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showmanish

showmanish adjective: characteristic of a showman or showmanship.

Adjective

showmanish (comparative more showmanish, superlative most showmanish)

  1. Characteristic of a showman or showmanship.
    • “The Ascent of Money,” based on his book of the same title, secures his position as television’s most flamboyant, showmanish public intellectual.2009 July 8, Ginia Bellafante, “Our Current Global Economic Crisis: The Prequel”, in New York Times
    Synonyms:
    showmanly

Synonyms of showmanish

Forms of showmanish

comparativemore showmanish
superlativemost showmanish

Origin of showmanish

From showman + -ish.

Questions about showmanish

What does showmanish mean?
Showmanish means characteristic of a showman or showmanship.
What part of speech is showmanish?
Showmanish is an adjective.

Words near showmanish in the dictionary

  1. showless
  2. showlike
  3. showman
  4. showmance
  5. showmances
  6. showmanish
  7. showmanism
  8. showmanlike
  9. showmanly
  10. showmanry
  11. Showmans

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