showstopping

adjective

as in showy

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for showstopping
  1. showy
  2. striking
  3. flashy
  4. splashy
  5. slick
  6. flamboyant
  7. glossy
  8. snazzy
Adjective
  • Technology is seamless rather than showy; lighting shifts subtly, blinds glide silently.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Florist mums are typically sold in pots in fall and are bursting with countless blooms in showy autumn shades.
    — Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of showy
Adjective
  • The works include tributes to immigrants and women’s pursuit of justice, giving the serene swimmers on display stories that reach beyond their striking scale.
    — Laura Zornosa, Los Angeles Times, 12 Nov. 2026
  • For the rare public date night, Jackie wore a scoopneck minidress with a striking vertical print in black and white.
    — Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 12 Nov. 2026
Definition of striking
Adjective
  • The Pearls aren’t poor, but they’re burdened by expenses and tantalized by comforts just out of reach, especially now that their sons’ heads have been turned by Gary’s flashy success.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2026
  • There’s a 25-meter pool alongside a sauna and relaxation areas that lean into quiet minimalism rather than flashy wellness theatrics.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of flashy
Adjective
  • Sure, classic suits and tuxedos will always have a place at a splashy movie premiere, but whatever happened to fun?
    — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 11 Nov. 2026
  • The Dodgers certainly have a track record of splashy offseason deals with eye-popping numbers.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of splashy
Adjective
  • The race drew national attention only after Colom released a slick and funny ad in mid-October that honed in on the affordability crisis, an issue that brought down Republicans across the map in the midterms.
    — Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Nov. 2026
  • The video, starring the model Ming Xi, intercuts slick footage of crystalline cars and big city lights with scenes of Abel Tesfaye brooding, pining, and belting karaoke on a set that may or may not be anywhere near Hong Kong.
    — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 12 Nov. 2026
Definition of slick
Adjective
  • The play, about a prominent Black Chicago family headed by a civil rights icon with skeletons in his closet, has the scope, heft and flamboyant idiosyncrasy of the landmark American domestic dramas of the past.
    — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Witty, bitter, flamboyant, and emotionally grounded, the dialogue swings, delightfully, between intimate exchanges and grandiloquent soliloquies, capturing the vulnerability of idealists in the face of evil.
    — Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of flamboyant
Adjective
  • For makeup, the actress turned to artist Diane Buzzetta, who gave Snow a lined eye and glossy lip.
    — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 13 Nov. 2026
  • Today’s collaboration between AD100 design firm Nickey Kehoe and The Lacquer Company brings the glossy finish down to a slightly more manageable scale, applying it to coffee tables, desks, trays, and tissue boxes.
    — Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 12 Nov. 2026
Definition of glossy
Adjective
  • Think a giant, twinkling dandelion field; technicolor hopscotch maze; fairy displays everywhere; and snazzy pathways that look straight out of a South Beach nightclub.
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 13 Nov. 2026
  • This remains firmly true of Wild Horse Nine, the Oscar-winning Irish filmmaker’s snazzy new period piece revolving around two CIA agents and set largely on Easter Island in the last days before the 1973 Chilean coup d’état.
    — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 13 Nov. 2026
Definition of snazzy
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