| 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: | 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: | bold |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bright, striking |
Synonyms: |
clear, colorful, conspicuous, definite, evident, eye-catching, flashy, forceful, lively, loud, manifest, plain, prominent, pronounced, showy, spirited, strong, vivid |
Antonyms: |
faint, fair, light |
| 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: | brazen |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | brash, unashamed |
Synonyms: |
audacious, barefaced, blatant, bold, brassy, cheeky, cocky, contumelious, defiant, flashy, flip, forward, gritty, gutsy, hotshot, immodest, impertinent, impudent, indecent, insolent, loud, meretricious, nervy, overbold, pert, saucy, shameless, smart-alecky, smart-ass, spunky, tawdry, unabashed, unblushing |
Antonyms: |
humble, meek, shamed, shamefaced, shy, timid |
| Main Entry: | bright |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | vivid in color |
Synonyms: |
brave, brilliant, clear, colored, colorful, deep, flashy, fresh, gay, glitzy, hued, intense, psychedelic, razzle-dazzle, rich, ruddy, sharp, showy, tinged, tinted |
Antonyms: |
light, pale, pastel |
| Main Entry: | brilliant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shining, glowing in appearance |
Synonyms: |
ablaze, bright, clinquant, coruscating, dazzling, effulgent, flashy, fulgent, gleaming, glittering, glossy, incandescent, intense, lambent, lucent, luminous, lustrous, radiant, refulgent, resplendent, scintillating, showy, sparkling, vivid |
Antonyms: |
dark, dull, dulled |
| 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: | colorful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | brilliant, intensely hued |
Synonyms: |
bright, chromatic, flashy, florid, gaudy, gay, hued, intense, jazzy, kaleidoscopic, loud, motley, multicolored, picturesque, prismatic, psychedelic, rich, showy, splashy, variegated, vibrant, vivid |
Antonyms: |
colorless, drab, dreary, faded, plain, uncolored, uncolorful |
| 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 |