Tom wants to build an ostentatious and smart house.
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Ostentatious
/ˌɒs.tɛnˈteɪ.ʃəs/
Synonyms for "ostentatious" (224 found)
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Adjective(13 words)
pretentiousbaroque stylebombasticbraggybrashceremonial actceremonial attireceremonial dutiesceremonial normsceremonialisticcolorfulconspicuousdandiest
Noun(9 words)
Strong matches (67)
Adjective(17 words)
Noun(10 words)
Related words (112)
high-tonedhigh-wroughthighfalutinhighfalutinginflatedinkhornjohnsonianlaboredlabyrinthinelexiphanicloftyloudluridluxuriantluxuriousmagniloquentmeretriciousmoresqueopulentornate
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orotundoverdoneoverelaborateoverelegantoverinvolvedoverlaboredoverworkedoverwroughtpeacockishpeacockypedanticpicturesquepompouspreciouspretentiouspretty-prettyproudrhetoricalrichrococoself-conscioussensationalsensationalisticsententiousshowysolemnsonoroussplashystiltedstylishswanktalltheatricaltonytortuousvainvaingloriousvauntingvulgar
Adjective(19 words)
impressiveornamentalornamental vaseornate prosepharaonicpharaonic cultureplumedplushysciolisticshowiershowiestshowysnazziestsnazzysplashiersplashieststuffiestswankierupstarting
Noun(29 words)
mating displaymore ceremonialmost ceremonialmost ornamentaloveractingparadingparvenupeacockpimpingplushposturingprancingpublic displayregalingsashayingshowboatingshowoffspanglingstate regaliastrutting
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Verb(5 words)
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4 entriesflashy attiregaudy displaygrandiose decorornate jewelry
Collocations
6 entriesostentatious architectureostentatious displayostentatious fashionostentatious gestureostentatious remarksostentatious wealth
Inflections
2 entriesmore ostentatiousmost ostentatious
Derivations
3 entriesAntonyms
1 entriessimilar
5 entriesSample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Sami loved to show off. He was a very ostentatious man.
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He loved the ostentatious display of his wealth, less as a man to whom habit has made it necessary, than as one to whom it is still delightful from its novelty.
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Over the course of the war in Ukraine, the Kremlin has drawn several “red lines” – with ostentatious references to Russia’s huge strategic nuclear arsenal – only to seemingly do nothing when these lines are crossed by Ukraine or its Western backers.
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