Synonyms for fanfare
ˈfæn fɛərfan·fare

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.3 / 3 votes

1. ostentation, fanfare, flashnoun

   a gaudy outward display

   Synonyms:
   flare, instant, flashbulb, news bulletin, inflation, flash lamp, flashgun, tucket, heartbeat, flourish, pompousness, flash, photoflash, blink of an eye, pretentiousness, pomposity, flash bulb, wink, newsbreak, flashing, newsflash, jiffy, ostentation, puffiness, ostentatiousness, split second, trice, twinkling, splashiness

2. flourish, fanfare, tucketnoun

   (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments

   "he entered to a flourish of trumpets"; "her arrival was greeted with a rousing fanfare"

   Synonyms:
   flourish, flash, tucket, brandish, ostentation

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1. • Display
   • Music
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Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. fanfarenoun

   Synonyms:
   [fr.] flourish of trumpets

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1. List of paraphrases for "fanfare":

   pomp, band, hype

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1. Travis Leiker:

   She had saved over the course of time, lived responsibly and frugally and gave back quietly without the expectation of much fanfare and recognition, and I think that's the beauty of her story, is that she didn't have this expectation of grand recognition and celebration.

2. Ben Oduro:

   I just want to see what the fanfare is all about, that book is a no-no in my world. Being a black male and reading a book where the demographic is more 'Desperate Housewives' or women in general is a ticket to be laughed at.

3. Akin Alabi:

   We added Paystack as one of our payment options without any fanfare, without announcing to our customers, and within a month it shot up to the number one most used payment option on the website.

4. Marc Owen Jones:

   Although Twitter claimed they suspended some botnets this is relatively trivial, the bots suspended were crude and likely to have been identified as part of Twitter's routine spambot roundup, i've identified similar networks for years and Twitter rarely make a fanfare of getting them removed. Indeed, there are existing botnets spreading pro-regime propaganda that have existed since 2012 and that are still going strong.

5. Cathryn Cluver Ashbrook:

   The European relationship has changed and will now be shrouded in skepticism, the arrival of a Joe Biden administration has yet to be embraced with the same fanfare as Barack Obama as President-elect, because Donald Trump has done more damage to the relationship than George W. Bush. Trump's outward aggression affected all aspects of European life, be it trade, defense or even the emotional shared ideas and cultural ties. All those things suddenly seem debased and of less value.