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Pronunciation:
[ ʃˈə͡ʊi], [ ʃˈəʊi], [ ʃ_ˈəʊ_i]
Showy is a term used to describe something that is flashy, flamboyant or eye-catching. There are several synonyms that can be used in place of showy such as flamboyant, ostentatious, gaudy, flashy, glaring, loud, and garish. Flamboyant refers to something that is colourful and bold, while ostentatious implies a lavish and extravagant display of wealth. Gaudy suggests excess and bad taste, while flashy conveys a show of extravagance and grandeur. Glaring describes something that is extremely noticeable and cannot be ignored, while loud implies something that is attention-grabbing or too much for the senses. Garish refers to something that is colourfully and excessively bright or gaudy in an unpleasant way.
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Similar words for showy:
- bright (adjective)
- colorful (adjective)
- dramatic (adjective)
- exaggerated (adjective)
- exciting (adjective)
- eye-catching (adjective)
- fashionable (adjective)
- glittery (adjective)
- lively (adjective)
- noticeable (adjective)
- ornamental (adjective)
- ornately spoken or written (adjective)
- ostentatious (adjective)
- plush (adjective)
- pretentious (adjective)
- spiffy (adjective)
- stylish (adjective)
- tasteless (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- baronial (adjective)
- blatant (adjective)
- bold (adjective)
- brassy (adjective)
- brilliant (adjective)
- conspicuous (adjective)
- dapper (adjective)
- dashing (adjective)
- elaborate (adjective)
- expressive (adjective)
- extravagant (adjective)
- fancy (adjective)
- fine (adjective)
- flamboyant (adjective)
- flamboyant, flashy (adjective)
- flashy (adjective)
- garish (adjective)
- gaudy (adjective)
- gilt (adjective)
- gorgeous (adjective)
- grandiose (adjective)
- high-flown (adjective)
- inflated (adjective)
- jaunty (adjective)
- opulent (adjective)
- ornate (adjective)
- orotund (adjective)
- pompous (adjective)
- precious (adjective)
- puffed-up (adjective)
- rhetorical (adjective)
- sporty (adjective)
- striking (adjective)
- swank/swanky (adjective)
- tawdry (adjective)
- theatrical (adjective)
- ornamental (noun)
Synonyms for Showy:
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adj.
• bright • colorful • dramatic • exaggerated • exciting • eye-catching • fashionable- Tony ,
- chic ,
- chichi ,
- conventional ,
- coordinated ,
- decorous ,
- fashionable ,
- modal ,
- natty ,
- rakish ,
- refined ,
- ritzy ,
- slick ,
- smart ,
- snappy ,
- stylish ,
- swank ,
- up-to-date ,
- vogue .
- baroque ,
- bloated ,
- bombastic ,
- eloquent ,
- embellished ,
- florid ,
- flowery ,
- gilded ,
- grandiloquent ,
- high-sounding ,
- highfalutin ,
- lofty ,
- ponderous ,
- rich ,
- rococo ,
- splashy ,
- voluble .
- Flaunting ,
- affected ,
- boastful ,
- dramatic ,
- exhibitionistic ,
- flagrant ,
- flourishing ,
- forced ,
- formal ,
- fussy ,
- grandiose ,
- histrionic ,
- orotund ,
- ostentatious ,
- sensational ,
- shameless ,
- snazzy ,
- stilted ,
- vain .
- Impersonating ,
- Masquerading ,
- artificial ,
- bogus ,
- counterfeit ,
- deceitful ,
- ersatz ,
- facade ,
- fake ,
- false ,
- forged ,
- fraudulent ,
- imitation ,
- imposture ,
- la-di-da ,
- mannered ,
- mock ,
- overambitious ,
- overdone ,
- posing ,
- pretentious ,
- stiff ,
- studied ,
- synthetic ,
- too-too ,
- unnatural .
- 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 .
- glittering ,
- glossy ,
- in candescent ,
- in-candescent ,
- lustrous ,
- more coruscating ,
- most coruscating ,
- radiant ,
- re fulgent ,
- re splendent ,
- re-fulgent ,
- re-splendent .
