Synonyms of making a show

making a show

phrase

present participle of make a show

as in pretending

to take on a false or deceptive appearance

She made a show of addressing the whole audience, rather than a few like-minded folk.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pretending
• making believe
• letting on
• making out
• making a pretense
• putting on an act
• putting up a front
• posing
• dissembling
• acting
• putting on
• playing
• dissimulating
• simulating
• masquerading
• affecting
• feigning
• playacting
• assuming
• concealing
• impersonating
• faking
• shamming
• masking
• professing
• counterfeiting
• camouflaging
• disguising
• bluffing
• feinting

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of making a show

Daemon charged his queen with making a show of strength for all the realm to see, and her response is to once again visit the High Septon and beg for an anointing. — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026

And despite making a show of clashing with the Pentagon over concerns about the safe deployment of its AI systems, Anthropic also let the military use its Claude AI to select targets in Iran. — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 5 Aug. 2026