What is another word for meretricious?
626 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ mˌɛɹɪtɹˈɪʃəs], [ mˌɛɹɪtɹˈɪʃəs], [ m_ˌɛ_ɹ_ɪ_t_ɹ_ˈɪ_ʃ_ə_s]
Meretricious is a word that's used to describe something that's showy but without any real value, in other words, it's tastelessly attractive and insincere. Luckily, there are several synonyms available for this unsavory term. One possible synonym for meretricious is flashy, which refers to something that's gaudy and trying too hard to be noticed. Another option is the word tawdry, which means something that's cheap and low quality, yet still trying to attract attention. Another synonym for meretricious is the term insincere, which describes anything that is not genuine and honest. And lastly, the word ostentatious can also be used to describe something that's showy and lacking in real substance.
Synonyms for Meretricious:
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adj.
• cheap- cruddy ,
- no bargain ,
- no good ,
- rinkydink ,
- small time ,
- rinky-dink ,
- scroungy ,
- second rate ,
- secondrate ,
- two bit .
- inconsequential ,
- irrelevant ,
- meaningless ,
- mere ,
- minor ,
- of no consequence/of little consequence ,
- petty ,
- unconsidered ,
- unimportant .
- in sincere ,
- in sincerer ,
- in sincerest ,
- in-sincere ,
- in-sincerer ,
- in-sincerest ,
- insincere ,
- more put on ,
- more put-on ,
- more puton ,
- most put on ,
- most put-on ,
- most puton ,
- puton ,
- un natural ,
- un-natural .
- glitzier ,
- glitziest ,
- more overbold ,
- more prominent ,
- more pronounced ,
- more protrusive ,
- more screaming ,
- most overbold ,
- most protrusive ,
- most screaming ,
- out right ,
- out righter ,
- out rightest ,
- out-right ,
- out-righter ,
- out-rightest ,
- over bold ,
- over-bold ,
- un abashed ,
- un blushing ,
- un mitigated ,
- un-abashed ,
- un-blushing ,
- un-mitigated .
- flip ,
- flippest ,
- in decent ,
- in solent ,
- in-decent ,
- in-solent ,
- indecent ,
- more hotshot ,
- more smart ass ,
- more smart-ass ,
- more smartass ,
- most hotshot ,
- most smart ass ,
- most smart-ass ,
- most smartass ,
- nervy ,
- smartalecky .
- frou frou ,
- more frou frou ,
- more frou-frou ,
- more froufrou ,
- more pizzazz ,
- more splendiferous ,
- most frou frou ,
- most frou-frou ,
- most froufrou ,
- most pizzazz ,
- most splendiferous ,
- putting on ritz ,
- putting ritz ,
- putting the ritz .
- High-wrought ,
- be decked ,
- be-decked ,
- high wrought ,
- highwrought ,
- more bedecked ,
- more embroidered ,
- more high wrought ,
- more high-wrought ,
- more highwrought ,
- more jeweled ,
- more ornamented ,
- more overelaborate ,
- most bedecked ,
- most embroidered ,
- most high wrought ,
- most high-wrought ,
- most highwrought ,
- most jeweled ,
- most ornamented ,
- most overelaborate ,
- over elaborate ,
- over-elaborate ,
- re-splendent .
- more dextrous ,
- more smooth spoken ,
- more smooth-spoken ,
- more smoothspoken ,
- more streetwise ,
- most dextrous ,
- most smooth spoken ,
- most smooth-spoken ,
- most smoothspoken ,
- most streetwise ,
- smooth spoken ,
- smoothspoken .
- hamer ,
- hamest ,
- hammier ,
- hammiest ,
- more amateur ,
- more operatic ,
- more staged ,
- more thespian ,
- more vaudeville ,
- most amateur ,
- most operatic ,
- most staged ,
- most thespian ,
- most vaudeville ,
- schmaltzy ,
- showest .
- dis reputable ,
- dis-reputable ,
- fly by night ,
- in accurate ,
- in-constant ,
- mis taken ,
- un convincing ,
- un dependable ,
- un faithful ,
- un reliable ,
- un sound ,
- un sounder ,
- un stable ,
- un stabler ,
- un stablest ,
- un sure ,
- un-convincing ,
- un-dependable ,
- un-faithful ,
- un-reliable ,
- un-sound ,
- un-sounder ,
- un-soundest ,
- un-stable ,
- un-stabler ,
- un-stablest ,
- un-sure ,
- un-trustworthy ,
- under hand ,
- under handed ,
- under-hand ,
- under-handed .
