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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, blather, bluster, bobbery, bother, bustle, clatter, commotion, disturbance, foofaraw, fun, furor, furore, fuss, helter-skelter, hoopla, hubbub, hullabaloo, hurly, hurly-burly, pandemonium, pother, row, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, shindy, 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
ballyhoo
Synonyms and Antonyms of ballyhoo
- That reviewer always ballyhoos any book by one of his pet authors.
- Technology companies usually spend big bucks ballyhooing their new generation of devices.
advertise, bark, merchandise (also merchandize), sell
endorse (also indorse), plump (for), plunk (for) or plonk (for)
beat the drum (for)
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