Meanings
noungrandstander (plural grandstanders)
plural grandstanders
- derogatoryA person who grandstands; a show-off.
Trump has previously dismissed Republican dissenters as “grandstanders” and urged them to get onboard.
2025 June 3, David Smith, quoting Donald Trump, “Elon Musk calls Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ tax bill a ‘disgusting abomination’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN1 more example
After the President fired his FBI director in early May, he dismissed Comey as “a showboat,” “a grandstander” and a “nut job.”
2017 June 8, Maeve Reston, quoting Donald Trump, “Trump meets the ultimate adversary in James Comey”, in CNN
Origin
From grandstand (verb) + -er.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
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grandstander. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grandstander
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Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “grandstander,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grandstander.
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