Synonyms for florid
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Flowery
flowery, flamboyant, ornate, gaudy, garish, flashy, fancy, embellished, figurative, rhetorical, aureate, colorific US, colourific UK, showy
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Having a rosy or pale red colour; ruddy.
- adj. 2
Elaborately ornate; flowery.
Related words
- Word family
- floridity floridness
Example sentences
- ornate The ornate cornice adorned the top of the building.
- flamboyant She wears flamboyant clothes to draw attention.
- flowery The socks the girl wore were flowery.
- gaudy Don't you think that necklace is a bit gaudy?
- overwrought At the funeral, the widow was overwrought with grief.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| florid | steady | |
| ornate | rising | |
| flamboyant | rising | |
| flowery | rising | |
| gaudy | rising | |
| overwrought | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- fancy2, ruddy2, gaudy2, showy2
- 6 letters
- ornate2, flashy2, garish2
- 7 letters
- flushed1, flowery3, aureate
- 8 letters
- sanguine2, rubicund
- 9 letters
- colorific
- 10 letters
- rhetorical4, flamboyant3, figurative4, colourific
- 11 letters
- embellished3, overwrought3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (fancy2 = 2 syllables).