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Synonyms for meretricious

  • adjective

Most common

cheap flashy gaudy tawdry orotund

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Flashy — tastelessly gaudy; superficially attractive but having in reality no value or substance; falsely alluring

flashy, gaudy, tawdry, cheap, trashy, garish, specious, brassy, false, loud, flash, blatant, tacky, tasteless, spurious, showy, insincere, tinsel, tatty, chintzy, gimcrack, cheesy

2. Glossy

glossy, gilded

Other

orotund

Antonyms

simple, tasty, low-key

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Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Tastelessly gaudy; superficially attractive but having in reality no value or substance; falsely alluring.

  2. adj. 2

    Involving unlawful sexual connection or lack of consent by at least one party (said of a romantic relationship).

Related words

Word family
meretriciously meretriciousness merit

Example sentences

  • cheap It is cheap, but on the other hand it is not good.
  • flashy Yanni bought Skura flashy and expensive things.
  • gaudy Don't you think that necklace is a bit gaudy?

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
meretriciousfalling
cheaprising
flashyrising
gaudyrising
tawdryrising
orotundsteady

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

By length

4 letters
loud1
5 letters
cheap1, false1, flash1, tacky2, gaudy2, showy2, tatty2
6 letters
cheesy2, glossy2, gilded2, flashy2, trashy2, garish2, tinsel2, tawdry2, brassy2
7 letters
blatant2, chintzy2, orotund
8 letters
spurious3, specious2, gimcrack
9 letters
tasteless2, insincere3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (tacky2 = 2 syllables).