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Synonyms for glossy

Most common

polished glazed glassy lustrous sleek satiny eye-catching showy

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

2. Sleek — having a smooth, silklike, reflective (shiny) surface

sleek, satiny, smooth, glacé, lacquerlike, silken

3. Eye-catching — attention-grabbing and superficially attractive

eye-catching, flashy, prominent, grabby

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Having a smooth, silklike, reflective (shiny) surface.

  2. adj. 2

    Attention-grabbing and superficially attractive.

Related words

Word family
glossiness
Phrases
glossy hawthorn glossy paper
Is a kind of
smooth shiny

Example sentences

  • polished When did the Japanese start eating polished rice?
  • glazed She got a cherry glazed donut and a black coffee.
  • glassy Ziri's eyes were glassy like the eyes of a doll.
  • lustrous The crown is adorned with dozens of divinely lustrous gemstones.
  • sleek Yuri wanted to sleek out of the house unnoticed.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
glossyrising
polishedsteady
glazedsteady
glassysteady
lustroussteady
sleekrising

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

By length

5 letters
shiny2, sleek1, showy2
6 letters
bright1, smooth1, glazed1, gilded2, flashy2, glassy2, silken2, grabby, satiny, sheeny
7 letters
shining2
8 letters
polished2, lustrous2, specious2
9 letters
prominent3, insincere3, burnished2, splendent
11 letters
lacquerlike
12 letters
meretricious

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (shiny2 = 2 syllables).

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Français
luisant
Italiano
brillante
Español
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