- doggier ,
- doggiest ,
- dressed kill ,
- dressed nines ,
- more bandbox ,
- most bandbox ,
- nobbier ,
- nobbiest ,
- spiffer ,
- spiffest ,
- turned out .
- de tailed ,
- de-tailed ,
- ex act ,
- ex tensive ,
- ex-act ,
- many faceted ,
- manyfaceted ,
- more decorated ,
- more elaborate ,
- more embellished ,
- more garnished ,
- more luxurious ,
- more many faceted ,
- more many-faceted ,
- more manyfaceted ,
- more ornamented ,
- most decorated ,
- most embellished ,
- most garnished ,
- most many faceted ,
- most many-faceted ,
- most manyfaceted ,
- most ornamented ,
- over done ,
- over worked ,
- over-done ,
- over-worked ,
- re fined ,
- with all extras ,
- with all options ,
- with bells and whistles ,
- with bells whistles ,
- with extras ,
- with options ,
- with the extras ,
- with the options .
- expressive ,
- forcible ,
- more revelatory ,
- more understanding ,
- most revelatory ,
- re presentative ,
- re-presentative ,
- silver tongued ,
- silvertongued ,
- suggestive ,
- under standing ,
- under-standing .
- ex pensive ,
- ex-pensive ,
- in ordinate ,
- in-ordinate ,
- ludicrous ,
- more overpriced ,
- more ridiculous ,
- more spendthrift ,
- most overpriced ,
- most spendthrift ,
- over priced ,
- over-priced ,
- un balanced ,
- un conscionable ,
- un reasonable ,
- un-balanced ,
- un-conscionable ,
- un-reasonable ,
- un-restrained .
- De Luxe ,
- de-luxe ,
- frillier ,
- frilliest ,
- more beautifying ,
- more custom ,
- more froufrou ,
- more gingerbread ,
- most beautifying ,
- most custom ,
- most froufrou ,
- most gingerbread ,
- un usual ,
- un-usual .
- first rate ,
- firstrate ,
- firststring ,
- five star ,
- fivestar ,
- gilt edged ,
- good looking ,
- more first string ,
- more first-string ,
- more firststring ,
- more five star ,
- more five-star ,
- more fivestar ,
- more gilt edged ,
- more gilt-edged ,
- more giltedged ,
- most first string ,
- most first-string ,
- most firststring ,
- most five star ,
- most five-star ,
- most fivestar ,
- most gilt edged ,
- most gilt-edged ,
- most giltedged ,
- not too shabby ,
- top notch ,
- top pest ,
- top-pest ,
- un-real ,
- well made ,
- well-made ,
- wellmade .
- frou frou ,
- more frou frou ,
- more frou-frou ,
- more pizzazz ,
- more splendiferous ,
- most frou frou ,
- most frou-frou ,
- most pizzazz ,
- most splendiferous ,
- putting on ritz ,
- putting ritz ,
- putting the ritz .
- beauter ,
- beautest ,
- de lightful ,
- de-lightful ,
- dreamest ,
- dropdead ,
- easy eyes ,
- easy on eyes ,
- easy the eyes ,
- more centerfold ,
- more drop dead ,
- more drop-dead ,
- more dropdead ,
- more knockout ,
- more lulu ,
- most centerfold ,
- most drop dead ,
- most drop-dead ,
- most dropdead ,
- most knockout ,
- most lulu ,
- sub lime ,
- sub-lime .
- dis tended ,
- dis-tended ,
- ex tended ,
- ex-tended ,
- filled ,
- more aggrandized ,
- more amplified ,
- more augmented ,
- more dilated ,
- more dropsical ,
- more euphuistic ,
- more magnified ,
- more overestimated ,
- more rhapsodical ,
- more spread ,
- more stretched ,
- more surcharged ,
- most aggrandized ,
- most amplified ,
- most augmented ,
- most dilated ,
- most dropsical ,
- most euphuistic ,
- most magnified ,
- most overestimated ,
- most rhapsodical ,
- most spread ,
- most stretched ,
- most surcharged ,
- over blown ,
- over estimated ,
- over-blown ,
- over-estimated ,
- sur charged ,
- sur-charged .
