fanfare — OAT

fanfare

noun

1 a fanfare announced the arrival of the duchess:

peal of trumpets, flourish, fanfaronade, trumpet call, trumpet blare;

archaic trump, tucket.

2 the laying of the foundation stone was greeted with great fanfare:

fuss, commotion, stir, show, showiness, display, ostentation, flashiness, publicity, sensationalism, pageantry, splendor, hubbub, brouhaha;

informal ballyhoo, hullabaloo, hype, to-do, pizzazz, razzle-dazzle, glitz, ritziness.