Synonyms for flashy
- adjective
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Showy — showy; visually impressive, attention-getting, or appealing
showy, garish, gaudy, ostentatious, loud, tawdry, tasteless, jazzy, tacky, eye-catching, sporty, flaunting, colorful US, colourful UK, brash, chintzy, attention-grabbing, cheap, brassy, pretentious, trashy, conspicuous, florid
Other
pansified informal
Definitions
- adj. 1
Showy; visually impressive, attention-getting, or appealing.
The dancers wore flashy costumes featuring shiny sequins in many vibrant colors.
- adj. 2
Flashing; producing flashes.
- adj. 3
Drunk; tipsy.
Related words
- Word family
- flashily flashiness
Example sentences
- gaudy Don't you think that necklace is a bit gaudy?
- showy This showy dress isn't appropriate for me.
- ostentatious Tom wants to build an ostentatious and smart house.
- garish The film is a simple story cloaked in garish splendour.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| flashy | rising | |
| gaudy | rising | |
| showy | steady | |
| ostentatious | rising | |
| garish | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- lit1
- 4 letters
- loud1
- 5 letters
- cheap1, tacky2, jazzy2, brash1, showy2, gaudy2
- 6 letters
- sporty2, trashy2, buzzed1, garish2, tawdry2, brassy2, florid2
- 7 letters
- chintzy2, squiffy
- 8 letters
- elevated4, colorful3, blinking2
- 9 letters
- colourful, tasteless2, flaunting2, fulgorous, pansified
- 11 letters
- conspicuous4, pretentious3
- 12 letters
- ostentatious4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (tacky2 = 2 syllables).