'Fanfare' definitions:
Definition of 'fanfare'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Fanfare'
From: GCIDE
- Fanfare \Fan"fare`\, n. [F. Cf. Fanfaron.] A flourish of trumpets, as in coming into the lists, etc.; also, a short and lively air performed on hunting horns during the chase. [1913 Webster]
- The fanfare announcing the arrival of the various Christian princes. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'fanfare'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ado,
- Aldine,
- anniversaries,
- Arabesque,
- array,
- ballyhoo,
- bay,
- beep,
- blare,
- blast,
- blat,
- bray,
- brouhaha,
- Byzantine,
- Canevari,
- celebrating,
- celebration,
- ceremony,
- commemoration,
- commotion,
- cottage,
- dentelle,
- dressing ship,
- Etruscan,
- fanfaron,
- fanfaronade,
- festivity,
- flourish,
- flourish of trumpets,
- fuss,
- Grolier,
- Harleian,
- holiday,
- honk,
- hubbub,
- hullabaloo,
- Jansenist,
- jubilee,
- Maioli,
- marking the occasion,
- memorialization,
- memory,
- observance,
- ovation,
- panoply,
- parade,
- peal,
- pointille,
- pomp,
- rejoicing,
- religious rites,
- remembrance,
- revel,
- rite,
- ritual observance,
- Roxburgh,
- salute,
- salvo,
- shine,
- show,
- shriek,
- solemn observance,
- solemnization,
- squeal,
- stir,
- tantara,
- tantarara,
- taps,
- tarantara,
- tattoo,
- testimonial,
- testimonial banquet,
- testimonial dinner,
- to-do,
- toast,
- toot,
- tootle,
- tribute,
- triumph,
- trumpet,
- trumpet blast,
- trumpet call,
- tweedle,
- whistle