parading

ADJECTIVE

marching

Synonyms

STRONG

checking filing hiking pacing patrolling policing proceeding stepping tramping walking

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 showing off vaunting window-dressing

Antonyms

STRONG

concealment dullness hiding modesty ordinariness simplicity truth

WEAK

plainness quiet reservation

Example Sentences

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Viral videos of Knicks fans parading in front of Madison Square Garden started trending during each playoff game.

From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026

Won’t it be teeth-grindingly annoying, at best, if more people start parading their green virtues?

From Slate • May 15, 2026

Ozzy Osbourne has been honoured at this year's Mardi Gras in New Orleans, with more than 200 people parading through the streets dressed as the Prince of Darkness.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026

"The strike was conducted at a location where, historically, you have the bandits and the Lakurawa parading around that axis," Bwala said.

From Barron's • Dec. 27, 2025

It was hard not to look at the fighting men parading before them and wonder which of them was destined to face the ferocious beast in the ring before the show was over.

From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks

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