2, pageant2, gaudery
- 8 letters
- ceremony4, flourish2, grandeur2, splendor2
- 9 letters
- spectacle3, splendour, pageantry3, solemnity4
- 11 letters
- ostentation4
- 12 letters
- magnificence
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (glory2 = 2 syllables).