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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

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Carmichael said he never claimed the gold was his and argued that the government "parading around gold bars is a flaw".

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

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

Each year, Bani Walid celebrates the anniversary of a 1969 coup that brought Gaddafi to power, with people parading through the streets with portraits of the ex-leader and Libya's green flag from before the revolt.

From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026

With little pleased nods of his handsome black head he was parading up and down the inside of the bathtub.

From "Mr. Popper's Penguins" by Florence Atwater and Richard Atwater

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