ostentatious

Questions about ostentatious

What does ostentatious mean?

ostentatious means "intended to attract notice and impress others". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ostentatious?

ostentatious has 4 syllables: o-sten-ta-tious. The stress falls on "ta". In IPA it is /ˌɑstənˈteɪʃəs/.

What is another word for ostentatious?

Close synonyms include pretentious, pretentious. 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.

What is the opposite of ostentatious?

The recorded antonyms are unostentatious.

Is ostentatious a common word?

ostentatious 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.

What rhymes with ostentatious?

1 word rhymes with ostentatious. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.