'Showy' definitions:
Definition of 'showy'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Marked by ostentation but often tasteless; "a cheap showy rhinestone bracelet"; "a splashy half-page ad" [syn: flamboyant, showy, splashy]
adjective
Displaying brilliance and virtuosity
adjective
(used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display [syn: flashy, gaudy, jazzy, showy, sporty]
adjective
Superficially attractive and stylish; suggesting wealth or expense; "a glossy TV series" [syn: glossy, showy]
Definition of 'Showy'
From: GCIDE
- Showy \Show"y\, a. [Compar. Showier; superl. Showiest.] Making a show; attracting attention; presenting a marked appearance; ostentatious; gay; gaudy. [1913 Webster]
- A present of everything that was rich and showy. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Splendid; gay; gaudy; gorgeous; fine; magnificent; grand; stately; sumptuous; pompous. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'showy'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- affected,
- arabesque,
- baroque,
- bedizened,
- big-sounding,
- brave,
- bravura,
- braw,
- Byzantine,
- chichi,
- conspicuous,
- convoluted,
- daring,
- dashing,
- declamatory,
- dressy,
- elaborate,
- elevated,
- euphuistic,
- exhibitionistic,
- fancy,
- flamboyant,
- flaming,
- flashing,
- flashy,
- flaunting,
- florid,
- frilly,
- frothy,
- fulsome,
- fussy,
- gallant,
- garish,
- gaudy,
- gay,
- glittering,
- Gongoresque,
- gorgeous,
- grandiloquent,
- grandiose,
- grandisonant,
- high-flowing,
- high-flown,
- high-flying,
- high-sounding,
- highfalutin,
- inkhorn,
- intricate,
- jaunty,
- jazzy,
- Johnsonian,
- labyrinthine,
- lexiphanic,
- lofty,
- lurid,
- luxurious,
- magniloquent,
- meretricious,
- opulent,
- ornate,
- orotund,
- ostentatious,
- overdone,
- overelaborate,
- overinvolved,
- overwrought,
- peacockish,
- peacocky,
- pedantic,
- pompous,
- pretentious,
- rakish,
- resplendent,
- rhetorical,
- rococo,
- sensational,
- sensationalistic,
- sententious,
- show-off,
- snazzy,
- sonorous,
- splashy,
- splurgy,
- sporty,
- stilted,
- sumptuous,
- swank,
- tall,
- tawdry,
- tortuous