pomp
Showy formal display
Pomp is ceremonial display and grandeur—the elaborate spectacle of formal occasions.
Royal coronations have pomp; so do military parades and state funerals.
The word often carries a hint of excess or empty show: all the pomp and circumstance of graduation.
Pompous behavior inflates self-importance with similar theatrical flair.
Ceremonial public procession
- processionFormal moving line
- cavalcadeCeremonial traveling procession
- galaFestive formal occasion
- festivalOrganized public celebration
jubilee · celebration · extravaganza · spectacle · floats · banners · plumes · tableau
Ceremony installing a sovereign
- inaugurationFormal beginning ceremony
- investitureCeremony conferring rank
- enthronementFormal investiture of sovereign
- commencementAct of starting
convocation · ordination · consecration · procession · ritual · protocol · formality · solemnity
Ostentatious display quality
- flashinessOstentatious showiness
- flamboyanceShowy, confident style
- extravaganceExcessive, wasteful spending
- pretensionUnwarranted claim to merit
theatricality · grandiosity · gaudiness · swagger · affectation · bombast · bravado · flourish
Impressive supreme dignity
- statelinessDignified, imposing quality
- dignityInnate personal worth
- nobilityTitled ruling class
- magnificenceImpressive beauty or scale
splendor · resplendence · regality · augustness · eminence · loftiness · sublimity · impressiveness
Expensive nonessential comfort
- lavishnessExcessive richness or abundance
- sumptuousnessExtreme costly elegance
- richnessState of abundance
- eleganceRefined, graceful quality
ornateness · finery · gilt · velvet · brocade · tapestry · throne · chandeliers
parade
Ceremonial public procession
- processionFormal moving line
- cavalcadeCeremonial traveling procession
- galaFestive formal occasion
festival · jubilee · celebration · extravaganza · spectacle · floats · banners · plumes · tableau · pageant
coronation
Ceremony installing a sovereign
- inaugurationFormal beginning ceremony
- investitureCeremony conferring rank
- enthronementFormal investiture of sovereign
commencement · convocation · ordination · consecration · procession · ritual · protocol · formality · solemnity · liturgy
showiness
Ostentatious display quality
- flashinessOstentatious showiness
- flamboyanceShowy, confident style
- extravaganceExcessive, wasteful spending
pretension · theatricality · grandiosity · gaudiness · swagger · affectation · bombast · bravado · flourish · bluster
majesty
Impressive supreme dignity
- statelinessDignified, imposing quality
- dignityInnate personal worth
- nobilityTitled ruling class
magnificence · splendor · resplendence · regality · augustness · eminence · loftiness · sublimity · impressiveness · prestige
luxury
Expensive nonessential comfort
- lavishnessExcessive richness or abundance
- sumptuousnessExtreme costly elegance
- richnessState of abundance
elegance · ornateness · finery · gilt · velvet · brocade · tapestry · throne · chandeliers · gold
- grandeurmagnificence, majesty, splendor, grandness, greatness
- opulenceluxury, wealth, affluence, extravagance, opulence
- ornateornate, elaborate, embellished, decorative, ornamental
- theatricstheatrics, dramatics, melodrama, histrionics, theatricality
- vanityconceit, narcissism, ego, self-admiration, self-love
- grand stylegrandeur, sublime, splendor, majestic, magnificence
pompmodesty
Absence of vanity
humility · unpretentiousness · simplicity · self-effacement · meekness
pompinformality
Relaxed, unofficial tone
casualness · spontaneity · naturalness · relaxedness · ease
- pomp and circumstanceShowy formal ceremony