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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | abundant, excessive |
| Synonyms: | abounding, alive with, ample, aplenty, bounteous, bountiful, copious, crawling with, dime a dozen, extravagant, extreme, exuberant, fulsome, galore, generous, immoderate, lavish, liberal, lush, luxuriant, no end, openhanded, opulent, overflowing, plentiful, plenty, prodigal, profusive, prolific, riotous, sumptuous, superfluous, swarming, teeming, thick with, unstinting |
| Antonyms: | lacking, sparse, wanting |
| Main Entry: | ritzy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | elegant, luxurious |
| Synonyms: | aristocratic, chic, choice, classy, cultivated, dignified, elaborate, expensive, exquisite, fancy, fine, grand, grandiose, handsome, lavish, lush, opulent, ornamented, ornate, ostentatious, overdone, plush, posh, refined, rich, snazzy, stately, stuffy, sumptuous, swank |
| Main Entry: | sensuous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | gratifying to senses |
| Synonyms: | carnal, epicurean, exciting, fleshly, fleshy, hedonistic, luscious, lush, luxurious, passionate, physical, pleasurable, pleasure-loving, pleasure-seeking, primrose, rich, self-indulgent, sensory, sensual, sensualistic, sumptuous, sybaritic, voluptuous |
| Notes: | sensuous usually implies gratification of the senses for the sake of aesthetic pleasure; sensual usually describes gratification of the senses or physical appetites as an end in itself |
| Antonyms: | despicable, distasteful |
| 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, peacocky, pompous, pretentious, resplendent, screaming, sensational, snazzy, splashy, splendiferous, sumptuous, swank, tawdry, tinsel, tony |
| Antonyms: | dismal, drab, gloomy, moderate, restrained |
| Main Entry: | splendid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | luxurious, expensive |
| Synonyms: | baroque, beaming, beautiful, bright, brilliant, costly, dazzling, elegant, fab, fat*, flamboyant, glittering, glowing, gorgeous, grand, grandiose, imposing, impressive, lavish, lustrous, mad*, magnificent, magnifico, marvelous, ornate, plush, posh, radiant, refulgent, resplendent, rich, solid gold, splashy, splendiferous, splendrous, sumptuous, superb, swanky* |
| Antonyms: | drab, poor, shabby, shoddy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | stately |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dignified, impressive |
| Synonyms: | august, ceremonial, ceremonious, conventional, courtly, deliberate, elegant, elevated, formal, gallant, gracious, grand, grandiose, haughty, high, high-minded, highfaluting, imperial, imperious, imposing, kingly, large, lofty, luxurious, magnificent, majestic, massive, measured, monumental, noble, opulent, palatial, pompous, portly, proud, queenly, regal, royal, solemn, stiff, sumptuous, superb, towering |
| Antonyms: | common, ignoble, informal, undignified, unimpressive, unstately |
| Main Entry: | swank/swanky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | plush, stylish |
| Synonyms: | chichi*, classy, deluxe, exclusive, expensive, fancy, fashionable, flamboyant, flashy, glamorous, grand, lavish, luxurious, ostentatious, peacocky, plushy, posh, pretentious, rich, ritzy, sharp, showy, smart, snappy, splashy, sumptuous, tony, trendy, with-it |
| Antonyms: | modest, poor |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | swish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fashionable, elegant |
| Synonyms: | classy, deluxe, exclusive, grand, in, plush, posh, ritzy, smart, stylish, sumptuous, swank, swell, tony, trendy, with-it |
| Antonyms: | inelegant, unfashionable, unstylish |
| Main Entry: | swanky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | plush |
| Synonyms: | chichi, classy, deluxe, exclusive, expensive, fancy, fashionable, flamboyant, flashy, glamorous, grand, lavish, luxurious, ostentatious, peacocky, plushy, posh, pretentious, rich, ritzy, sharp, showy, smart, snappy, splashy, stylish, sumptuous, swank, swish, tony, trendy, with-it |
| Antonyms: | modest, poor |
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