Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun name-dropping

1 sense of name-dropping

Sense 1
name-dropping -- (the practice of casually mentioning important people in order to impress your listener; "the hard thing about name-dropping is to avoid being too obvious about it")
       => mention, reference -- (a remark that calls attention to something or someone; "she made frequent mention of her promotion"; "there was no mention of it"; "the speaker made several references to his wife")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb name-drop

1 sense of namedrop

Sense 1
namedrop -- (refer to people that one assumes one's interlocutors admire in order to try to impress them)
       => mention, advert, bring up, cite, name, refer -- (make reference to; "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention")