Synonyms for flamboyant
flæmˈbɔɪ əntflam·boy·ant

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1. royal poinciana, flamboyant, flame tree, peacock flower, Delonix regia, Poinciana regiaadjective

   showy tropical tree or shrub native to Madagascar; widely planted in tropical regions for its immense racemes of scarlet and orange flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana

   Synonyms:
   mimosa bush, flame tree, flame durrajong, huisache, scented wattle, fire tree, sweet wattle, cassie, broad-leaved bottletree, royal poinciana, sweet acacia, peacock flower

   Antonyms:
   unpretending, unpretentious, unostentatious, plain

2. flamboyant, showy, splashyadjective

   marked by ostentation but often tasteless

   "a cheap showy rhinestone bracelet"; "a splashy half-page ad"

   Synonyms:
   flashy, showy, splashy, jazzy, aureate, sporty, glossy, gaudy, florid

   Antonyms:
   unpretentious, unostentatious, plain, unpretending

3. aureate, florid, flamboyantadjective

   elaborately or excessively ornamented

   "flamboyant handwriting"; "the senator's florid speech"

   Synonyms:
   gilded, showy, splashy, sanguine, aureate, golden, gold, rubicund, gilt, ruddy, florid

   Antonyms:
   unpretentious, plain, unpretending, unostentatious

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1. List of paraphrases for "flamboyant":

   extravagant

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1. Ernest Bai Koroma:

   This is the festive season where Sierra Leoneans often celebrate with families in a flamboyant and joyous manner, but all must be reminded that our country is at war with a vicious enemy.

2. Ernest Bai Koroma:

   This is the festive season where Sierra Leoneans often celebrate with families in a flamboyant and joyous manner but all must be reminded that our country is at war with a vicious enemy.

3. Harry Vincent:

   My appeal board consisted of one very flamboyant male teacher and the head of the inclusiveness and diversity department, it wasn’t a very unbiased board at all that heard my case.

4. Paul Gionfriddo:

   Today, the sunny, flamboyant promises of better health care at a lower cost during a political campaign gave way to the cold, dark realities of politics in America.

5. Vladimir Putin:

   He is a very flamboyant man, very talented, no doubt about that. But it’s not our business to judge his merits, it’s up to the voters of the United States, he is an absolute leader of the presidential race, as we see it today. He says that he wants to move to another level relations, a deeper level of relations with Russia.