- Gamesome ,
- devil may care ,
- flippest ,
- high spirited ,
- hilarious ,
- impish ,
- joking ,
- more gamesome ,
- more prankish ,
- more swaggering ,
- most gamesome ,
- most jocose ,
- most prankish ,
- most swaggering ,
- perky ,
- self confident ,
- selfconfident .
- co pious ,
- co-pious ,
- more profusive ,
- more upholstered ,
- most profusive ,
- most upholstered ,
- up holstered ,
- up-holstered ,
- well heeled ,
- well off ,
- well to do ,
- well-heeled ,
- wellheeled ,
- welloff .
- High-wrought ,
- be decked ,
- be-decked ,
- high wrought ,
- highwrought ,
- more bedecked ,
- more embroidered ,
- more high wrought ,
- more high-wrought ,
- more highwrought ,
- more jeweled ,
- more overelaborate ,
- most bedecked ,
- most embroidered ,
- most high wrought ,
- most high-wrought ,
- most highwrought ,
- most jeweled ,
- most overelaborate ,
- over elaborate ,
- over-elaborate .
- Over-bearing ,
- high mighty ,
- more highfaluting ,
- most highfaluting ,
- over bearing ,
- portentous ,
- pre sumptuous ,
- puffy ,
- self centered ,
- self important ,
- self-centered ,
- self-important ,
- selfcentered ,
- selfimportant ,
- stuckup ,
- up pity ,
- up-pity .
- la di da ,
- more alembicated ,
- more overnice ,
- more overrefined ,
- more precieux ,
- most alembicated ,
- most overnice ,
- most overrefined ,
- most precieux ,
- over nice ,
- over refined ,
- overnice .
- more confounding ,
- more dynamite ,
- most confounding ,
- most dynamite ,
- out of ordinary ,
- out ordinary ,
- out the ordinary ,
- sur prising ,
- sur-prising .
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n.
• ornamental Other synonyms:
- ornamental ,
- poor ,
- tasteless .
Other relevant words:
- gilt .
- Arrestive ,
- Euphuistic ,
- Froufrou ,
- Nobby ,
- Profusive ,
- Rhapsodical ,
- Surcharged ,
- alembicated ,
- bandbox ,
- baronial ,
- beaut ,
- blatant ,
- bold ,
- brassy ,
- bright ,
- brilliant ,
- brummagem ,
- campier ,
- campiest ,
- campy ,
- catchpenny ,
- centerfold ,
- colorful ,
- conspicuous ,
- dapper ,
- dashing ,
- doggy ,
- dressed to kill ,
- dressed to nines ,
- drop-dead ,
- dropsical ,
- easy on the eyes ,
- elaborate ,
- exciting ,
- fancy ,
- first class ,
- first-string ,
- firstclass ,
- five-star ,
- flamboyant ,
- flashy ,
- flipper ,
- frilly ,
- frou-frou ,
- garish ,
- gassy ,
- gaudy ,
- gay ,
- gilt-edged ,
- giltedged ,
- gingerbread ,
- glittery ,
- glitzy ,
- goodlooking ,
- gorgeous ,
- gussied up ,
- hammy ,
- high falutin ,
- high tech ,
- high-falutin' ,
- high-flown ,
- highfalutin' ,
- highfaluting ,
- highly wrought ,
- hyperbolic ,
- jeweled ,
- loud ,
- lulu ,
- many-faceted ,
- meretricious ,
- operatic ,
- opulent ,
- ornate ,
- out-standing ,
- over-nice ,
- over-refined ,
- over-wrought ,
- overbold ,
- overelaborate ,
- overestimated ,
- overpriced ,
- overrefined ,
- peacockish ,
- peacocky ,
- pompous ,
- prankish ,
- precieux ,
- precious ,
- protrusive ,
- puffed-up ,
- pumped up ,
- putting on the ritz ,
- revelatory ,
- rhetorical ,
- spiff ,
- splendiferous ,
- sporty ,
- stagier ,
- stagiest ,
- stagy ,
- stick out like sore thumb ,
- striking ,
- stuck up ,
- swashbuckling ,
- tinsel ,
- well turned out ,
- with all the extras ,
- with all the options ,
- with-it .
