glossy

1. 1.

   a magazine printed on good quality paper

   Synonymsslickslick magazine

   Broadermagazine
2. 2.

   a photograph that is printed on smooth shiny paper

   Broaderphotograph

Other forms of glossy

plural

glossies·

comparative or superlative

glossier

comparative or superlative

glossiest

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 glossy

What does glossy mean?

glossy means "based on pretense; deceptively pleasing". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in glossy?

glossy has 2 syllables: glos-sy. The stress falls on "glos". In IPA it is /ˈɡlɔsi/.

What is another word for glossy?

Close synonyms include gilded, meretricious, specious, calendered, glistening. 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 glossy a common word?

glossy is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.