📖 Definitions of "Ostentatious"
adjective
- 1
Of ostentation.
- 2
Intended to attract notice.
- 3
Of tawdry display; kitsch.
🔄 Synonyms of "Ostentatious"
7 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| conspicuous | Obvious or easy to notice. |
| pretentious | Motivated by an inappropriate, excessive, or unjustified desire to impress others. |
| kitschnoun | Art, decorative objects, and other forms of representation of questionable artistic or aesthetic value; a representation that is excessively sentimental, overdone, or vulgar. |
| showy | (sometimes derogatory) Calling attention; flashy; standing out to the eye. |
| tasteless | Having no flavour; bland; insipid. |
| splashy | Showy, ostentatious. |
| flaunty | flaunting; showy; meretricious |
↔️ Antonyms of "Ostentatious"
Words with the opposite meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| unpretentious | Simple, humble, not pretentious, plain. |
| unostentatious | Not ostentatious; simple; unpresuming. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Ostentatious"
Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| showy | (sometimes derogatory) Calling attention; flashy; standing out to the eye. |
| flaunty | flaunting; showy; meretricious |
| pretentious | Motivated by an inappropriate, excessive, or unjustified desire to impress others. |
| kitsch | Of art and decor: of questionable aesthetic value; excessively sentimental, overdone or vulgar. |
| conspicuous | Obvious or easy to notice. |
| tasteless | Having no flavour; bland; insipid. |
| splashy | Showy, ostentatious. |
| in poor taste | — |
| cocky | Overly confident; arrogant and boastful. |
| conceited | Having an excessively favourable opinion of one's abilities, appearance, etc.; egotistical and vain. |
| stuck-up | Alternative spelling of stuck up. [(idiomatic) Snobbish, conceited; believing oneself to be better than others, usually because of abundant success; haughty; arrogant or egotistical.] |
| spectacular | Amazing or worthy of special notice. |
| sensational | Provoking a reaction of interest or excitement. |
| extraordinary | Not ordinary; exceptional; unusual. |
| startling | Likely to startle; surprising; shocking. |
| striking | Making a strong impression. |
| thoughtless | Marked by or showing lack of due thought or care. |
| arty | Inclined towards the arts. |
| overdressed | Wearing clothes too formal or too elaborate for the occasion. |
| ostentatory | ostentatious |
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