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| 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, pompous, pretentious, resplendent, sensational, snazzy*, splashy, sumptuous, tawdry, peacocky, screaming, splendiferous, swank, tinsel*, tony |
| Antonyms: | dismal, drab, gloomy, moderate, restrained |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | brassy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | vulgar, loud to the senses |
| Synonyms: | arrant, barefaced, blatant, bold, brash, brazen, flashy, flirtatious, forward, garish, gaudy, grating, hard, harsh, impudent, insolent, jarring, jazzy, loudmouthed, noisy, obtrusive, pert, piercing, rude, saucy, shameless, showy, shrill, strident, blaring, overbold, unabashed, unblushing |
| Antonyms: | careful, cautious, circumspect, humble, prudent |
| Main Entry: | dapper |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | well-groomed, neat |
| Synonyms: | brisk, chic, chichi, classy, clean, dainty, dashing, jaunty, natty, nice, nifty, nimble, posh, prim, rakish, ritzy, sassy, sharp, showy, smart, snazzy*, snug, spiffy, spruce, spry, stylish, swanky, swell, trim, bandbox, doggy, dressed to kill, dressed to nines, nobby, spiff, swank, turned out, well turned out |
| Antonyms: | dirty, scruffy, shabby, sloppy, tousled, wrinkled, dishevelled, ruffled, rumpled, ungroomed |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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, swish, vivacious, swank, swashbuckling |
| Antonyms: | boring, calm, drab, dull, plain, unimpressive, unstylish |
| Main Entry: | elaborate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | intricate; involved |
| Synonyms: | busy, careful, complex, complicated, detailed, elegant, exact, extensive, extravagant, fancy, fussy, imposing, knotty, labored, labyrinthine, luxurious, minute, ornate, ostentatious, overdone, overworked, painstaking, perfected, plush, posh, precise, prodigious, refined, showy, skillful, sophisticated, studied, thorough, decorated, embellished, garnished, high tech, highly wrought, many-faceted, ornamented, with all the extras, with all the options, with bells and whistles |
| Antonyms: | general, normal, plain, regular, simple, uncomplicated, usual, unelaborate, uninvolved |
| Main Entry: | exciting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inspiring, exhilarating |
| Synonyms: | appealing, astonishing, bracing, breathtaking, dangerous, dramatic, eye-popping*, far-out*, fine, flashy, groovy*, hair-raising*, heady*, hectic, impressive, interesting, intoxicating, intriguing, lively, melodramatic, mind-blowing, moving, neat, overpowering, overwhelming, provocative, racy, rousing, sensational, showy, spine-tingling*, stimulating, stirring, thrilling, wild, agitative, animating, arousing, arresting, commoving, electrifying, exhilarant, impelling, rip-roaring, titillating, zestful |
| Antonyms: | boring, moderate, unenthusiastic, unexciting, unenthused, uninspiring, unpromising, unstimulating |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | expressive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | telling, revealing |
| Synonyms: | alive, articulate, artistic, brilliant, colorful, demonstrative, dramatic, eloquent, emphatic, energetic, forcible, graphic, indicative, ingenious, lively, masterly, meaningful, mobile, moving, passionate, pathetic, picturesque, poignant, pointed, pregnant, representative, responsive, showy, significant, silver-tongued*, spirited, stimulating, stirring, striking, strong, suggestive, sympathetic, tender, thoughtful, touching, understanding, vivid, warm, allusive, pictorial, revelatory |
| Antonyms: | expressionless, inexpressive, passive, undemonstrative |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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, preposterous, pretentious, prodigal, profligate, reckless, ridiculous, showy, silly, spendthrift, steep, unbalanced, unconscionable, unreasonable, unrestrained, overpriced |
| Antonyms: | close, economical, moderate, provident, reasonable, saving, stingy, thrifty, unpretentious |
| Main Entry: | eye-catching |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | noticeable |
| Synonyms: | attractive, beautiful, can't miss it, conspicuous, gorgeous, manifest, obvious, showy, spectacular, striking, stunning |
| Main Entry: | fancy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extravagant, ornamental |
| Synonyms: | adorned, baroque, chichi*, complicated, cushy, custom, decorative, deluxe, elaborate, elegant, fanciful, florid, gaudy, intricate, lavish, ornate, ostentatious, resplendent, rich, rococo, showy, special, spiffy*, sumptuous, unusual, beautifying, decorated, embellished, frilly, froufrou, garnished, gingerbread |
| Antonyms: | plain, unfancy, unornamented |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | flamboyant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extravagant, theatrical |
