grandstander

Noun

Meaning

someone who performs with an eye to the applause from spectators in the grandstand

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

peacock sausage red-hot braggart hotshot boaster bragger trumpeter officeholder blowhard blusterer posturer swaggerer swashbuckler

Hypernyms

show-off exhibitionist

Examples

Indeed, he quickly drew criticisms from lawyers involved — The New York Times, while shadowing him for a day, overheard counsel calling him a "grandstander" and "Pollyanna" — and from the legal community at-large keenly following the proceedings. Source: Internet

Reiner thrived on publicity, and knew how to get it; he was a grandstander. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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