Synonyms for brash
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Flashy — bold, bright or showy, often in a tasteless way
flashy, loud, splashy, garish, gay, vain, showy, ostentatious, gaudy, tawdry
2. Cocky — overly bold or self-assertive to the point of being insensitive, tactless or impudent; shameless
cocky, brazen, brassy, audacious, forward, undiplomatic, impudent, insolent, pert
3. Impetuous — overly bold, impetuous or rash
impetuous, reckless, hasty, fool-hardy, rash, temerarious, adventurous, headlong, precipitate
Definitions
- adj. 1
Overly bold or self-assertive to the point of being insensitive, tactless or impudent; shameless.
a brash young businessman; a brash tabloid; a brash sense of humour
- adj. 2
Overly bold, impetuous or rash.
- adj. 3
Bold, bright or showy, often in a tasteless way.
- adj. 4
Brittle (said e.g. of wood or vegetables).
[…] brash timber, which is liable to snap; […]
Related words
- Word family
- brashly brashness brashy
- Phrases
- water brash
Example sentences
- loud She carried on talking in spite of the loud noise.
- flashy Yanni bought Skura flashy and expensive things.
- garish The film is a simple story cloaked in garish splendour.
- cocky I'll rip that cocky smirk off your face.
- brazen His brazen act of defiance almost cost him his life.
By length
- 3 letters
- gay1
- 4 letters
- loud1, vain1, rash1, pert1
- 5 letters
- cocky2, hasty2, showy2, gaudy2, nervy2
- 6 letters
- cheeky2, flashy2, brazen2, garish2, tawdry2, brassy2, brashy
- 7 letters
- forward2, fragile2, brittle2, splashy2
- 8 letters
- reckless2, insolent3, headlong2, impudent
- 9 letters
- audacious3, impetuous3
- 11 letters
- adventurous4, precipitate4, temerarious
- 12 letters
- ostentatious4, undiplomatic5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (cocky2 = 2 syllables).