flashy

Other forms of flashy

comparative or superlative

flashier

comparative or superlative

flashiest

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about flashy

What does flashy mean?

flashy means "tastelessly showy". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in flashy?

flashy has 2 syllables: flas-hy. The stress falls on "flas". In IPA it is /ˈflæʃi/.

What is another word for flashy?

Close synonyms include brassy, cheap, flash, garish, gaudy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is flashy a common word?

flashy is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.