Synonyms for hokey
- adjective
Definitions
- adj. 1
Corny; overly or unbelievably sentimental.
Terry hated going to the cinema with Pat; she always chose hokey romantic comedies that made him want to gag.
- adj. 2
Phony, as if a hoax; noticeably contrived; of obviously flimsy credibility or quality.
When asked for his book report, Chad came up with a series of hokier and hokier excuses.
Related words
- Word family
- hokum
- Phrases
- hokey pokey hokey tokey hokey cokey
- Other spellings
- hoaky hokie hoky
Example sentences
- cheesy The movie that we watched today was very cheesy.
- kitschy This show is terribly kitschy. But I'm into it!
By length
- 5 letters
- mushy2, gooey2, sappy, soppy2, soupy2
- 6 letters
- cheesy2, slushy, syrupy, drippy
- 7 letters
- stilted2, maudlin2, kitschy, mawkish2, treacly
- 8 letters
- bathetic
- 9 letters
- contrived2, schmaltzy
- 10 letters
- artificial4
- 11 letters
- sentimental4
- 15 letters
- oversentimental
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (mushy2 = 2 syllables).