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featuring adj.
acting n.
affectation n.
exhibitionism n.
ostentation n.
vanity n.

ADJECTIVE

featuring

Synonyms

STRONG

displaying headlining highlighting presenting promoting pushing recommending showing starring turning

WEAK

calling attention to drawing attention to giving center stage to making much of pointing up turning the spotlight on

NOUN

acting

Synonyms

STRONG

assuming characterization depiction dramatics dramatizing enacting enactment feigning hamming histrionics imitating imitation impersonation improvisation mime mimicry pantomime performance playing portrayal portraying posing posturing pretending pretense putting rendition seeming simulating stagecraft stooging theatre theatricals

WEAK

play acting

NOUN

affectation

Synonyms

STRONG

air airs appearance artificiality facade front imitation insincerity mannerism pose pretense pretension pretentiousness put on sham show simulation

WEAK

false front going Hollywood putting on airs

Antonyms

STRONG

honesty personality reality truth

WEAK

naturalness simplicity

NOUN

exhibitionism

Synonyms

STRONG

flashing immodesty

WEAK

exposing oneself indecent exposure self-display

NOUN

ostentation

Synonyms

STRONG

affectation array boast boasting brag braggadocio bragging bravado demonstration display exhibition flamboyance flash flourish fuss garishness magnificence pageant pageantry parade pomp pomposity pompousness pretending pretension pretentiousness put on shine show showiness spectacle splendor splurge swagger swank vainglory vaunt

WEAK

false front flaunting grandstand play parading vaunting window-dressing

Antonyms

STRONG

concealment dullness hiding modesty ordinariness simplicity truth

WEAK

plainness quiet reservation

NOUN

vanity

Synonyms

STRONGEST

arrogance pride

STRONG

affectation airs conceitedness display narcissism ostentation pretension self-love self-worship show smugness vainglory

WEAK

big-headedness ego trip self-admiration

Antonyms

STRONGEST

humility

STRONG

hiding truth

WEAK

modesty

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showing off

Quarterbacks have been the story at midseason, with teams passing a lot more and quarterbacks showing off their ability to run and pass.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

He has been asked to pose for photos showing off his new smile – and he is only too happy to oblige.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

And in an X post widely derided for "showing off" her dedication to work, she wrote in July she has been chronically sleeping just "zero to three hours" as prime minister.

From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026

Videos of people showing off their Japan "haul" of flavoured KitKats, stationery and clothes have become popular on social media.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

"I’m asking Dan,” he said, "you older children stop showing off and...”

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

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