- Big-sounding ,
- Bravura ,
- Inkhorn ,
- Johnsonian ,
- Lexiphanic ,
- arabesque ,
- aureate ,
- bedizened ,
- brave ,
- braw ,
- byzantine ,
- convoluted ,
- daring ,
- declamatory ,
- dressy ,
- elevated ,
- fine ,
- flaming ,
- flashing ,
- frothy ,
- fulsome ,
- gallant ,
- gongoresque ,
- grandisonant ,
- high-flowing ,
- high-flying ,
- intricate ,
- labyrinthine ,
- lurid ,
- magniloquent ,
- overinvolved ,
- pageant ,
- pedantic ,
- sensationalistic ,
- show-off ,
- sonorous ,
- spectacular ,
- tall ,
- tortuous .
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How to use "Showy" in context?
Different people have different ideas of what showsiness means. To some, it might be flashy or ostentatious behaviour. To others, it might mean being overly theatrical or flashy in appearance. But whatever showsiness means to you, there are certain things that can help you stand out from the crowd.
Some tips for showing off your showsiness:
- Dress to impress: If you want to standout, you need to look the part. This means dressing in something dramatic or flashy. Big hair, extravagant clothes, and bright colours are all surefire ways to make a statement.
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Adjective
conspicuous, sighted.
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Homophones for Showy:
- shew, six, shush, sash, scouse, shah, seaquake, sassy, seek, sigh, squishy, show, sea ash, sago, soja, scsi, Skaw, sac, she-oak, Seiji Ozawa, sacque, sheikh, so-so, size, seaway, 1530s, 1950s, sikh, 1820s, sax, saiga, sacco, shiksa, sage, Sacajawea, sika, sa, shag, sos, Skag, swash, shaggy, S, saga, sky-high, sousa, sw, SG, sack, saki, shaky, sauk, skagway, soy sauce, sake, shoes, segway, siege, sukiyaki, Swiss Cheese, se, swiss, saxe, sickish, swish, 1980s, scag, 1830s, soy, soakage, sick joke, 1870s, ski, swosh, seesaw, shucks, squashy, showcase, sky, SSA, si, sea, shaw, shoji, souk, 1920s, siss, sissyish, soggy, sagacious, segue, shock, 1770s, succuss, swiz, shy, sue, shisha, say-so, sushi, so, shoo, sockeye, 1780s, suisse, 1750s, such, 1860s, sewage, shoe, squeegee, 1840s, sock, squaw, sway, succus, syzygy, sex, shuha, soak, swag, say, scow, squeaky, sequoyah, soh, shuck, 1940s, skyhook, sus, succos, swig, sissy, schuss, schizaea, sequoya, sizz, 1930s, squeeze, ssw, suez, sse, swoosh, Susa, suck, shwa, skyway, socage, shikoku, schizaeaceae, ski wax, saek, sou, seiche, see, Swaggie, Sousse, sheik, sacagawea, saucy, shiah, sis, sussex, schweiz, sugi, squeak, sag, schwa, skeg, sausage, soya, shake, sissu, seasick, squawky, SSS, 1760s, sess, swage, skua, sea cow, Susah, sheika, SAS, souse, shogi, squish, shay, shack, sexy, sass, sigeh, sow, sioux, squawk, swazi, shikse, sauce, 1960s, 1970s, soho, shako, sashay, 1790s, sc, skew, 1880s, sheikha, squash, success, sick, 1900s, sheesha, seize, sequoia, skyjack, sic, scoke, swishy, shook, sec, shia, shua, 1890s, shoo away, saw, 1850s, sise, sough, sew, squasy, sissoo, 1990s, ss.
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Other hyponyms:
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n.
slutty.
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