Synonyms for ostentatious
- adjective
Most common
All synonyms
Adjective
1. Flashy — of tawdry display; kitsch
flashy, pretentious, gaudy, showy, pompous, flamboyant, garish, loud, vain, vainglorious, flaunting, boastful, obtrusive, splashy, tasteless, blatant, ambitious, pedantic, dashing, theatrical, glorious, proud
Other
fine, ostentative, orgulous formal dated
Definitions
- adj. 1
Of tawdry display; kitsch.
Related words
- Word family
- ostentatiously ostentatiousness ostensible ostensive
Example sentences
- flashy Yanni bought Skura flashy and expensive things.
- pretentious I now have the ability to be a pretentious prick.
- gaudy Don't you think that necklace is a bit gaudy?
- showy This showy dress isn't appropriate for me.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| ostentatious | rising | |
| flashy | rising | |
| pretentious | steady | |
| gaudy | rising | |
| showy | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- fine1, loud1, vain1
- 5 letters
- proud1, gaudy2, showy2
- 6 letters
- flashy2, garish2
- 7 letters
- blatant2, dashing2, pompous2, splashy2
- 8 letters
- glorious3, pedantic3, boastful2, orgulous
- 9 letters
- ambitious3, tasteless2, flaunting2, obtrusive3
- 10 letters
- theatrical4, flamboyant3
- 11 letters
- pretentious3, ostentative
- 12 letters
- vainglorious
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (gaudy2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- ostentatoire
- Español
- ostentoso