- Forsworn ,
- Perjured ,
- counter factual ,
- counter-factual ,
- dis loyal ,
- dis-loyal ,
- in correct ,
- mis leading ,
- mis-leading ,
- more cheating ,
- more dissembling ,
- more forsworn ,
- more prevaricating ,
- more unloyal ,
- most dissembling ,
- most forsworn ,
- most imprecise ,
- most prevaricating ,
- most unloyal ,
- out line ,
- two faced ,
- twofaced ,
- un loyal ,
- un true ,
- un truer ,
- un truest ,
- un-loyal ,
- un-true ,
- un-truer ,
- un-truest ,
- un-truthful .
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- style .
Other synonyms:
- brummagem .
- tinsel ,
- unreliable .
- false .
- glaring .
Other relevant words:
- Big-sounding ,
- Brazenfaced ,
- Colorable ,
- Concocted ,
- Euphuistic ,
- Flaunting ,
- Hustling ,
- Inkhorn ,
- Lexiphanic ,
- Overlaid ,
- Plated ,
- Pomposities ,
- Prostituted ,
- Riggish ,
- Truthless ,
- Whorish ,
- adult female ,
- adulterated ,
- affected ,
- apparent ,
- arrogance ,
- artificial ,
- assumed ,
- audacious ,
- aureate ,
- barefaced ,
- base ,
- bastard ,
- bedizened ,
- beggarly ,
- beneath contempt ,
- blatant ,
- bodacious ,
- bogus ,
- boorish ,
- brasslike ,
- brazen ,
- bum ,
- casuistic ,
- catchpenny ,
- cheap-jack ,
- cheapjack ,
- cheesy ,
- chinchy ,
- chintzy ,
- chutzpadik ,
- coarse ,
- colored ,
- colorful ,
- common ,
- conceit ,
- contemptible ,
- contraband ,
- contrived ,
- convoluted ,
- counterfeit ,
- crappy ,
- crass ,
- crude ,
- crummy ,
- dame ,
- debauched ,
- deceitful ,
- deceptive ,
- declamatory ,
- delusive ,
- delusory ,
- deluxe ,
- despicable ,
- disguised ,
- dissipated ,
- dissolute ,
- distasteful ,
- earthy ,
- egotism ,
- elevated ,
- emptiness ,
- empty ,
- ersatz ,
- extravagant ,
- fabricated ,
- factitious ,
- fake ,
- faked ,
- fallacious ,
- fallen ,
- feigned ,
- flagrant ,
- flamboyant ,
- flaming ,
- flaring ,
- florid ,
- forced ,
- forged ,
- forte ,
- frail ,
- fraudulent ,
- fulgurous ,
- fulsome ,
- futility ,
- gallant ,
- gauche ,
- gay ,
- gilt ,
- girl ,
- glib ,
- glitzy ,
- glossy ,
- gold ,
- golden ,
- gorgeous ,
- grand ,
- grandiloquent ,
- grandiose ,
- gross ,
- harlot ,
- harsh ,
- high-flown ,
- high-flying ,
- high-sounding ,
- highfalutin ,
- honky-tonk ,
- horrid ,
- illegitimate ,
- imitation ,
- improper ,
- in bad taste ,
- inanity ,
- incontinent ,
- indecorous ,
- indelicate ,
- inelegant ,
- inexpensive ,
- inferior ,
- inflation ,
- insolent ,
- intensity ,
- jazzy ,
- jesuitical ,
- junky ,
- labyrinthine ,
- lady ,
- licentious ,
- light ,
- lofty ,
- loudness ,
- low ,
- lurid ,
- luxurious ,
- lying ,
- made-up ,
- magniloquent ,
- make-believe ,
- maladroit ,
- mean ,
- mendacious ,
- meretriciousness ,
- miserable ,
- misleading ,
- mock ,
- monstrous ,
- obscene ,
- obtrusive ,
- of easy virtue ,
- on the loose ,
- opulent ,
- orotund ,
- ostensible ,
- ostentation ,
- ostentatious ,
- overdone ,
- overelaborate ,
- overwrought ,
- painful ,
- paltry ,
- particular ,
- paste ,
- pathetic ,
- pave ,
- pedantic ,
- phony ,
- pinchbeck ,
- pitiable ,
- pitiful ,
- plastic ,
- plausible ,
- pomposity ,
- pompous ,
- pompousness ,
