Tom wants to build an ostentatious and smart house.
Source: tatoeba (1015921)
Ostentatious
//ˌɒs.tɛnˈteɪ.ʃəs//
Synonyms for "ostentatious" (145 found)
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Closest matches (29)
Strong matches (44)
Related words (72)
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Antonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesderived
4 entriesrelated to
5 entriessimilar
8 entriesTranslations
117 translations across 33 languages.
Amharic
1 entries- ሆኖም አሸብርቀው adj (intended to attract notice)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- ədabaz adj (of ostentation)
Bulgarian
1 entries- показен adj (of ostentation)
Catalan
2 entries- ostentós adj (of ostentation)
- ostentós adj (intended to attract notice)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 刻意 adj (intended to attract notice)
- 浮華 /浮华 adj (of ostentation)
- 財大氣粗 /财大气粗 adj (of tawdry display)
- 闊綽 /阔绰 adj (of ostentation)
Czech
3 entries- okázalý adj (of ostentation)
- ostentativní adj (of ostentation)
- provokativní adj (intended to attract notice)
Dutch
1 entries- protserig adj (of ostentation)
Esperanto
4 entries- alloga adj (intended to attract notice)
- altira adj (intended to attract notice)
- parada adj (of ostentation)
- paradeca adj (of tawdry display)
Finnish
4 entries- huomiotaherättävä adj (intended to attract notice)
- kitsahtava adj (of tawdry display)
- liiallinen adj (of ostentation)
- mahtaileva adj (of ostentation)
French
1 entries- ostentatoire adj (of ostentation)
Galician
1 entries- ostentoso adj (of ostentation)
German
4 entries- auffällig adj (intended to attract notice)
- aufmerksamkeitsheischend adj (intended to attract notice)
- demonstrativ adj (intended to attract notice)
- großtuerisch adj (of ostentation)
Greek
4 entries- επιδεικτικός adj (of ostentation)
- επιδεικτικός adj (intended to attract notice)
- προκλητικός adj (intended to attract notice)
- φανταχτερός adj (of tawdry display)
Hindi
2 entries- आडंबरी adj (of ostentation)
- आडंबरी adj (intended to attract notice)
Irish
4 entries- gáifeach adj (of ostentation)
- gáifeach adj (intended to attract notice)
- gáifeach adj (of tawdry display)
- mustrach adj (of ostentation)
Italian
4 entries- ostentato adj (of ostentation)
- ostentato adj (of tawdry display)
- provocante adj (intended to attract notice)
- provocatore adj (intended to attract notice)
Japanese
4 entries- けばけばしい adj (of ostentation)
- 派手な adj (of ostentation)
- 派手な adj (intended to attract notice)
- 看板倒れ adj (intended to attract notice)
Macedonian
1 entries- фалба́џиски adj (of ostentation)
Māori
2 entries- hahaki adj (of ostentation)
- hahaki adj (intended to attract notice)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- prangende adj (intended to attract notice)
Polish
2 entries- ostentacyjny adj (of ostentation)
- ostentacyjny adj (intended to attract notice)
Portuguese
3 entries- espalhafatoso adj (of tawdry display)
- ostentatório adj (of ostentation)
- ostentoso adj (intended to attract notice)
Romanian
4 entries- ostentativ adj (of ostentation)
- ostentațios adj (of ostentation)
- provocator adj (of ostentation)
- provocator adj (intended to attract notice)
Russian
4 entries- вне́шний adj (of ostentation)
- кичёвый adj (of tawdry display)
- крича́щий adj (of tawdry display)
- нарочи́тый adj (of ostentation)
Slovak
3 entries- ostentatívny adj (of ostentation)
- vypínavý adj (of ostentation)
- vystatovačný adj (of ostentation)
Spanish
4 entries- ostentatorio adj (of ostentation)
- ostentatorio adj (intended to attract notice)
- ostentatorio adj (of tawdry display)
- ostentoso adj (of ostentation)
Swedish
4 entries- kitschig adj (of tawdry display)
- pompös adj (of ostentation)
- pompös adj (of tawdry display)
- prålig adj (of tawdry display)
Telugu
1 entries- అట్టహాసము adj (of ostentation)
Turkish
1 entries- gösterişli adj (of ostentation)
Ukrainian
2 entries- показний adj (of ostentation)
- показний adj (intended to attract notice)
Uzbek
1 entries- o'rnak bo'ladigan adj (intended to attract notice)
Vietnamese
2 entries- khoe khoang adj (intended to attract notice)
- phô trương adj (intended to attract notice)
Welsh
4 entries- rhodresgar adj (intended to attract notice)
- rhwysgfawr adj (intended to attract notice)
- rodresgar adj (intended to attract notice)
- rwysgfawr adj (intended to attract notice)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Sami loved to show off. He was a very ostentatious man.
Source: tatoeba (6687733)
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.
Source: tatoeba (7760622)
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.
Source: wiktionary
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