Word Explorer

Glossy

A glossy magazine.

📖 Definitions of "Glossy"

noun

1
A glossy magazine.
"The supermarket glossies are full of celebrity gossip and fad diets."
2
A glossy photograph.
3
A film depicting people with glamorous lifestyles.

adjective

16 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
lustrous	As if shining with a brilliant light; radiant.
brightnoun	Emitting much light; visually dazzling; luminous, lucent, radiant.
sleekverb	Having an even, smooth surface; smooth
smoothnoun	Having a texture that lacks friction. Not rough.
slicknoun	Slippery or smooth due to a covering of liquid; often used to describe appearances.
glazednoun	Having a glaze (a coating).
silkenverb	Synonym of silky, like silk, silklike, particularly
satinnoun	A cloth woven from silk, nylon or polyester with a glossy surface and a dull back. (The same weaving technique applied to cotton produces cloth termed sateen).
silkynoun	Similar in appearance or texture (especially in softness and smoothness) to silk.
shiningnoun	Emitting light.
glisteningnoun	The appearance of something that glistens.
shinynoun	Reflecting light.
satiny	Like satin, smooth and shiny, glossy.
silklike	Synonym of silky, like silk.
calendered	(of paper and fabric and leather) having a surface made smooth and glossy especially by pressing between rollers
sheenynoun	Having a sheen; glossy.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
glisteningnoun	The appearance of something that glistens.
lustrous	As if shining with a brilliant light; radiant.
shinynoun	Reflecting light.
bright	Emitting much light; visually dazzling; luminous, lucent, radiant.
shiningverb	Emitting light.
slicknoun	Slippery or smooth due to a covering of liquid; often used to describe appearances.
satiny	Like satin, smooth and shiny, glossy.
sleek	Having an even, smooth surface; smooth
smooth	Having a texture that lacks friction. Not rough.
glazed	Having a glaze (a coating).
silklikenoun	Synonym of silky, like silk.
silky	Similar in appearance or texture (especially in softness and smoothness) to silk.
silken	Synonym of silky, like silk, silklike, particularly
satin	Semigloss.
sheeny	Having a sheen; glossy.
calendered	(of paper and fabric and leather) having a surface made smooth and glossy especially by pressing between rollers
glossnoun	(transitive) To give a gloss or sheen to.
glitteringverb	Brightly sparkling.
sparkling	Of a beverage, especially an alcoholic beverage, containing dissolved carbon dioxide (either naturally or that has been added) that comes out of solution in the form of many tiny bubbles.
sparklenoun	Brilliance; luster.