Synonyms of ballyhoos

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noun

plural of ballyhoo

as in disturbances

a state of noisy, confused activity

it turned out that the ballyhoo was the result of a movie being filmed on the street

Synonyms & Similar Words

• disturbances
• commotions
• stirs
• shindies
• fusses
• turmoils
• furors
• furores
• alarums and excursions
• noises
• storms
• rows
• hubbubs
• fun
• moils
• pandemoniums
• rackets
• clatters
• hurricanes
• rumpuses
• hullabaloos
• pothers
• williwaws
• coils
• splores
• zoos
• hurlies
• hurly-burlies
• clutters
• ados
• shindys
• ruckuses
• bobberies
• hubble-bubbles
• hooplas
• bothers
• blathers
• bustles
• foofaraws
• roars
• corroborees
• helter-skelters
• hurry-skurries
• do's
• ructions
• squalls
• kerfuffles
• hoo-hahs
• hurry-scurries
• to-dos
• bluster
• tumults
• welters
• flurries
• whirls
• uproars
• stews
• hue and cries
• hoo-has
• upheavals
• howls
• outcries
• disorders
• dos
• cacophonies
• eruptions
• dins
• mêlées
• outbreaks
• clamors
• brawls
• outbursts
• flutters
• fracases
• frays
• scuffles
• tizzies
• fevers
• melees
• fracas
• flare-ups
• frets
• lathers
• dithers
• hassles

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• tranquillities
• tranquilities
• rests
• calms
• hushes
• peaces
• quiets
• quietudes
• orders

ballyhoos

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verb

present tense third-person singular of ballyhoo

1

as in announces

to praise or publicize lavishly and often excessively

that reviewer always ballyhoos any book by one of his pet authors

Synonyms & Similar Words

• announces
• cries up
• cracks up
• tub-thumps
• advertises
• acclaims
• trumpets
• promotes
• blows up
• touts
• commends
• extolls
• offers
• glorifies
• applauds
• compliments
• extols
• lauds
• proclaims
• eulogizes
• pronounces
• claims
• lays down
• magnifies
• plugs
• publicizes
• blares
• heralds
• declares
• asserts
• blazes
• advances
• makes out
• blazons
• avers
• boosts

2

as in promotes

to provide publicity for

the TV networks usually spend the summer months ballyhooing their new fall shows

Synonyms & Similar Words

• promotes
• sells
• announces
• talks up
• beats the drum (for)
• publicizes
• advertises
• plugs
• touts
• hypes
• pitches
• boosts
• praises
• pushes
• indorses
• barks
• hails
• reviews
• recommends
• endorses
• publishes
• plumps (for)
• merchandizes
• acclaims
• lauds
• plonks (for)
• broadcasts
• plunks (for)
• merchandises