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as in marching
as in ostentation

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parading

adjective as in marching

Strong matches

  • checking
  • filing
  • hiking
  • pacing
  • patrolling
  • policing
  • proceeding
  • stepping
  • tramping
  • walking

noun as in ostentation

Strong matches

  • 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 matches

  • false front
  • flaunting
  • grandstand play
  • showing off
  • vaunting
  • window-dressing

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Words related to parading are not direct synonyms, but are associated with the word parading. Browse related words to learn more about word associations.

marching

adjectiveas in advancing

  • checking
  • filing
  • hiking
  • pacing
  • parading
  • patrolling
  • policing
  • proceeding
  • stepping
  • tramping
  • walking
ostentation

nounas in exhibitionism, flashiness

  • affectation
  • array
  • boast
  • boasting
  • brag
  • braggadocio
  • bragging
  • bravado
  • demonstration
  • display
  • exhibition
  • false front
  • flamboyance
  • flash
  • flaunting
  • flourish
  • fuss
  • garishness
  • grandstand play
  • magnificence
  • pageant
  • pageantry
  • parade
  • parading
  • pomp
  • pomposity
  • pompousness
  • pretending
  • pretension
  • pretentiousness
  • put on
  • shine
  • show
  • showiness
  • showing off
  • spectacle
  • splendor
  • splurge
  • swagger
  • swank
  • vainglory
  • vaunt
  • vaunting
  • window-dressing

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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