Synonyms & related words for tawdry

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of tawdry — including meretricious, tacky, gaudy, garish, flashy, cheap. 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 tawdry

Explore words related to tawdry — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include gimcrack, trashy, tawdriness, shoddy, sordid, gimcrackery, sordidly, brassy. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for tawdry

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

Where does tawdry come from?

The word tawdry breaks down into one root of Eponym origin: the root tawdry-, from Eponym audrey (“from St. Audrey”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.