CONVERSATION PIECE Synonyms: 35 Similar Words

conversation piece

noun

as in trinket

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Recent Examples of conversation piece It's become a conversation piece at the dinner parties Kung hosts at home. — Boutayna Chokrane, Wired News, 1 May 2026 Sports equipment as decor not only serves as a conversation piece but can also save storage space, which is great for athletics enthusiasts who reside in smaller quarters, such as apartments. — Maddie Topliff, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Apr. 2026 One standout element is the sports card collection featuring athletes known for their famous mullet hairstyles — a quirky, beloved conversation piece for regulars and new visitors alike. — Susan Stapleton, Des Moines Register, 1 Mar. 2026 Explore and shop for Braves bobbleheads, aircraft trading cards, full-size galley carts, airport and Sky Club seating — all the conversation pieces your home needs. — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 9 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for conversation piece

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Noun

His work can be both a million-dollar trophy and a teenager’s trinket.

— Julie Brener Davich, Architectural Digest, 4 Nov. 2026
The scented trinkets are presented in a keepsake box that looks like a magical toolkit—as good a place as any to stash makeup tools once the new year begins.

— Jenny Berg, Vogue, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of trinket

Noun

Still, within Newsom’s announcement today lies some pretty shiny baubles for an ailing West Coast industry that has seen production crater and over 50,000 jobs directly lost over the past six years.

— Dominic Patten, Deadline, 2 Nov. 2026
Board presentations, black-tie weddings, nights on the town—there’s pretty much nothing these baubles can’t do.

— Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of bauble

Noun

Arrow Rock Antiques & Mercantile is stocked with vintage knickknacks and home decor items.

— Erika Ebsworth-Goold, Travel + Leisure, 26 Sep. 2026
Décor To complement wall art, look for knickknacks and small décor items, such as statues, decorative trays, faux plants, and ceramic pieces.

— Olivia McIntosh, Martha Stewart, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of knickknack

Noun

At the other end is the caricature, butt of flabby jokes, trussed in Las Vegas gaud, voice prostituted to a huge orchestra.

— San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2019
Even its colors, silver and space gray, seem to have been chosen for their lack of gaud—no blingy gold model here.

— David Pierce, WIRED, 3 Nov. 2017

Definition of gaud

Noun

The painting then remained in the artist’s possession and out of public sight until it was bought, in 1927, as a chic bibelot for a swanky members-only social club in London.

— Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 9 May 2022
Bruno Magli’s luxe nappa leather bibelot upgrades the standard-issue, white plastic AirPods case.

— Kareem Rashed, Robb Report, 16 Nov. 2021

Definition of bibelot

Noun

Visitors can see the sole visage, a curio card of Strother, found by Denham on eBay, sitting alongside his obituary in the town newspaper, encased in glass.

— Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2026
With respect to Kapoor, Economou should have paid more attention to the epiphanies of his own film; the rollercoaster of Smith’s life will always be a curio, but that doesn’t mean that every passenger on it has a story worth telling.

— Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of curio

Noun

Capable of holding your laptop and other nine-to-five tchotchkes, the chic hauler also comes in a tidier 28 size (that similarly benefits from the allure of Dark Cherry).

— Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2026
Microchips are mass-produced, like any tchotchke, at factories.

— Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of tchotchke

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