Synonyms for fanfare
ˈfæn fɛərfan·fare

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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
   • Tune

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. 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.

2. Vince Lombardi:

   After the cheers have died down and the stadium is empty, after the headlines have been written and after you are back in the quiet of your room and the championship ring has been placed on the dresser and all the pomp and fanfare has faded, the enduring things that are left are the dedication to excellence, the dedication to victory, and the dedication to doing with our lives the very best we can to make the world a better place in which to live.

3. 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.

4. George Witt:

   He wanted a simple, local funeral with little fanfare.

5. Paul Ostrowski:

   We are administering the influenza vaccine as we speak with no fanfare whatsoever. This will be no different. We want to make the distribution of this just as easy as a normal influenza vaccine.