Grandstanding

Synonyms for "grandstanding" (29 found)

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Closest matches (6)

Strong matches (9)

Noun(8 words)
flamboyantflourishesgasconadeostentationostentatiousperformperformative displayperformative rhetoric
Verb(1 words)

Related words (14)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

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More general

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actbehavebehaviorconductdiscoursedisplaypersuasive strategyrhetoricrhetorical techniqueshowiness

More specific

12 entries
appeal to emotiondramatic gesturemedia grandstandingmoral grandstandingperformative grandstandingpolicy theatricspolitical grandstandingpolitical theatershowboatingtheatrical displaytheatrical grandstandingvirtue signaling

Collocations

13 entries
grandstanding behaviorgrandstanding remarksgrandstanding rhetoricgrandstanding tacticmedia grandstandingmoral grandstandingperformative displayperformative grandstandingpolitical grandstandingpublic grandstandingrhetorical grandstandingshowy grandstandingtheatrical grandstanding

Inflections

5 entries
grandstandingsgrandstandsgrandstoodmore grandstandingmost grandstanding

Derivations

2 entries

Sample sentences

6 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

When you're done grandstanding, we have work to do.

Source: tatoeba (11247736)

Stop grandstanding and help me!

Source: tatoeba (11536025)

For such an important election, many voters complain there has been too little solid information to make a decision and too much scaremongering, and grandstanding by both sides.

Source: tatoeba (11674135)

Yes, there were instances of grandstanding and obsessive behaviour, but many were concealed at the time to help protect an aggressively peddled narrative of [Oscar] Pistorius the paragon, the emblem, the trailblazer.

Source: wiktionary

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