English adjective: flamboyant | |||
1. | flamboyant marked by ostentation but often tasteless | ||
Samples | A cheap showy rhinestone bracelet. A splashy half-page ad. | ||
Synonyms | showy, splashy | ||
Similar | ostentatious, pretentious | ||
Antonyms | unostentatious, unpretending, unpretentious | ||
2. | flamboyant elaborately or excessively ornamented | ||
Samples | Flamboyant handwriting. The senator's florid speech. | ||
Synonyms | aureate, florid | ||
Similar | fancy | ||
Antonyms | plain | ||
English noun: flamboyant | |||
1. | flamboyant (plant) showy tropical tree or shrub native to Madagascar; widely planted in tropical regions for its immense racemes of scarlet and orange flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana | ||
Synonyms | Delonix regia, flame tree, peacock flower, Poinciana regia, royal poinciana | ||
Broader (hypernym) | angiospermous tree, flowering tree | ||
Member meronym | Delonix, genus Delonix | ||