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ballyhoo
Synonyms and Antonyms of ballyhoo
- it turned out that the ballyhoo was the result of a movie being filmed on the street
ado, alarums and excursions, blather, bluster, bobbery, bother, bustle, clatter, clutter [chiefly dialect], coil, commotion, corroboree [Australian], disturbance, do [chiefly dialect], foofaraw, fun, furor, furore, fuss, helter-skelter, hoo-ha (also hoo-hah), hoopla, hubble-bubble, hubbub, hullabaloo, hurly, hurly-burly, hurricane, hurry, hurry-scurry (or hurry-skurry), kerfuffle [chiefly British], moil, pandemonium, pother, row, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, shindy, splore [Scottish], squall, stew, stir, storm, to-do, tumult, turmoil, uproar, welter, whirl, williwaw, zoo
calm, hush, peace, quiet, quietude, rest, stillness, tranquillity (or tranquility)
- the usual ballyhoo intended to fill the seats at megaplexes around the country
ad, advertisement, commercial, message, plug, promotion, spot, word
banner, bill, billboard, placard, poster, sign
advertising, marketing, propaganda
pronouncement, publication, release
broadcast, bulletin, dispatch, newscast, report, story
ink [slang], testimonial, write-up
ballyhoo
Synonyms and Antonyms of ballyhoo
- that reviewer always ballyhoos any book by one of his pet authors
- the TV networks usually spend the summer months ballyhooing their new fall shows
advertise, bark, merchandise (also merchandize), sell
endorse (also indorse), plump (for), plunk (for) or plonk (for)
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