Synonyms of kitsch

kitsch 1 of 2

noun

as in cheese

something that is of low quality but that many people find amusing and enjoyable

The restaurant is decorated with 1950s furniture and kitsch from old TV shows.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cheese
• junk
• rubbish
• trash
• camp
• tripe
• bomb
• nonsense
• drek
• claptrap
• dreck
• turkey
• lemon
• crapola
• sleaze
• muck
• slop
• humbug
• slush
• clinker
• stinker
• dud
• shambles
• clunker
• mess
• muddle

kitsch

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adjective

as in kitschy

Synonyms & Similar Words

• kitschy
• garish
• gaudy
• tawdry
• meretricious
• ostentatious
• showy
• glitzy
• swanky
• tacky
• flashy
• swank
• lurid
• tasteless
• splashy
• vulgar
• cheesy
• low-rent
• gimcrack
• trashy
• inelegant
• tinselly
• low-grade
• schlocky
• mediocre
• rubbishy
• shoddy
• cheap
• bum
• junky
• shlocky
• shlock
• schlock
• shabby
• graceless
• second-rate
• sleazy
• execrable
• crappy
• cheapjack
• terrible
• brummagem
• seedy
• inferior
• poor
• rotten
• trumpery
• coarse
• lousy
• miserable
• phoney
• common
• counterfeit
• cut-rate
• bargain-basement
• phony
• fake
• wretched
• sham
• bad
• el cheapo
• indifferent
• lackluster
• second-class
• ultracheap
• supercheap

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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