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aureate

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of aureate

full of fine words and fancy expressions

the aureate speeches that are traditionally given at graduation ceremonies

Synonyms of aureate

florid, flowery, grandiloquent, high-flown, high-sounding, highfalutin (also hifalutin), magnific, ornate, purple, rhetorical (also rhetoric)

Words Related to aureate

affected, bloated, fancy-pants, grandiose, inflated, pompous, pretentious, stilted

excessive, flattering, fulsome

boastful, bombastic

elevated, eloquent, lofty

bookish, inkhorn, learned

Near Antonyms of aureate

prosaic, unpoetic

bald, direct, lean, matter-of-fact, plain, plainspoken, simple, spare, stark, straightforward, unadorned

natural, unaffected, unpretentious

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