parade

n

1. procession, promenade, progression, succession; train, file, string, straggle; caravan, troop, review, file, column, rank and file, march, march-past; cortege, funeral procession, autocade, motorcade; demonstration, field day, turnout, pageantry, fete.

2. ostentation, pretension, splash, blazon, spectacle; pomp, magnificence, grandeur, glitter, flourish; vaunting, showing off, boasting, Inf. sporting; Inf. putting on airs, cutting or making a figure, cutting a swath; swaggering, strutting, prinking, U.S. Sl. putting on the dog; parvenu behavior, blatant affluence, conspicuous consumption.

3. public walk, promenade, passageway, footpath, esplanade; seawall, boardwalk, sidewalk, ambulatory.

v

4. march, hike, file, file by, go in column; march in review, march by, ride in review, Mil. troop the colors.

5. flaunt, display, Inf. sport, exhibit, air, point out, flash; put forth or forward, emphasize, spotlight, draw attention to, show off; make a show, strut, peacock; put on airs, put up a front, U.S. Sl. put on the dog; wave, dangle in front of [s.o.] flourish.