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Synonyms for bric-a-brac

  • noun

Most common

novelty item trinket knick-knack bauble pastiche mish-mash vertu flotsam and jetsam

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Trinket — small ornaments and other miscellaneous display items of little value

knick-knack, trinket, novelty item, bauble, trifle, gee-gaw, kickshaw, brickety-brack, gaud, whim-wham dated

2. Pastiche — any collection containing a variety of miscellaneous items; a hodgepodge, an olio

mish-mash, pastiche, oddments

3. Knickknackery

what-not, knickknackery

Other

flotsam and jetsam, small beer, vertu, oddment

Antonyms

valuables

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Definitions

  1. n. 1

    Small ornaments and other miscellaneous display items of little value.

  2. n. 2

    Any collection containing a variety of miscellaneous items; a hodgepodge, an olio.

Related words

Other spellings
bric-à-brac bricabrac brick-a-brack

Forms

Plural
bric-a-bracs → knick-knacks, trinkets, baubles, trifles…

Example sentences

  • trinket This little trinket would go well on my shelf.
  • pastiche Only an ardent fan could create such a faithful pastiche of the artist's works.

By length

4 letters
gaud
5 letters
vertu
6 letters
trifle2, bauble2
7 letters
trinket2, oddment
8 letters
pastiche2, oddments, kickshaw
13 letters
knickknackery

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (trifle2 = 2 syllables).

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batiburrillo
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