Synonyms for showiness
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : shoh-ee-nis |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈʃoʊ i nɪs |
Top 10 synonyms for showiness Other synonyms for the word showiness
- big talk
- blithesomeness
- boast
- boasting
- brag
- braggadocio
- bragging
- bravado
- brightness
- brilliance
- brilliancy
- charade
- cheer
- color
- colorfulness
- conviviality
- coruscation
- decoration
- demonstration
- disguise
- display
- effervescence
- elation
- entertainment
- exhibition
- exhilaration
- fake
- false front
- fanciness
- fandangle
- festivity
- flamboyance
- flash
- flashiness
- flaunting
- flourish
- frill
- frolic
- front
- fun
- fuss
- fussiness
- garishness
- gaudiness
- geniality
- gladness
- glamour
- glare
- gleam
- glee
- gleefulness
- glint
- glisten
- glister
- glitter
- glitz
- glory
- good humor
- gorgeousness
- grandioseness
- grandiosity
- grandstand play
- grins
- high spirits
- hilarity
- jocoseness
- jocosity
- jocularity
- jocundity
- joie de vivre
- jolliness
- jollity
- joviality
- joyousness
- knickknack
- lightheartedness
- liveliness
- luster
- magnificence
- meretriciousness
- merriment
- merriness
- merrymaking
- mirth
- mirthfulness
- ornament
- ostentation
- pageant
- pageantry
- parade
- parading
- phony
- pleasantness
- pomp
- pomposity
- pompousness
- pretending
- pretension
- pretentiousness
- put-on
- radiance
- resplendence
- resplendency
- revel
- reveling
- revelry
- scintillation
- self-importance
- sheen
- shimmer
- shindig
- shine
- show
- showboat
- showiness
- showing off
- showoff
- sparkle
- spectacle
- splash
- splendor
- splurge
- sport
- sprightliness
- sumptuousness
- swagger
- swaggering
- swank
- tawdriness
- tinsel
- toy
- trinket
- twinkle
- va
- vainglory
- vanity
- vaunt
- vaunting
- vivacity
- whoopee
- window-dressing
- wingding
- zap
Définition of showiness
- As in ostentation : noun exhibitionism, flashiness
- As in pretension : noun airs, snobbishness
- As in glister : noun glitter
- As in grandioseness : noun pretentiousness
- As in grandiosity : noun pretentiousness
- As in jocoseness : noun gaiety
- As in jocularity : noun gaiety
- As in jocundity : noun gaiety
- As in jolliness : noun gaiety
- As in joviality : noun gaiety
- As in merriness : noun gaiety
- As in mirthfulness : noun gaiety
- As in pompousness : noun pretentiousness
- As in resplendence : noun glitter
- As in resplendency : noun glitter
- As in scintillation : noun glitter
- As in sumptuousness : noun glitter
- As in frippery : noun waste, nonsense
- As in gaiety : noun happiness, celebration
- As in glitter : noun brilliance, sparkle
- Lila was shocked and awed by her friend's showiness and indifference.
- Extract from : « IT and Other Stories » by Gouverneur Morris
- "Showiness" is common in every trumpery village in the land.
- Extract from : « Village Improvements and Farm Villages » by George E. Waring
- Showiness such as that of the big, black-haired, blue-eyed Irishman is enough to "put out" the light of any one else!
- Extract from : « Miss Million's Maid » by Bertha Ruck
- In point of showiness of stores and bustle, the streets of Philadelphia are far behind New York.
- Extract from : « Travels Through North America, v. 1-2 » by Berhard Saxe-Weimar Eisenach
- Gaud′iness, showiness; Gaud′y, an English university feast or festival.
- Extract from : « Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) » by Various
- The simplicity of his phrases, his entire absence of showiness or bombast, made his influence indescribably deep and powerful.
- Extract from : « We Two » by Edna Lyall
- Now she seemed determined to rival him in showiness, to be the partner of his alleged vulgarity.
- Extract from : « Mr. Prohack » by E. Arnold Bennett
- Although some other species surpass this in showiness, it is one of the most distinct.
- Extract from : « Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens » by Ernest Thomas Cook
- Poverty and showiness, supreme beauty and grotesque ugliness, jostle each other at close quarters.
- Extract from : « Spanish Vistas » by George Parsons Lathrop
- As at the South, in the services of Mrs. Marsh here, there was a great disproportion between their showiness and their usefulness.
- Extract from : « Woman's Work in the Civil War » by Linus Pierpont Brockett
Antonyms for showiness
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