| Main Entry: | showy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | flamboyant, flashy |
Synonyms: |
classy, dashing, flash, garish, gaudy, glaring, histrionic, jazzy, loud, luxurious, meretricious, opulent, ornate, ostentatious, overdone, overwrought, peacocky, pompous, pretentious, resplendent, screaming, sensational, snazzy, splashy, splendiferous, sumptuous, swank, tawdry, tinsel, tony |
Antonyms: |
dismal, drab, gloomy, moderate, restrained |
| 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: | 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: | 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 |
| Main Entry: | dapper |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | well-groomed, neat |
Synonyms: |
bandbox, brisk, chic, chichi, classy, clean, dainty, dashing, doggy, dressed to kill, dressed to nines, jaunty, natty, nice, nifty, nimble, nobby, posh, prim, rakish, ritzy, sassy, sharp, showy, smart, snazzy, snug, spiff, spiffy, spruce, spry, stylish, swank, swanky, swell, trim, turned out, well turned out |
Antonyms: |
dirty, dishevelled, ruffled, rumpled, scruffy, shabby, sloppy, tousled, ungroomed, wrinkled |
| Main Entry: | dashing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bold, flamboyant |
Synonyms: |
adventurous, alert, animated, chic, dapper, daring, dazzling, debonair, elegant, exclusive, exuberant, fashionable, fearless, gallant, gay, jaunty, keen, lively, modish, plucky, rousing, showy, smart, spirited, sporty, stylish, swank, swashbuckling, swish, vivacious |
Antonyms: |
boring, calm, drab, dull, plain, unimpressive, unstylish |