Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ballyhoo

1 sense of ballyhoo

Sense 1
ballyhoo, hoopla, hype, plug -- (blatant or sensational promotion)
       => promotion, publicity, promotional material, packaging -- (a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution; "the packaging of new ideas")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb ballyhoo

1 sense of ballyhoo

Sense 1
ballyhoo -- (advertize noisily or blatantly)
       => advertise, publicize, advertize, publicise -- (call attention to; "Please don't advertise the fact that he has AIDS")