gaud

The word “gaud” has 1 syllable: gaud

It's pronounced as /ɡɔːd/


What is synonym and antonym for gaud?

In the thesaurus, “gaud” has 36 synonyms.

Here are synonyms for gaud along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for gaud

  • bagatelle
  • bauble
  • bibelot
  • bijouterie
  • bric-a-brac
  • collectable
  • collectible
  • conversation piece
  • curio
  • curiosity
  • doodad
  • figurine
  • geegaw
  • gewgaw
  • gimcrack
  • gimcrackery
  • item
  • keepsake
  • kickshaw
  • knickknack
  • memento
  • nicknack
  • novelty
  • objet
  • ornament
  • ornamental
  • souvenir
  • tchotchke
  • toy
  • trifle
  • trinket
  • trinketry
  • trumpery
  • vertu
  • virtu
  • whatnot

Meanings of gaud

  • noun
    1. A cheap showy trinket.
    2. Trick; jest; sport.
    3. Deceit; fraud; artifice.
  • verb
    1. To bedeck gaudily; to decorate with gauds or showy trinkets or colours; to paint.
    2. To sport or keep festival.

Example Sentences

  • The ancient gaud was displayed prominently in the museum, showcasing its intricate design.
  • She wore a piece of jewelry that was both elegant and rich with historical gaud.
  • The room was decorated with various gaud and trinkets from around the world.
  • His outfit was adorned with flashy gaud that drew attention at the party.
  • The historian described the ornate gaud of the royal regalia with great admiration.

On this page you'll find 36 synonyms or another words to gaud, such as: bagatelle, bauble, bibelot, bijouterie, bric-a-brac, collectable, collectible.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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la-de-da

  • affected
  • aggressive
  • airy
  • apish
  • arrogant
  • artificial
  • assertive
  • assumed
  • audacious
  • awkward
  • boastful
  • bold
  • braggart
  • bragging
  • brassy
  • bumptious
  • campy
  • cavalier
  • cheeky
  • chichi
  • cocky
  • complacent
  • conceited
  • confident
  • contrived
  • counterfeit
  • counterfeited
  • disdainful
  • egoistic
  • egoistical
  • egotistic
  • egotistical
  • faked
  • false
  • feigned
  • flamboyant
  • flashy
  • flaunting
  • forward
  • fraud
  • garish
  • gaudy
  • glitzy
  • gone Hollywood
  • grandiloquent
  • grandiose
  • ham
  • hammy
  • haughty
  • hifalutin
  • high-and-mighty
  • high-flown
  • high-handed
  • high-hat
  • high-minded
  • high-sounding
  • high-toned
  • highfalutin
  • hoity-toity
  • hollow
  • imitated
  • imperious
  • important
  • impudent
  • insincere
  • insolent
  • lordly
  • mannered
  • melodramatic
  • ostentatious
  • overdone
  • overweening
  • pedantic
  • phony
  • playacting
  • pompous
  • precious
  • presumptuous
  • pretended
  • pretentious
  • prideful
  • proud
  • put on
  • rude
  • schmaltzy
  • self-aggrandizing
  • self-asserting
  • self-assertive
  • self-assured
  • self-centered
  • self-complacent
  • self-conceited
  • self-confident
  • self-conscious
  • self-dramatizing
  • self-glorifying
  • self-important
  • self-obsessed
  • self-pleased
  • self-promoting
  • self-satisfied
  • sententious
  • shallow
  • sham
  • showy
  • simulated
  • smug
  • snippy
  • snobbish
  • snobby
  • splashy
  • spurious
  • stiff
  • stilted
  • stuck-up
  • studied
  • supercilious
  • superficial
  • superior
  • sure
  • theatrical
  • unnatural
  • uppity
  • vain
  • vainglorious

garnished

  • accessorized
  • adorned
  • arabesque
  • arrayed
  • aureate
  • baroque
  • beautified
  • beautifying
  • bedaubed
  • bedecked
  • bedizened
  • bejeweled
  • bejewelled
  • blazoned
  • bossed
  • braided
  • brightened
  • busy
  • caparisoned
  • careful
  • chased
  • chichi
  • complex
  • complicated
  • cushy
  • custom
  • decked
  • decorated
  • decorative
  • deluxe
  • detailed
  • diamonded
  • did
  • did up
  • dolled up
  • draped
  • dressed
  • dressed up
  • elaborate
  • elegant
  • embellished
  • emblazed
  • emblazoned
  • embossed
  • embroidered
  • enhanced
  • enriched
  • euphuistic
  • exact
  • extensive
  • extravagant
  • extreme
  • fancied up
  • fancified
  • fanciful
  • fancy
  • feathered
  • festooned
  • figurative
  • figured
  • filigreed
  • filleted
  • flamboyant
  • flashy
  • florid
  • flounced
  • flowery
  • freshened
  • frilled
  • frilly
  • fringed
  • froufrou
  • furbelowed
  • fussy
  • garish
  • garlanded
  • gaudy
  • gemmed
  • gilded
  • gilt
  • gingerbread
  • gingerbreaded
  • gingerbready
  • glitzy
  • graced
  • grandiloquent
  • gussied up
  • hanged
  • heightened
  • high-flown
  • high-tech
  • highly wrought
  • hung
  • impearled
  • imposing
  • intensified
  • intricate
  • jeweled
  • jewelled
  • knotty
  • labored
  • labyrinthine
  • laced
  • lacy
  • lavish
  • loud
  • luscious
  • luxurious
  • magniloquent
  • many-faceted
  • minute
  • ornamental
  • ornamented
  • ornate
  • ostentatious
  • overblown
  • overdecorated
  • overdone
  • overworked
  • overwrought
  • painstaking
  • painted
  • pearled
  • perfected
  • plush
  • posh
  • precise
  • pretentious
  • prodigious
  • redecorated
  • redid
  • refined
  • resplendent
  • rhetorical
  • ribboned
  • rich
  • rococo
  • sequined
  • sequinned
  • showy
  • skillful
  • smartened
  • sonorous
  • sophisticated
  • special
  • spectacular
  • spiffy
  • splashy
  • studied
  • sumptuous
  • swagged
  • swank
  • swanky
  • tawdry
  • thorough
  • trapped
  • trimmed
  • unusual
  • with all the extras
  • with all the options
  • with bells and whistles
  • wreathed

