Synonyms of airs

airs 1 of 2

noun

plural of air

as in show

a display of emotion or behavior that is insincere or intended to deceive

ever since she joined the country club she's been putting on airs of being too "high society" for us ordinary folks

Synonyms & Similar Words

• show
• facade
• pretense
• guise
• act
• pose
• front
• charade
• masquerade
• semblance
• disguise
• appearance
• cloak
• performance
• put-on
• playacting
• pretext
• persona
• portrayal
• affectation
• impersonation
• image
• duplicity
• deception
• gloss
• camouflage
• treachery
• fraud
• deceit
• excuse
• falseness
• betrayal
• dissimulation
• treason
• color
• fakery
• guile
• perfidy
• dissembling
• falsity
• double cross
• faithlessness
• infidelity
• double-dealing
• unfaithfulness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sincerity
• frankness
• directness
• candor
• bluntness
• outspokenness
• forthrightness
• straightforwardness
• candidness
• genuineness
• artlessness
• naïveté
• openheartedness
• plainspokenness

airs

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verb

present tense third-person singular of air

as in voices

to make known (as an idea, emotion, or opinion)

suggested we air any complaints about the seating arrangements to the person who actually planned the event

Synonyms & Similar Words

• voices
• expresses
• gives
• states
• announces
• ventilates
• looks
• sounds
• expounds
• vents
• writes
• broadcasts
• raises
• proclaims
• publishes
• puts forth
• advertises
• says
• conveys
• circulates
• describes
• declares
• disseminates
• gives air to
• enunciates
• offers
• submits
• enounces
• speaks out
• speaks up
• communicates
• sounds off
• writes up
• chimes in
• puts across
• puts over

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• suppresses
• restricts
• stifles
• restrains
• censors

Synonym Chooser

How does the noun airs contrast with its synonyms?

Some common synonyms of airs are affectation, air, mannerism, and pose. While all these words mean "an adopted way of speaking or behaving," airs always implies artificiality and pretentiousness.

snobbish airs

Where would affectation be a reasonable alternative to airs?

The meanings of affectation and airs largely overlap; however, affectation applies to a trick of speech or behavior that strikes the observer as insincere.

the posh accent is an affectation

In what contexts can air take the place of airs?

In some situations, the words air and airs are roughly equivalent. However, air may suggest natural acquirement through environment or way of life.

a traveler's sophisticated air

When could mannerism be used to replace airs?

The words mannerism and airs can be used in similar contexts, but mannerism applies to an acquired eccentricity that has become a habit.

gesturing with a cigarette was her most noticeable mannerism

When might pose be a better fit than airs?

While the synonyms pose and airs are close in meaning, pose implies an attitude deliberately assumed in order to impress others.

her shyness was just a pose

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of airs

Noun

Her work there earned her a Gotham TV Award nomination; Season 2 of The Studio airs next year. — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2026

The tournament, while not officially sanctioned as an ATP event, features some of the top players in the world vying for millions of dollars and airs live on Netflix. — Mark Osborne, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026

Dancing With the Stars airs Tuesday nights on ABC and is also available to stream on Disney+. — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Oct. 2026

Earlier this year, the CMA and ABC announced an extension of your partnership to run through 2032 and includes streaming the CMA Awards on Disney+ for the first time simultaneously as the show airs on ABC. — Melinda Newman, Billboard, 13 Oct. 2026

Déclassé warriors, sometimes joined by street toughs from other walks of life, gave themselves the airs of swashbuckling samurai. — Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

The debate airs on Atlanta News First and Gray television stations around the state (WALB in Albany, WRDW in Augusta, WTVM and WXTX in Columbus and WTOC in Savannah). — Adam Van Brimmer, AJC.com, 6 Oct. 2026

Disney also plans to use the fact that the next Super Bowl airs during a three-day-weekend and in close proximity to Valentine’s Day. — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 5 Oct. 2026

As season seven airs, Newport is juggling her divorce alongside a string of high-profile romances. — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2026

Verb

Happy Hour with Ina Garten airs new episodes every Wednesday. — Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2026

Letterman and Damon appeared as background actors in connection with the upcoming seventh season of the former’s Netflix show, My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman, which airs later this year. — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 1 Nov. 2026

For the past several years, Warner and Paramount have shared rights to the NCAA March Madness men’s basketball tournament, which airs across CBS, TNT, TBS and TruTV. — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 29 Oct. 2026

The channel currently airs archival programmes and our members are paid for these repeats. — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2026

Navarro went on to air another grievance over the ABC show — which airs on the same network as The View — eliminating fellow channel program Jimmy Kimmel Live sidekick Guillermo Rodriguez. — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Oct. 2026

For Amazon Prime Video, this adds to the Thursday Night Football deal with the NFL, which also airs for free with ads, and Amazon has also made other concerts available on streaming behind the paywall. — Brian Welk, IndieWire, 6 Oct. 2026

The programme started in the 1990s on Canal+ and now airs on Movistar+. — Pol Ballús, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026

Built to banter about local news, sports and immigration raids, Coyotec now airs in English and is expanding to stations in Sacramento, Las Vegas and beyond. — Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026