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Synonyms for schlock

Most common

shoddy tawdry

All synonyms

Noun

dreck informal, drek UK, tawdry, shoddy

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    Any commodity that is shoddy or inferior; now, usually, writing or audiovisual content that is shoddy or inferior.

Related words

Other spellings
schlocky shlock shlocky

Forms

Plural
schlocks → tawdries, shoddies…

Example sentences

  • shoddy I've never seen this shoddy of an excuse in my life.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
schlockrising
shoddysteady
tawdryrising

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

By length

4 letters
drek
5 letters
dreck
6 letters
shoddy2, tawdry2

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (shoddy2 = 2 syllables).

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