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Synonyms for flaunting

  • adjective

Most common

flashy gaudy ostentatious garish blatant dashing showy tawdry

All synonyms

Adjective

gaudy, flashy, garish, ostentatious, tawdry, showy, blatant, dashing, pompous, gay, jaunty, flaring, glaring, pretentious, chintzy, obtrusive, tasteless, meretricious

Antonyms

low-key, simple, modest

All antonyms of flaunting →

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    That flaunts; showy or gaudy.

Example sentences

  • flashy Yanni bought Skura flashy and expensive things.
  • gaudy Don't you think that necklace is a bit gaudy?
  • ostentatious Tom wants to build an ostentatious and smart house.
  • garish The film is a simple story cloaked in garish splendour.
  • blatant Daniel will finally punish Amanda for her blatant lies.
  • dashing My pet dog comes dashing towards me as soon as I open the door.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
flauntingrising
flashyrising
gaudyrising
ostentatiousrising
garishrising
blatantrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
gay1
5 letters
gaudy2, showy2
6 letters
flashy2, garish2, jaunty2, tawdry2
7 letters
blatant2, dashing2, glaring2, pompous2, flaring2, chintzy2
9 letters
tasteless2, obtrusive3
11 letters
pretentious3
12 letters
ostentatious4, meretricious

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (gaudy2 = 2 syllables).