GAUDY: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for GAUDY?

Need another word that means the same as “gaudy”? Find 21 synonyms and 30 related words for “gaudy” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Gaudy” are: flashy, jazzy, showy, sporty, brassy, cheap, flash, garish, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy, lurid, glaring, harsh, violent, glittering, ostentatious

Gaudy as an Adjective

Definitions of "Gaudy" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “gaudy” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• (used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display.
• Marked by conspicuous display.
• Tastelessly showy.
• Extravagantly bright or showy, typically so as to be tasteless.

Synonyms of "Gaudy" as an adjective (21 Words)

brassy	Tastelessly showy. Audience members are tapping their feet to the brassy music of the band.
cheap	Relatively low in price or charging low prices. Cheap shoddy goods.
flash	Ostentatiously displaying one’s wealth. A flash car.
flashy	(used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display. He always had a flashy car.
garish	Tastelessly showy. Garish colors.
gimcrack	Tastelessly showy. Plastic gimcrack cookware.
glaring	Highly obvious or conspicuous. Their glaring eyes.
glittering	Having brief brilliant points or flashes of light. Shop window full of glittering Christmas trees.
harsh	Unpleasantly rough or jarring to the senses. Harsh irritating smoke filled the hallway.
jazzy	(used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display. Jazzy ties.
loud	Used chiefly as a direction or description in music loud with force. They were kept awake by loud music.
lurid	Horrible in fierceness or savagery. Lurid food colourings.
meretricious	Based on pretense; deceptively pleasing. A meretricious yet stylish book.
ostentatious	Tawdry or vulgar. A simple design that is glamorous without being ostentatious.
showy	(used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display. A cheap showy rhinestone bracelet.
sporty	(used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display. The sporty 1 5 litre coupe.
tacky	(of glue, paint, or other substances) not fully dry and retaining a slightly sticky feel. The paint was still tacky.
tatty	Worn and shabby; in poor condition. Tatty upholstered furniture.
violent	Marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions inclined to react violently fervid. A violent death.

Usage Examples of "Gaudy" as an adjective

• A gaudy costume.
• Silver bows and gaudy ribbons.

Associations of "Gaudy" (30 Words)

bogus	Fraudulent; having a misleading appearance. A bogus insurance claim.
dabbler	Any of numerous shallow-water ducks that feed by upending and dabbling.
dilettante	An amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge. A wealthy literary dilettante.
dishonest	Deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive. Dishonest politicians.
exhibitionist	Someone with a compulsive desire to expose the genitals. I am something of an exhibitionist.
factitious	Not produced by natural forces. Brokers created a factitious demand for stocks.
garish	Tastelessly showy. Garish shirts in all sorts of colours.
hypocritical	Behaving in a way that suggests one has higher standards or more noble beliefs than is the case. It would be entirely hypocritical of me to say I regret it because I don t.
indecent	Offensive to good taste especially in sexual matters. Was buried with indecent haste.
indelicate	Slightly indecent. An indelicate remark.
insincere	Not expressing genuine feelings. A charming but thoroughly insincere woman.
irreverent	Showing a lack of respect for people or things that are generally taken seriously. She is irreverent about the whole business of politics.
lewd	Suggestive of or tending to moral looseness. Lewd pictures.
meretricious	Tastelessly showy. Meretricious souvenirs for the tourist trade.
obscene	Suggestive of or tending to moral looseness. Obscene telephone calls.
pretentious	Making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction. The pretentious jargon of wine experts.
prurient	Having or encouraging an excessive interest in sexual matters, especially the sexual activity of others. Prurient thoughts.
raunchy	Earthy and sexually explicit. His raunchy new novel.
ribald	A ribald person someone who uses vulgar and offensive language. Ribald language.
rude	Belonging to an early stage of technical development characterized by simplicity and often crudeness. The war came as a very rude awakening.
salacious	Having or conveying undue or inappropriate interest in sexual matters. Salacious limericks.
shoddy	Cheap and shoddy Judith Crist. A shoddy misuse of the honours system.
showy	(used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display. A cheap showy rhinestone bracelet.
specious	Superficially plausible, but actually wrong. A specious claim.
spurious	Not being what it purports to be; false or fake. This spurious reasoning results in nonsense.
tacky	(of glue, paint, or other substances) not fully dry and retaining a slightly sticky feel. The paint was still tacky.
uncouth	Lacking good manners, refinement, or grace. His uncouth cell in Fleet prison.