lah-de-dah

  • affected
  • aggressive
  • airy
  • arrogant
  • assertive
  • audacious
  • boastful
  • bold
  • braggart
  • bragging
  • brassy
  • bumptious
  • cavalier
  • cheeky
  • cocky
  • complacent
  • conceited
  • confident
  • disdainful
  • egoistic
  • egoistical
  • egotistic
  • egotistical
  • flamboyant
  • flashy
  • flaunting
  • forward
  • garish
  • gaudy
  • glitzy
  • grandiloquent
  • grandiose
  • haughty
  • hifalutin
  • high-and-mighty
  • high-flown
  • high-handed
  • high-hat
  • high-minded
  • high-sounding
  • high-toned
  • highfalutin
  • hoity-toity
  • imperious
  • important
  • impudent
  • insolent
  • lordly
  • ostentatious
  • overweening
  • pompous
  • presumptuous
  • pretentious
  • prideful
  • proud
  • rude
  • self-aggrandizing
  • self-asserting
  • self-assertive
  • self-assured
  • self-centered
  • self-complacent
  • self-conceited
  • self-confident
  • self-dramatizing
  • self-glorifying
  • self-important
  • self-obsessed
  • self-pleased
  • self-promoting
  • self-satisfied
  • sententious
  • showy
  • smug
  • snippy
  • snobbish
  • snobby
  • splashy
  • stuck-up
  • supercilious
  • superior
  • sure
  • uppity
  • vain
  • vainglorious

jarring

  • acid
  • agitating
  • altercating
  • amazing
  • argufying
  • arguing
  • artless
  • astonishing
  • astounding
  • awesome
  • awful
  • bandying words
  • battling
  • befuddling
  • bewildering
  • bickering
  • bizarre
  • blaring
  • blindsiding
  • bouncy
  • brabbling
  • brawling
  • breathtaking
  • bumpy
  • butting heads
  • caviling
  • cavilling
  • chafing
  • challenging
  • clashing
  • clumsy
  • colliding
  • combating
  • combatting
  • conflicting
  • confounding
  • confusing
  • considering
  • conspicuous
  • contending
  • contesting
  • controverting
  • crude
  • crushing
  • daring
  • debating
  • defying
  • differing
  • disaccording
  • disagreeable
  • disagreeing
  • discomfiting
  • disconcerting
  • discordant
  • discording
  • discussing
  • disgusting
  • disharmonious
  • dismaying
  • disputing
  • dissenting
  • dissonant
  • dumbfounding
  • dumfounding
  • engaging
  • extraordinary
  • eye-opening
  • fabulous
  • falling out
  • fighting
  • flabbergasting
  • flashy
  • flustering
  • fussing
  • galling
  • garish
  • gaudy
  • graceless
  • grating
  • gross
  • grotesque
  • harsh
  • hassling
  • heart-stopping
  • impressive
  • inartistic
  • incomprehensible
  • inconceivable
  • incredible
  • inelegant
  • inharmonious
  • jangling
  • jaw-dropping
  • jerky
  • jiggly
  • jolting
  • jouncy
  • jumpy
  • kicking
  • kinky
  • locking horns
  • loud
  • marvellous
  • marvelous
  • miraculous
  • mixing it up
  • muddling
  • nitpicking
  • nonplusing
  • nonplussing
  • notable
  • noticeable
  • objecting
  • obscene
  • odd
  • off-key
  • outlandish
  • outstanding
  • perplexing
  • phenomenal
  • portentous
  • prodigious
  • protesting
  • quarreling
  • quarrelling
  • quibbling
  • ragged
  • rare
  • rasping
  • raspy
  • raucous
  • remarkable
  • repugnant
  • repulsive
  • rocky
  • rough
  • rowing
  • rude
  • scrapping
  • sensational
  • shaking
  • shocking
  • shrill
  • singular
  • smashing
  • spatting
  • spectacular
  • squabbling
  • staggering
  • startling
  • striking
  • stunning
  • stupefying
  • stupendous
  • sublime
  • surprising
  • tacky
  • tangling
  • tasteless
  • tawdry
  • tiffing
  • ugly
  • unaesthetic
  • unannounced
  • unanticipated
  • unartistic
  • unbelievable
  • uncommon
  • uncouth
  • uncultured
  • uneven
  • unexpected
  • unforeseen
  • unharmonious
  • unimaginable
  • unique
  • unlikely
  • unmelodious
  • unmusical
  • unpleasant
  • unpleasing
  • unrefined
  • unsettling
  • unthinkable
  • unusual
  • unwonted
  • upsetting
  • vulgar
  • wiggly
  • wobbly
  • wonderful
  • wondrous
  • wrangling

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