Synonyms & related words for meretricious

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of meretricious — including tawdry, specious, gaudy, garish, trashy, flashy. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to meretricious

Explore words related to meretricious — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include gimcrack, meretriciousness, tacky, meretriciously, gimcrackery, tawdriness, speciosity, speciousness. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for meretricious

Common synonyms for meretricious include tawdry, specious, gaudy, garish, trashy, flashy, trumpery, cheap — words that share a close meaning. Hover or tap any word on the map for its definition and part of speech.

Where does meretricious come from?

The word meretricious breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root meretric-, from Latin meretrix (“prostitute”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.