gaud

Other forms of gaud

plural

gauds·

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 gaud

What does gaud mean?

gaud means "cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing".

How many syllables are in gaud?

gaud has 1 syllable: gaud.

What is another word for gaud?

Close synonyms include bangle, bauble, gewgaw, novelty, fallal. 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 gaud a common word?

gaud is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.