Synonyms & related words for ostentatious

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of ostentatious — including pretentious, showy, flaunting, flashy, gaudy, flamboyant. 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 ostentatious

Explore words related to ostentatious — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include flaunty, ostentatiousness, ostentation, splashiness, gaudery, showiness, extravagant, extravagancy. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for ostentatious

Common synonyms for ostentatious include pretentious, showy, flaunting, flashy, gaudy, flamboyant, garish, grandiloquent — words that share a close meaning. Hover or tap any word on the map for its definition and part of speech.

Where does ostentatious come from?

The word ostentatious breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root tent-, from Latin tendo (“stretch, show”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.