Definition for Gimcrack:

• A trivial mechanism; a device; a toy; a pretty thing.

Synonyms for Gimcrack:

• adj.

  •tawdry (adjective)
  • junky,
  • most tinsel,
  • junkier,
  • more tinsel,
  • most screaming,
  • more flaring,
  • most gimcrack,
  • junkiest,
  • more gimcrack,
  • glitziest,
  • most flaring,
  • more screaming,
  • glitzier.

• n.

  •
  • nickel-and-dime.
  •
  • trifle,
  • thing,
  • knickknack.
  •brassy (noun)
  • brassy.
  •cheap (noun)
  • cheap.
  •flash (noun)
  • flash.
  •flashy (noun)
  • flashy.
  •frill (noun)
  • fandangles.
  •garish (noun)
  • garish.
  •gaudy (noun)
  • gaudy.
  •gewgaw (noun)
  • souvenir,
  • doodad,
  • bagatelle,
  • curio.
  •gimcrack (noun)
  • tawdry,
  • loud,
  • meretricious,
  • in poor taste,
  • tatty,
  • trashy,
  • tacky,
  • tasteless.
  •ornament (noun)
  • frou frou,
  • beautification.
  •trinket (noun)
  • sparklers,
  • sparkler.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • cheapo,
  • Bibelot,
  • downscale,
  • jerry-built.
  •
  • trinket,
  • toy,
  • bauble,
  • poor.

Antonyms for Gimcrack:

• adj.

  • Other antonyms:
    fine, good, handcrafted, elegant, superior, excellent, first class, handsome, top-notch, polished, first-rate, high-grade, tasteful, refined.

Gimcrack Sentence Examples:

• " Inventing gimcrack things like that," said the fellow in a tone of contempt, " to try and take the bread out of honest men's mouths."

• The pagoda looked there, what it had always looked in Aunt Pickthorne's room - a gimcrack itself."