making a show

The phrase “making a show” has 4 syllables: mak-ing a show

It's pronounced as /ˈmeɪ.kɪŋ ə ʃoʊ/


What is synonym and antonym for making a show?

In the thesaurus, “making a show” has 30 synonyms.

Here are synonyms for making a show along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for making a show

  • acting
  • affecting
  • assuming
  • bluffing
  • camouflaging
  • concealing
  • counterfeiting
  • disguising
  • dissembling
  • dissimulating
  • faking
  • feigning
  • feinting
  • impersonating
  • letting on
  • making a pretense
  • making believe
  • making out
  • masking
  • masquerading
  • playacting
  • playing
  • posing
  • pretending
  • professing
  • putting on
  • putting on an act
  • putting up a front
  • shamming
  • simulating

Example Sentences

  • The director is making a show that highlights the struggles of the community.
  • She was making a show of her generosity by donating to every charity event.
  • The children were making a show of their talents during the school assembly.
  • He was tired of making a show just to impress his friends.
  • The couple was making a show of their affection in public, much to the amusement of onlookers.

On this page you'll find 30 synonyms or another words to making a show, such as: acting, affecting, assuming, bluffing, camouflaging, concealing, counterfeiting.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

making a pretense

  • acting
  • affecting
  • assuming
  • bluffing
  • camouflaging
  • concealing
  • counterfeiting
  • disguising
  • dissembling
  • dissimulating
  • faking
  • feigning
  • feinting
  • impersonating
  • letting on
  • making a show
  • making believe
  • making out
  • masking
  • masquerading
  • playacting
  • playing
  • posing
  • pretending
  • professing
  • putting on
  • putting on an act
  • putting up a front
  • shamming
  • simulating

making out

  • absorbing
  • acting
  • action
  • affecting
  • affording
  • appreciating
  • apprehending
  • ascertaining
  • assimilating
  • assuming
  • beholding
  • bluffing
  • bussing
  • camouflaging
  • canoodling
  • caress
  • caressing
  • carrying on
  • catching
  • cognizing
  • compassing
  • comprehending
  • concealing
  • conceiving
  • concluding
  • conjecturing
  • construing
  • contemplating
  • contriving
  • coping
  • counterfeiting
  • cuddling
  • deciding
  • deciphering
  • decoding
  • deducing
  • deriving
  • digesting
  • digging
  • discerning
  • disguising
  • dissembling
  • dissimulating
  • doing
  • drawing a conclusion
  • eking out
  • embracing
  • extrapolating
  • faking
  • faring
  • fathoming
  • feigning
  • feinting
  • fending for oneself
  • finding out
  • fondling
  • gathering
  • getting
  • getting along
  • getting by
  • getting on
  • grasping
  • grokking
  • guessing
  • heavy petting
  • impersonating
  • inferring
  • interpreting
  • intuiting
  • judging
  • kissing
  • knowing
  • lasting
  • letting on
  • lovemaking
  • making
  • making a pretense
  • making a show
  • making believe
  • making do
  • making ends meet
  • making love
  • making shift
  • managing
  • masking
  • masquerading
  • necking
  • oral sex
  • parking
  • penetrating
  • perceiving
  • petting
  • philosophizing
  • picking up on
  • piercing
  • playacting
  • playing
  • posing
  • pretending
  • professing
  • putting on
  • putting on an act
  • putting up a front
  • rationalizing
  • reading
  • realizing
  • reasoning
  • recognizing
  • registering
  • savvying
  • scrounging
  • seeing
  • seizing
  • sensing
  • sex
  • sexual activity
  • shamming
  • shifting
  • simulating
  • smooching
  • speculating
  • spooning
  • squeezing
  • sucking face
  • supposing
  • surmising
  • surviving
  • swinging
  • taking in
  • thinking
  • twigging
  • understanding
  • wresting
  • wringing

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