Putting on airs


Synonyms for putting on airs
noun pretended behavior to make an impression

artificiality
show
pose
appearance
mannerism

simulation
insincerity
facade
pretentiousness
airs

imitation
pretension
front
put-on
air

pretense
sham
false front
going Hollywood
showing off

Antonyms for putting on airs

reality
personality

honesty
naturalness

simplicity
truth

Synonyms
adj remote

haughty
standoffish
unsympathetic
distant
detached
indifferent
unresponsive
above
apart

casual
chilly
cold
cool
forbidding
hard-boiled
lone wolf
loner
reserved

secluded
solitary
supercilious
thick-skinned
unapproachable
unconcerned
unfriendly
uninterested
unsociable

uppity
withdrawn
incurious
offish
cold fish
hard-hearted
laid back
on ice
stuck up

Antonyms

friendly
kind
compassionate

interested
sociable
warm

sympathetic
concerned

Synonyms
adj cold, detached; unapproachable

faraway
distant
icy
cool
abstracted
aloof

casual
disinterested
indifferent
introspective
introverted
laid-back

removed
reserved
standoffish
uncommunicative
unconcerned
uninterested

uppity
withdrawn
incurious
offish
uninvolved
stuck up

Antonyms

friendly
nearby
related
relevant
likely

possible
probable
close
near
warm

convenient
approachable
gentle

Synonyms
adj stuck-up, conceited

haughty
pompous
snooty
condescending
aloof
patronizing
arrogant

egotistic
high-flown
ostentatious
overbearing
persnickety
pretentious
remote

snippy
snotty
supercilious
superior
swanky
uppity
tony

uppish
high-and-mighty
high-hat
sniffy

Antonyms

friendly
benevolent
sociable

welcoming
humble
accepting

generous

Synonyms
adj arrogant, stuck-up

bossy
cavalier
cocky
condescending
contemptuous
disdainful

egotistic
haughty
imperious
insolent
lofty
nervy

overbearing
patronizing
proud
scornful
superior
uppity

vainglorious
high-and-mighty
snobby

Antonyms

humble

modest

Synonyms
adj snobbish

aloof
arrogant
condescending
egotistic
elitist
haughty
high-flown

ostentatious
overbearing
patronizing
persnickety
pompous
pretentious
remote

snippy
snooty
snotty
supercilious
superior
swanky
tony

uppity
high-and-mighty
high-hat
sniffy
snobby

Synonyms
verb show off

prance
strut
swagger

parade
hot dog
showboat

be ostentatious
be vain
flaunt it

play to the crowd
put on airs

Synonyms
verb pretend, fake

affect
feign
profess
purport
masquerade
impersonate

act
grandstand
posture
attitudinize
sham
make believe

pass off
show off
peacock
playact
make out like
put on airs

put up a front
strike an attitude
take off as

Antonyms

withhold
go

move
be genuine

Synonyms
verb display an attitude

masquerade
pose
display
fake

affect
attitudinize
pass off
show off

playact
do a bit
do for effect
fake it

make a show
pass for
put on airs
put up a front

Antonyms

withhold

be truthful

Synonyms
verb play the part of

imitate
suppose
impersonate
purport
portray
represent

play
masquerade
pose
imagine
reproduce
mimic

act
make believe
make up
put on an act
playact
assume the role

make as if
make out like
put on a front
put on airs

Antonyms

differ
oppose
reverse

stop
tell truth
be original

be honest

Synonyms
verb walk pompously

sashay
swagger
stalk
prance

stride
swank
parade
sweep

mince
grandstand
flaunt
flounce

show off
peacock
play to audience
put on airs

Antonyms

conceal

hide

Synonyms
verb show off; walk pompously

sashay
strut
prance
gloat
bluster
saunter
swank
bully

boast
cock
swell
pontificate
grandstand
sweep
brandish
hector

brag
flourish
lord
sway
gasconade
parade
put on
peacock

look big
play to the crowd
put on airs
swashbuckle
parade one’s wares

Antonyms

deprecate

leave alone

be modest

Synonyms
verb pretend

act
counterfeit
dissemble
fake
feign
imagine
imitate
impersonate

make believe
make up
masquerade
mimic
play
portray
pose
purport

put on
put on an act
represent
reproduce
sham
simulate
suppose
assume the role

make as if
make out like
playact
put on a front
put on airs

Synonyms
verb strut

flounce
sashay
swash
parade

grandstand
sweep
mince
stride

flaunt
prance
stalk
swagger

show off
peacock
play to audience
put on airs

Antonyms

conceal

hide

Synonyms
verb strut

flounce
parade
sashay
mince

flaunt
sweep
stride
swank

stalk
prance
grandstand
swagger

show off
peacock
play to audience
put on airs

Antonyms

conceal

hide

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