- poor ,
- pretend ,
- pretended ,
- pride ,
- princely ,
- prostitute ,
- pseudo ,
- put on ,
- raffish ,
- rakish ,
- ratty ,
- raw ,
- rhetorical ,
- ribald ,
- rotten ,
- rough ,
- rubbishy ,
- rude ,
- sad ,
- scamped ,
- scarlet ,
- screaming ,
- scrubby ,
- scruffy ,
- scummy ,
- scurvy ,
- scuzzy ,
- second-rate ,
- seeming ,
- sensational ,
- sensationalistic ,
- sententious ,
- shabby ,
- shallow ,
- sham ,
- shameless ,
- shocking ,
- shoddy ,
- showy ,
- simulated ,
- sleazy ,
- slick ,
- smooth ,
- snide ,
- so-called ,
- sonorous ,
- sophistical ,
- sophisticated ,
- sorry ,
- spectacular ,
- splurgy ,
- sporty ,
- spurious ,
- stilted ,
- streetwalking ,
- sumptuous ,
- superficial ,
- superimposed ,
- supposititious ,
- surreptitious ,
- synthetic ,
- tall ,
- theatrical ,
- tinny ,
- tinselly ,
- tortuous ,
- treacherous ,
- tricky ,
- trumpery ,
- twopenny ,
- twopenny-halfpenny ,
- unaesthetic ,
- unauthentic ,
- unchaste ,
- uncouth ,
- uncultivated ,
- uncultured ,
- ungenuine ,
- unnatural ,
- unreal ,
- unrefined ,
- unsavoury ,
- unsound ,
- untrue ,
- untrustworthy ,
- untruthful ,
- valueless ,
- vanity ,
- vile ,
- vulgar ,
- wanton ,
- wife ,
- woman ,
- womanhood ,
- worthless ,
- wretched ,
- wrong .
- Froufrou ,
- blinding ,
- campier ,
- campiest ,
- campy ,
- cheap ,
- dextrous ,
- flashy ,
- flipper ,
- frou-frou ,
- garish ,
- gaudy ,
- gilded ,
- glittery ,
- gussied up ,
- hammy ,
- hotshot ,
- imprecise ,
- jeweled ,
- loud ,
- operatic ,
- out of line ,
- over-wrought ,
- overbold ,
- peacocky ,
- protrusive ,
- putting on the ritz ,
- smart alecky ,
- smart ass ,
- smart-ass ,
- smartass ,
- smooth-spoken ,
- splendiferous ,
- streetwise ,
- unloyal .
- Hollowly ,
- Johnsonian ,
- Posey ,
- affectation ,
- arch ,
- artsy-fartsy ,
- arty-farty ,
- brassy ,
- camp ,
- camp it up ,
- cloying ,
- constrained ,
- cupboard love ,
- cutesy ,
- falsely ,
- falsity ,
- fey ,
- flash ,
- front ,
- gimcrack ,
- gimcracky ,
- gongoresque ,
- grandisonant ,
- high-flowing ,
- histrionic ,
- histrionics ,
- hokey ,
- hollow ,
- la-di-da ,
- lah-di-dah ,
- mannered ,
- melodramatic ,
- oily ,
- oleaginous ,
- on the ,
- on the town ,
- overinvolved ,
- phoney ,
- pious ,
- ponce ,
- precious ,
- preciously ,
- precocious ,
- pretension ,
- pseud ,
- pseudo- ,
- rent-a- ,
- saccharine ,
- show ,
- slimy ,
- smarmy ,
- smoothie ,
- specious ,
- stagy ,
- studied ,
- sugary ,
- tacky ,
- talk ,
- tasteless ,
- tatty ,
- theatre ,
- two-faced ,
- two-for-a-cent ,
- two-for-a-penny .
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How to use "Meretricious" in context?
1. Merriam-Webster defines meritorious as being deserving of commendation or admiration. Meritorious deeds, work, or performances are considered to be of high quality.
2. Merriam-Webster defines meretricious as tending to evoke laughter or ridicule. Something that is meretricious is kitschy and artificial. It can be a type of clothing, or a person.
3. Merriam-Webster defines meretricious as belonging to or characterized by meretriciousness.
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