Qualities

Synonyms for showy

Synonyms for showy: flamboyant and glossy. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.

2 synonyms · Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · adjective · a wrong tile in 1 puzzle

The 2 synonyms for showy

Interchangeable with showy in this sense

Audited under showy's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one showy carries in that sense.

flamboyantadjective, in the sense "marked by ostentation but often tasteless"

Recorded from the other side of the pair

These entries were written under the other word and name showy as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.

glossyglossy is an adjective in the sense "superficially attractive and stylish"

one of these comes from showy's own entry in the bank, and one was audited from the other word's side of the pair. Both directions were read by a human, and only the sense quoted differs.

The senseadjectiveTier 3, RidgelineQualities

marked by ostentation but often tasteless

A cheap showy rhinestone bracelet.

The context the game gives you. The gloss above is for readers here, not for players there.

The true synonym

flamboyant

Same sentence, swapped: A cheap flamboyant rhinestone bracelet.

Close but different

Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.

glossy
sporty
gallant

Where showy turns up in the game

showy is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.

The puzzle where showy is the trap

frothyadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is bubbling, in the sense "emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation", and showy is one of the three tiles that lose.

Play showy

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so showy reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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This page is built from Open English WordNet 2025, with the sense, the sentence, the tier and the near misses read by a human in the July 2026 audit. Nothing on it is written while the page is built.

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The same bank, read from both sides

showy is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 1. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.

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