Catchpenny

Synonyms for "catchpenny" (43 found)

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Closest matches (9)

airy asinine empty fatuous flimsy foolish fribble

Noun(2 words)

brochure flashy

Strong matches (13)

frivolous frothy futile idle inane light nugatory otiose

Noun(5 words)

gaudy gimmick gimmickry hype novelty

Related words (21)

Noun(11 words)

pamphlet ploy puffery ruse sensationalist shallow shoddy superficial tabloid tawdry trinket

silly slender slight trifling trite trivial vacuous vain vapid windy

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

10 entries

commodityevaluative adjectiveevaluative termitempejorative adjectiveprint mediapublicationrhetorical labelstrategy tactic

More specific

15 entries

brochurecheap gadgetdisplayglossy brochurehype campaignlow quality productmarketing ploypenny dreadfulpenny dreadful literatureposter promopromotional stuntpuffery pitchsales tacticyellow journalism

Collocations

11 entries

catchpenny advertisingcatchpenny displaycatchpenny goodscatchpenny literaturecatchpenny marketingcatchpenny pamphletcatchpenny presscatchpenny publicationcatchpenny rhetoriccatchpenny schemecatchpenny schemes

Inflections

3 entries

catchpenniesmore catchpennymost catchpenny

Derivations

2 entries

catchpenniness catchpennyish

similar

2 entries

cheap inexpensive

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Near-synonym: loss leader

Source: wiktionary

CURIOSITIES OF STREET LITERATURE: COMPRISING "COCKS," OR "CATCHPENNIES," A Large and Curious Assortment of STREET DROLLERIES, SQUIBS, HISTORIES, COMIC STORIES IN PROSE AND VERSE, […]

Source: wiktionary

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