EGAVE

showy

About 0.63 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective Calling attention; flashy; standing out to the eye.
  2. adjective Making a striking or aesthetically pleasing display.
    showy flowers
  3. adjective Inclined to showing (by conveying an impression so that events are described in the narrative), instead of telling (by explicitly stating facts).

Similar words

flamboyant flashy ostentatious gaudy sporty pretentious fancy theatrical splashy colorful

Often followed by

and flowers in than but as or white plant

Word family

showier showiest showily showiness showinesses

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