Synonyms of gimcrack

gimcrack 1 of 2

adjective

as in cheap

of low quality

a store plastered with "going out of business" signs and notorious for selling gimcrack merchandise

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cheap
• inferior
• terrible
• poor
• rotten
• bad
• coarse
• common
• low-rent
• worthless
• shoddy
• useless
• wretched
• low-grade
• second-rate
• cheapjack
• execrable
• bum
• trumpery
• rubbishy
• mediocre
• cheesy
• trashy
• crappy
• counterfeit
• miserable
• cut-rate
• sleazy
• schlock
• lousy
• junky
• fake
• bargain-basement
• meretricious
• valueless
• tawdry
• gaudy
• garish
• kitschy
• showy
• kitsch
• glitzy
• ostentatious
• swank
• el cheapo
• shabby
• lackluster
• flashy
• second-class
• indifferent
• tacky
• seedy
• phony
• splashy
• sham
• brummagem
• ultracheap
• supercheap

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• superior
• first-class
• excellent
• fine
• high-grade
• good
• elegant
• first-rate
• handsome
• tasteful
• top-notch
• polished
• refined
• handcrafted

gimcrack

2 of 2

noun

ˈjim-ˌkrak 

as in ornamental

a small object displayed for its attractiveness or interest

a remarkable amount of money is spent on gimcracks and other unnecessary items each year

their apartment has enough gimcracks to fill up a novelty company's warehouse

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ornamental
• ornament
• gewgaw
• souvenir
• novelty
• knickknack
• bauble
• trinket
• gaud
• bibelot
• tchotchke
• curio
• kickshaw
• collectible
• gimcrackery
• doodad
• trumpery
• trifle
• curiosity
• bagatelle
• bijouterie
• bric-a-brac
• virtu
• trinketry
• memento
• figurine
• keepsake
• conversation piece
• objet d'art
• collector's item

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of gimcrack

Noun

January is a multiplex clearance sale, littered with horror movies as gimcrack as the unsold toys wheeled out after the holidays. — A.a. Dowd, Chron, 5 Jan. 2023

The movie works hard to be a soulfully offbeat kiddie entertainment, an antidote to the gimcrack cynicism that has ruled too many cartoon-cutup-in-the-land-of-live-action Hollywood products. — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 6 Oct. 2022

The inevitable flood tide of gimcrack Biden souvenirs has yet to start in earnest, but there are some. — New York Times, 6 Dec. 2020

So will the border continue to vanish in the face of nativist backlash and a trumpery, gimcrack wall? — Felipe Fernández-Armesto, WSJ, 25 June 2018

Science fiction on the screen had been pinched, gimcrack, borderline laughable. — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 10 May 2018

The designer Vicki Mortimer has created a set that feels like a gimcrack warehouse, full of old ladders and lights and puppet-stage-like window frames. — Ben Brantley, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2016

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