show-offs
They crave spotlights
Show-offs are people who display their abilities, possessions, or accomplishments ostentatiously to impress others.
The term carries mild disapproval—show-offs seek attention in ways that feel excessive or unnecessary: The gym is full of show-offs doing flashy exercises.
Children are often called show-offs when they clamor for adult attention.
Confident, boastful manner
- bravadoPretense of fearlessness
- blusterLoud, empty boasting
- cockyExcessively self-assured
- struttingWalking with exaggerated pride
bragging · grandstanding · showboating · hotdogging · name-dropping · one-upmanship · chest-thumping · self-promotion
Excessively proud or futile
- conceitedExcessively proud of oneself
- arrogantExcessively high self-regard
- self-absorbedExcessively focused inward
- egotisticalExcessively self-centered
narcissist · self-centered · smug · self-admiring · preening · vanity · self-love · egomaniacs
Demand for notice
- scene-stealingOutperforming others onstage
- peacockingOstentatious self-display
- exhibitionismUrge to expose oneself
- grandstandingPerforming to impress onlookers
Strikingly bold in style
- ostentatiousShowily excessive
- showyExcessively eye-catching
- gaudyTastelessly ornate
- garishTastelessly showy
glitzy · extravagant · theatrical · dramatic · loud · over-the-top · bling · bedazzled
swagger
Confident, boastful manner
strutting · bragging · grandstanding · showboating · hotdogging · name-dropping · one-upmanship · chest-thumping · self-promotion · blowhards
vain
Excessively proud or futile
- conceitedExcessively proud of oneself
- arrogantExcessively high self-regard
- self-absorbedExcessively focused inward
egotistical · narcissist · self-centered · smug · self-admiring · preening · vanity · self-love · egomaniacs · divas
look-at-me
Demand for notice
- scene-stealingOutperforming others onstage
- peacockingOstentatious self-display
- exhibitionismUrge to expose oneself
flamboyant
Strikingly bold in style
- ostentatiousShowily excessive
- showyExcessively eye-catching
- gaudyTastelessly ornate
garish · glitzy · extravagant · theatrical · dramatic · loud · over-the-top · bling · bedazzled · peacocks
one-uppers
Those who must surpass
- show-offsbraggarts, boasters, showboats, grandstanders, egotists
- annoying peoplepest, hecklers, nuisance, meddlers, bore
- bad sportssore losers, cheaters, bad winners, gloaters, ball hogs
- annoyancesannoyance, annoyances, irritations, irritation, nuisance
- centres of attentioncelebrities, stars, headliners, main attraction, star attraction
- showstoppersshowstopper, showstoppers, knockout, knockouts, stunner
show-offswallflowers
Timid party attendees
shrinking violets · introverts · faders · bystanders · observers
show-offswallflowers
Timid party attendees
introverts · loners · recluses · hermits · homebodies