| Main Entry: | garish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | flashy, tasteless |
Synonyms: |
blatant, brassy, brazen, cheap, chintzy, flaunting, gaudy, glaring, glittering, kitschy, loud, meretricious, ornate, ostentatious, overdone, overwrought, raffish, screaming, showy, tawdry, tinsel, vulgar |
Antonyms: |
discreet, modest, normal, plain, tasteful |
| Main Entry: | blatant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | obvious; brazen |
Synonyms: |
arrant, bald, barefaced, brassy, clear, conspicuous, crying, flagrant, flashy, flaunting, garish, gaudy, glaring, glitzy, impudent, loud, meretricious, naked, obtrusive, ostentatious, outright, overbold, overt, plain, prominent, pronounced, protrusive, screaming, shameless, sheer, showy, snazzy, unabashed, unblushing, unmitigated |
| Notes: | flagrant implies shocking and reprehensible, while blatant is obvious, contrived, and usually obnoxious; flagrant is a stronger term than blatant |
Antonyms: |
inconspicuous, quiet, subtle, unpronounced |
| Main Entry: | brassy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | vulgar, loud to the senses |
Synonyms: |
arrant, barefaced, blaring, blatant, bold, brash, brazen, flashy, flirtatious, forward, garish, gaudy, grating, hard, harsh, impudent, insolent, jarring, jazzy, loudmouthed, noisy, obtrusive, overbold, pert, piercing, rude, saucy, shameless, showy, shrill, strident, unabashed, unblushing |
Antonyms: |
careful, cautious, circumspect, humble, prudent |
| Main Entry: | cheap |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inferior, low in quality |
Synonyms: |
bad, base, bogus, catchpenny, cheesy, common, commonplace, crappy*, cruddy, dud, flashy, garbage, garish, glitzy, junky, lousy, mangy, mean, mediocre, meretricious, no bargain, no good, ordinary, paltry, poor, ratty, raunchy, rinky-dink, rotten, rubbishy, scroungy, second-rate, shoddy, sleazy, small-time, tatty, tawdry, terrible, trashy, trumpery, two-bit, valueless, white elephant, worthless |
Antonyms: |
excellent, noble, precious, priceless, superior, valuable, worthy |
| Main Entry: | conspicuous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | important, prominent |
Synonyms: |
arresting, arrestive, blatant, celebrated, commanding, distinguished, eminent, famed, famous, flagrant, flashy, garish, glaring, glitzy, illustrious, influential, jazzy, loud, marked, notable, noted, notorious, outstanding, pointed, rank, remarkable, renowned, salient, screaming, showy, signal, splashy, stick out like sore thumb, striking, tony, well-known |
Antonyms: |
inconspicuous, obscure, unimportant, unknown, unremarkable |
| Main Entry: | extravagant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | indulgent, wasteful |
Synonyms: |
absurd, bizarre, costly, crazy, exaggerated, excessive, exorbitant, expensive, extortionate, extreme, fanciful, fancy, fantastic, flamboyant, flashy, foolish, garish, gaudy, grandiose, immoderate, implausible, improvident, imprudent, inordinate, lavish, ludicrous, nonsensical, ornate, ostentatious, outrageous, overpriced, preposterous, pretentious, prodigal, profligate, reckless, ridiculous, showy, silly, spendthrift, steep, unbalanced, unconscionable, unreasonable, unrestrained |
Antonyms: |
close, economical, moderate, provident, reasonable, saving, stingy, thrifty, unpretentious |
| Main Entry: | flashy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | flamboyant, in poor taste |
Synonyms: |
blatant, brazen, catchpenny, cheap, chintzy, flaunting, florid, garish, gaudy, glaring, glittering, glittery, glitzy, jazzy, loud, meretricious, ornate, ostentatious, showy, snazzy, sparkling, tacky*, tasteless, tawdry, tinsel, vulgar |
Antonyms: |
plain, simple, subdued, tasteful, unflamboyant, unflashy, ungaudy, unobtrusive |
| Main Entry: | gaudy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bright and vulgar |
Synonyms: |
blatant, brazen, brilliant, catchpenny, chichi*, chintzy, coarse, crude, flashy, flaunting, florid, frou-frou, garish, gay, glaring, gross, gussied up, jazzy, kitschy, loud, meretricious, obtrusive, ostentatious, pizzazz*, pretentious, putting on the ritz, raffish, ritzy, screaming, showy, snazzy, splashy, splendiferous, tasteless, tawdry, tinsel |
Antonyms: |
calm, drab, dull, modest, plain, refined, simple, sophisticated |
| Main Entry: | gay |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | colorful, vivid |
Synonyms: |
brave, bright, brilliant, flamboyant, flashy, fresh, garish, gaudy, intense, rich, showy |
Antonyms: |
colorless, dull, lifeless, plain, uncolorful |
| Main Entry: | glaring |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bright, dazzling; flashy |
Synonyms: |
blatant, blazing, blinding, brazen, chintzy, florid, garish, gaudy, glowing, loud, meretricious, shining, tawdry |
Antonyms: |
dark, dull, plain |