Synonyms of schlock

schlock

adjective

ˈshläk 

variants or schlocky also shlock or shlocky

as in cheap

of low quality

a tourist trap selling schlock souvenirs

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of schlock

The film is as over-the-top and schlocky as a lucha libre match and serves as a time capsule for 1970s style. — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026

Besson oversees another schlocky genre flick with a few bravura fight scenes but not much else going for it. — Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2026

And talk about schlock, surely there was something if not exactly schlocky then definitely sensationalist about Marcia’s way of eviscerating an artist or an event. — Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026

Bosses recently told Deadline that microdrama has moved well beyond cheap, schlocky imitations of traditional TV and film. — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 23 July 2026

Well, people have always written schlocky or formulaic books. — Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 10 June 2026

Yet despite their cultural staying power, power ballads have historically received little scholarly attention, in part because they are often dismissed as schlocky and banal. — Angelica Frey, JSTOR Daily, 22 May 2026

Quentin Tarantino’s outrageous revisionist Western is wildly over-the-top, combining the director’s penchant for gratuitous violence and sparkling dialogue with a story that’s pleasingly labyrinthine but nothing if not schlocky. — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Apr. 2026

But that shift is still recent, and decades of cultural baggage — from sexist slasher stereotypes to schlocky late-night programming — continue to shape perception. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 17 Mar. 2026