Pomp

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  • noun. Dignified or magnificent display; splendor.
  • noun. Vain or ostentatious display.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To exhibit pomp or magnificence; make a pompous display: with indefinite it.
  • noun. Short for pompadour.
  • noun. A procession distinguished by splendor or magnificence; a pageant; an ostentatious show or display.
  • noun. Display; ostentation; parade; splendor; magnificence.
  • noun. = Syn 2. State, ostentation, grandeur, pride, display, show, flourish. See pompous.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • intransitive verb. To make a pompons display; to conduct.
  • noun. A procession distinguished by ostentation and splendor; a pageant.
  • noun. Show of magnificence; parade; display; power.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Show of magnificence; parade; display; power.
  • verb. To make a pompous display; to conduct.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. cheap or pretentious or vain display
  • noun. ceremonial elegance and splendor
    • Word Usage
    "Mr. and Mr.. Van Sueindell's establishment; and as for Mr. Bellingham, he had never cared much for what he called the pomp and circumstance of pleasure, for he carried pleasure with him in his brilliant conversation and his ready tact."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    display  elegance  show  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Duchamp  chomp  comp  romp  stomp  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    ceremony  dignity  elegance  extravagance  festivity  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    array  brilliance  buckram  caravan  cavalcade  
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