Tinsel

/ˈtɪns(ə)l/

Synonyms for "tinsel" (179 found)

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Closest matches (36)

Noun(4 words)

affected apocryphal apparent artificial assumed bastard bead bejewel beribbon bespangle blatant blink blinking bogus bravery brazen brummagem caricature cheat chiffon

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chintzy clinquant colorable colored coruscate coruscation counterfeit counterfeited diamond distorteddressed updummy

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Noun(4 words)

embellish flashiness garland gaudiness

embellished embellishment embroidered engrave ersatz factitious fake faked fakement falderal falsified feather feigned festoon festoons fictitious fictive figure filigree finery

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firefly flag flashy flounce flower folderol foofaraw forgeryframe upframe-up fraud frill frilliness frilling frillsfrills and furbelowsfrippery froufrou fuss gaiety garbled garish garland gaudery gaudy gem gilded gilding gilt gingerbread

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Noun(4 words)

glamorize ornament showiness streamers

glaring glimmer glimmering glisk glisten glister glitter glittering glowworm hoax illegitimate illuminate imitation impostor jewel junk junky loudmake believemake-believe

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man mademan-made meretricious mock ostensible paint paste perverted phony pinchbeck plausible plume pretended pseudoput onput up jobput-onput-up jobquasi queer ribbonrip offrip-off scintilla scintillate scintillation seeming self-styled sham shimmer shimmering shoddy simulacrum simulatedso calledso-called soi-disant spangle spark sparkle specious spuriousstroboscopic lightsuperfluity supposititious swindle synthetic tawdry tin titivated trappings trash trickery trinket trumpery twinkle twinkling twisted unauthentic ungenuine unnatural unreal warpedwhited sepulcherwreathe

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More general

22 entries

add adorn appearance beautify bestow bring contribute decorate decoration embellish grace impart interweave lend ornament

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More specific

9 entries

deck flashinessfoil tinselgarland gaudiness glittermetallic tinselornamentplastic tinsel

Collocations

8 entries

gold tinselholiday tinselmetallic tinselsilver tinseltinsel decorationstinsel garlandtinsel towntinsel tree

Inflections

1 entries

tinsels

Derivations

2 entries

tinseliness tinselly

Sample sentences

24 total sentences available.

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High on the summit of the Tree was fixed a tinsel star. It was splendid, particularly splendid.

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When we decorate our Christmas tree, tinsel always gets stuck to our clothes.

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Should we get tinsel or garland for the Christmas tree?

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Hang tinsel from both branches.

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