She wears flamboyant clothes to draw attention.
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Flamboyant
//flamˈbɔɪ.ənt//
Synonyms for "flamboyant" (128 found)
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Closest matches (26)
fancyostentatiousaffectedarabesquebarbaricbaroquebedazzlingbedizenedbig-soundingblindingbrassybrightbright and shiningbrilliantbusycampchichiconvoluteddashingdazzling
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Adjective(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (38)
Related words (64)
high-soundinghigh-wroughthighfalutininkhornjauntyjohnsonianlaboredlabyrinthinelexiphanicloftyluridlusciousluxuriantluxuriousmagniloquentmeretriciousmoresqueornamentedornateorotund
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overdoneoverelaborateoverelegantoverinvolvedoverlaboredoverworkedoverwroughtpeacockishpeacockypedanticpicturesquepompouspretentiouspretty-prettyrakishrefulgentresplendentrhetoricalrichrococoroyal poincianasensationalsensationalisticsententiousshowysonoroussplashysplendentsplendidsplendorousstiltedswankswashbucklingtalltortuousvividwide
Adjective(2 words)
Noun(3 words)
Related word relations
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2 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesderived
8 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
9 entriessimilar
5 entriesTranslations
98 translations across 38 languages.
Assamese
1 entries- কৃষ্ণচূড়া noun (tree)
Bambara
1 entries- tùbabunɛrɛ noun (tree)
Bengali
1 entries- কৃষ্ণচূড়া noun (tree)
Bulgarian
3 entries- пищен adj (showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.)
- цветист adj (showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.)
- ярък adj (showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.)
Burmese
1 entries- စိန်ပန်းပင် noun (tree)
Catalan
2 entries- aparatós adj (showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.)
- flamant adj (showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 炫耀 adj (referring to the final stage of French Gothic architecture from the 14th to the 16th centuries)
- 鳳凰木 /凤凰木 noun (tree)
Danish
2 entries- flamboyant adj (showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.)
- flamboyant adj (referring to the final stage of French Gothic architecture from the 14th to the 16th centuries)
Dutch
4 entries- extravagant adj (showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.)
- flamboyant adj (showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.)
- flamboyant adj (referring to the final stage of French Gothic architecture from the 14th to the 16th centuries)
- flamboyant noun (tree)
Finnish
4 entries- mahtaileva adj (showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.)
- mahtaileva adj (referring to the final stage of French Gothic architecture from the 14th to the 16th centuries)
- pramea adj (showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.)
- liekkipuu noun (tree)
French
3 entries- extravagant adj (showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.)
- flamboyant adj (referring to the final stage of French Gothic architecture from the 14th to the 16th centuries)
- flamboyant noun (tree)
German
4 entries- auffallend adj (showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.)
- extravagant adj (showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.)
- farbenprächtig adj (showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.)
- grell adj (showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.)
Hindi
1 entries- गुलमोहर noun (tree)
Hungarian
2 entries- lángfa noun (tree)
- tűzvirágfa noun (tree)
Indonesian
1 entries- flamboyan noun (tree)
Irish
4 entries- gáifeach adj (showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.)
- péacógach adj (showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.)
- stráiciúil adj (showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.)
- taibhseach adj (showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.)
Italian
2 entries- stravagante adj (showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.)
- albero di fuoco noun (tree)
Japanese
1 entries- ホウオウボク noun (tree)
Kannada
1 entries- ಗುಲ್ಮಹರ್ noun (tree)
Korean
1 entries- 봉황목 noun (tree)
Malagasy
2 entries- alamboronala noun (tree)
- fengoka noun (tree)
Malayalam
1 entries- ഗുൽമോഹർ noun (tree)
Marathi
1 entries- गुलमोहर noun (tree)
Māori
2 entries- hahaki adj (showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.)
- whakameremere adj (showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.)
Nepali
1 entries- गुलमोहर noun (tree)
Odia
1 entries- କୃଷ୍ଣଚୂଡ଼ା noun (tree)
Polish
3 entries- krzykliwy adj (showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.)
- kwiecisty adj (showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.)
- przesadny adj (showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.)
Portuguese
4 entries- extravagante adj (showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.)
- acácia-rubra noun (tree)
- flamboiã noun (tree)
- flamboyant noun (tree)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਗੁਲਮੋਹਰ noun (tree)
Romanian
3 entries- extravagant adj (showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.)
- flamboiant adj (showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.)
- flamboiant adj (referring to the final stage of French Gothic architecture from the 14th to the 16th centuries)
Russian
4 entries- напы́щенный adj (showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.)
- пламене́ющий adj (referring to the final stage of French Gothic architecture from the 14th to the 16th centuries)
- цвети́стый adj (showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.)
- эпата́жный adj (showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.)
Spanish
4 entries- churrigueresco adj (showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.)
- extravagante adj (showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.)
- exuberante adj (showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.)
- flamígero adj (referring to the final stage of French Gothic architecture from the 14th to the 16th centuries)
Tagalog
1 entries- puno ng apoy noun (tree)
Tamil
1 entries- செம்மயிர்க்கொன்றை noun (tree)
Telugu
1 entries- తురాయి noun (tree)
Tongan
1 entries- ʻōhai lahi noun (tree)
Turkish
4 entries- abartılı adj (showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.)
- gösterişli adj (showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.)
- havalı adj (showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.)
- ateş ağacı noun (tree)
Vietnamese
2 entries- phượng noun (tree)
- phượng vĩ noun (tree)
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
Vladimir Putin said he had not been misquoted but mistranslated when he had characterized an American presidential nominee as “flamboyant.” A British newspaper had incorrectly translated that word as “brilliant”, and that report misled the candidate into assuming the Russian president had meant brilliant in an intellectual sense — a mistake the paper later corrected.
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He likes flamboyant clothes.
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Tom was so flamboyant.
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