| Synonyms: | baroque, bombastic, brilliant, camp, chichi*, colorful, dashing, dazzling, elaborate, exciting, flaky*, flaming, flashy, florid, gaudy, glamorous, jazzy*, luscious, luxuriant, ornate, ostentatious, pretentious, resplendent, rich, rococo, showy, splashy, sporty, gassy, peacockish, swank, swashbuckling |
| Antonyms: | calm, moderate, modest, restrained, tasteful, unflashy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | flashy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | flamboyant, in poor taste |
| Synonyms: | blatant, brazen, cheap, chintzy, flaunting, florid, garish, gaudy, glaring, glittering, jazzy*, loud, meretricious, ornate, ostentatious, showy, snazzy, sparkling, tacky*, tasteless, tawdry, vulgar, catchpenny, glittery, glitzy, tinsel |
| Antonyms: | plain, simple, subdued, tasteful, unobtrusive, unflamboyant, unflashy, ungaudy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | garish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | flashy, tasteless |
| Synonyms: | blatant, brassy, brazen, cheap, chintzy, flaunting, gaudy, glaring, glittering, loud, meretricious, ornate, ostentatious, overdone, overwrought, raffish, showy, tawdry, vulgar, kitschy, screaming, tinsel |
| Antonyms: | discreet, modest, normal, plain, tasteful |
| Main Entry: | gaudy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bright and vulgar |
| Synonyms: | blatant, brazen, brilliant, chichi*, chintzy, coarse, crude, flashy, flaunting, florid, garish, gay, glaring, gross, jazzy, loud, meretricious, obtrusive, ostentatious, pizzazz*, pretentious, raffish, ritzy, showy, snazzy, splashy, tasteless, tawdry, catchpenny, frou-frou, gussied up, kitschy, putting on the ritz, screaming, splendiferous, tinsel |
| Antonyms: | calm, drab, dull, modest, plain, refined, simple, sophisticated |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gorgeous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beautiful, magnificent |
| Synonyms: | attractive, bright, brilliant, colorful, dazzling, delightful, dream, elegant, enjoyable, exquisite, fine, flamboyant, foxy*, gaudy, glittering, glorious, good-looking, grand, handsome, imposing, impressive, knockout*, lavish, lovely, luxuriant, luxurious, opulent, ostentatious, pleasing, plush, ravishing, resplendent, showy, splendid, stunning, sublime, sumptuous, superb, beaut, centerfold, drop-dead, easy on the eyes, lulu, pulchritudinous, splendiferous |
| Antonyms: | homely, ugly, undesirable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | grandiose |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | theatrical, extravagant |
| Synonyms: | affected, ambitious, august, bombastic, cosmic, egotistic, flamboyant, fustian, grand, high-falutin', high-flown, imposing, impressive, lofty, lordly, magnificent, majestic, monumental, noble, ostentatious, overwhelming, pompous, pretentious, purple*, royal, showy, splashy, stately, unfathomable, vast |
| Antonyms: | calm, moderate, small, unpretentious |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | high-flown |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exalted, lofty |
| Synonyms: | bombastic, elaborate, exaggerated, extravagant, grandiloquent, grandiose, inflated, showy, turgid |
| Main Entry: | inflated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exaggerated |
| Synonyms: | aureate, bloated, bombastic, diffuse, distended, enlarged, extended, filled, flatulent, flowery, fustian, grandiloquent, grown, magniloquent, ostentatious, overblown, pompous, pretentious, prolix, puffed, ranting, rhetorical, showy, spread, swollen, tumescent, tumid, turgid, verbose, windy, wordy, aggrandized, amplified, augmented, dilated, dropsical, euphuistic, magnified, overestimated, pumped up, rhapsodical, stretched, surcharged |
| Antonyms: | deflated, shrunken |
| Main Entry: | jaunty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lively |
| Synonyms: | airy, animated, bold, brash, breezy, buoyant, carefree, careless, cocky, dapper, dashing, debonair, devil-may-care*, devilish, easy, exhilarated, flip*, flippant, forward, free, fresh, frisky, frolicsome, gay, high-spirited, hilarious, impetuous, impish, impudent, jocose, joking, jolly, jovial, light, natty, nervy, perky, playful, provocative, reckless, rollicking, self-confident, showy, smart, sportive, sporty, sprightly, spruce, trim, venturesome, vivacious, gamesome, prankish, swaggering |
| Antonyms: | depressed, lethargic, lifeless |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | meretricious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | gaudy, flashy |
| Synonyms: | blatant, bogus, brazen, chintzy, counterfeit, garish, glaring, insincere, loud, misleading, ornate, phony, plastic*, sham, showy, spurious, superficial, tawdry, trashy, put-on, tinsel |
| Notes: | meretricious means of or pertaining to prostitutes - alluring by vulgar or flashy display - based on pretense or insincerity; meritorious means deserving reward or praise |
| Antonyms: | genuine, real, unembellished, undecorated |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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