Synonyms for showy
ˈʃoʊ ishowy

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1. showy

   Synonyms:
   gay, gaudy, high-colored, gorgeous, flashy, tinsel

   Antonyms:
   inconspicuous, unnoticeable, quiet, subdued

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1. flamboyant, showy, splashyadjective

   marked by ostentation but often tasteless

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

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

   Antonyms:
   colourless, colorless, unpretentious, untheatrical, unpretending, unattractive, unostentatious

2. showyadjective

   displaying brilliance and virtuosity

   Synonyms:
   sporty, splashy, gaudy, jazzy, flamboyant, glossy, flashy

   Antonyms:
   colorless, colourless, untheatrical, unostentatious, unpretending, unattractive, unpretentious

3. flashy, gaudy, jazzy, showy, sportyadjective

   (used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display

   Synonyms:
   flashy, splashy, trashy, sporting, clean, meretricious, tacky, gimcrack, loud, garish, sporty, flamboyant, glossy, brassy, cheap, tawdry, jazzy, flash, tatty, gaudy, sportsmanlike

   Antonyms:
   unpretentious, unattractive, colourless, unpretending, colorless, unostentatious, untheatrical

4. glossy, showyadjective

   superficially attractive and stylish; suggesting wealth or expense

   "a glossy TV series"

   Synonyms:
   glistening, flashy, splashy, calendered, jazzy, shiny, glossy, sporty, flamboyant, shining, gaudy, lustrous

   Antonyms:
   unpretending, colourless, colorless, unostentatious, untheatrical, unattractive, unpretentious

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1. showyadjective

   Synonyms:
   gaudy, flashy, gay, glaring, gairish, flaunting, gorgeous, splendid, fine, dressy, jaunty, airy, bedizened, pranked out

2. showyadjective

   Synonyms:
   grand, stately, ostentatious, pompous, magnificent

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1. showyadjective

   Synonyms:
   spectacular, pageant, ostentatious, pompous, garish, gaudy, meretricious, gorgeous, flashy, bedizened, gay, conspicuous, tinsel

   Antonyms:
   inconspicuous, modest, unostentatious, quiet, subdued

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1. List of paraphrases for "showy":

   sighted, conspicuous

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How to use showy in a sentence?

1. Tom Doyle:

   The guitar was great for television, very very showy, and you could see Les' hands fly all over this neck because of the black background.

2. Mary McNamara:

   Don Draper is not a showy role, because 'Mad Men' is not a showy show. He is not killing anyone, there are no scenery-chewing performances that stand out.

3. Lao Tzu:

   The men who are great live with that which is substantial, they do not stay with that which is superficial they abide with realities, they remain not with what is showy. The one they discard, the other they hold.