Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun flamboyant

1 sense of flamboyant

Sense 1
royal poinciana, flamboyant, flame tree, peacock flower, Delonix regia, Poinciana regia -- (showy tropical tree or shrub native to Madagascar; widely planted in tropical regions for its immense racemes of scarlet and orange flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana)
       => angiospermous tree, flowering tree -- (any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary)

Antonyms of adj flamboyant

2 senses of flamboyant

Sense 1
flamboyant, showy, splashy -- (marked by ostentation but often tasteless; "a cheap showy rhinestone bracelet"; "a splashy half-page ad")

INDIRECT (VIA ostentatious) -> unostentatious, unpretentious, unpretending -- (not ostentatious; "his unostentatious office"; "unostentatious elegance")

Sense 2
aureate, florid, flamboyant -- (elaborately or excessively ornamented; "flamboyant handwriting"; "the senator's florid speech")

INDIRECT (VIA fancy) -> plain -- (not elaborate or elaborated; simple; "plain food"; "stuck to the plain facts"; "a plain blue suit"; "a plain rectangular brick building")

Similarity of adj flamboyant

2 senses of flamboyant

Sense 1
flamboyant, showy, splashy -- (marked by ostentation but often tasteless; "a cheap showy rhinestone bracelet"; "a splashy half-page ad")
       => ostentatious (vs. unostentatious), pretentious -- (intended to attract notice and impress others; "an ostentatious sable coat")

Sense 2
aureate, florid, flamboyant -- (elaborately or excessively ornamented; "flamboyant handwriting"; "the senator's florid speech")
       => fancy (vs. plain) -- (not plain; decorative or ornamented; "fancy handwriting"; "fancy clothes")