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for show
adjective as in exposed
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adjective as in ornamental
adverb as in ostensibly
noun as in display
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noun as in panoply
Strongest match
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- act
- affectation
- arrangement
- blaze
- bravura
- dash
- demonstration
- example
- exhibit
- exhibition
- expo
- exposition
- exposure
- fanfare
- flourish
- frame-up
- frippery
- front
- layout
- manifestation
- ostentation
- ostentatiousness
- pageant
- panorama
- parade
- pedantry
- pomp
- presentation
- pretension
- pretentiousness
- revelation
- sample
- scheme
- shine
- show
- showboat
- spectacle
- splash
- splendor
- splurge
- spread
- unfolding
- vanity
Weak matches
Example Sentences
Mike Vigil, a former head of international operations at the DEA, described Trump’s efforts as “all for show.”
Their whole romance looks like it’s for show: the massive floral backdrop, the performative strawberry feeding, the fiancée who knows every word of her beau’s “surprise” proposal.
If trebles are for show and doubles for dough, he has both bases covered.
Still, the mayor insisted: "It's not a symbolic law. I'm not into things just for show."
But he doesn’t really drink—that, it turns out, is all mostly for show.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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