Related Searches
Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | showy |
| Synonyms: | arty, flamboyant, frilly, grandiose, pompous, pretentious, splashy, swank |
| Main Entry: | chic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fashionable |
| Synonyms: | chichi*, clean*, current, dap, dapper, dashing, elegant, exclusive, faddish, last word, latest thing, mod, modern, modish, natty, sharp, smart, stylish, swank, trendy, voguish, with-it |
| Antonyms: | dull, old-fashioned, out-moded, unfashionable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | fancy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extravagant, ornamental |
| Synonyms: | adorned, baroque, beautifying, chichi*, complicated, cushy, custom, decorated, decorative, deluxe, elaborate, elegant, embellished, fanciful, florid, frilly, froufrou, garnished, gaudy, gingerbread, intricate, lavish, ornate, ostentatious, resplendent, rich, rococo, showy, special, spiffy, sumptuous, unusual |
| Antonyms: | plain, unfancy, unornamented |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fashionable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stylish, up-to-date |
| Synonyms: | a go-go, all the rage, chic, chichi*, contemporary, current, customary, dashing, faddy, favored, fly*, genteel, hot*, in style, in vogue, in-thing, last word, latest, latest thing, mod, modern, modish, natty, new, newfangled, now, popular, prevailing, rakish, smart, swank, trendsetting, trendy, up-to-the-minute, upscale, usual, well-liked, with it, á la mode |
| Antonyms: | old-fashioned, out, unfashionable, unpopular |
* = 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, gassy, gaudy, glamorous, jazzy, luscious, luxuriant, ornate, ostentatious, peacockish, pretentious, resplendent, rich, rococo, showy, splashy, sporty, swank, swashbuckling |
| Antonyms: | calm, moderate, modest, restrained, tasteful, unflashy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gaudy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bright and vulgar |
| Synonyms: | blatant, brazen, brilliant, catchpenny, chichi*, chintzy, coarse, crude, flashy, flaunting, florid, frou-frou, garish, gay, glaring, gross, gussied up, jazzy, kitschy, loud, meretricious, obtrusive, ostentatious, pizzazz*, pretentious, putting on the ritz, raffish, ritzy, screaming, showy, snazzy, splashy, splendiferous, tasteless, tawdry, tinsel |
| Antonyms: | calm, drab, dull, modest, plain, refined, simple, sophisticated |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hip |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fashionable, stylish |
| Synonyms: | all the rage, chic, chichi*, contemporary, cool*, current, faddy, hot*, in style, in vogue, in-thing, latest, latest thing, mod, modern, modish, natty, new, now, popular, smart, sophisticated, trendsetting, trendy, with it |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mannered |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | affected, put-on |
| Synonyms: | airish, apish, artificial, artsy, campy, chichi*, conscious, gone Hollywood, highfaluting, posed, pretentious, self-conscious, stilted, stuck up, unnatural |
| Antonyms: | natural, unpretentious |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2013 Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
