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play to the crowd

  • as inswagger
  • as ingrandstand
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Synonyms for play to the crowd

verb show off; walk pompously
  • bluster
  • gloat
  • prance
  • sashay
  • saunter
  • strut
  • boast
  • brag
  • brandish
  • bully
  • cock
  • flourish
  • gasconade
  • grandstand
  • hector
  • lord
  • parade
  • peacock
  • pontificate
  • swank
  • sway
  • sweep
  • swell
  • look big
  • parade one's wares
  • play to the crowd
  • put on
  • put on airs
  • swashbuckle

Antonyms for play to the crowd

  • be modest
  • deprecate
  • leave alone
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

More words related to play to the crowd

grandstand

verb. show off
  • be ostentatious
  • be vain
  • flaunt it
  • hot dog
  • parade
  • play to the crowd
  • prance
  • put on airs
  • showboat
  • strut
  • swagger

grandstanding

verb. show off

swagger

verb. show off; walk pompously

swaggering

verb. show off; walk pompously
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.