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

1 sense of swank

Sense 1
chic, chicness, chichi, modishness, smartness, stylishness, swank, last word -- (elegance by virtue of being fashionable)
       => elegance -- (a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste; "she conveys an aura of elegance and gentility")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb swank

1 sense of swank

Sense 1
flaunt, flash, show off, ostentate, swank -- (display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously; "he showed off his new sports car")
       => expose, exhibit, display -- (to show, make visible or apparent; "The Metropolitan Museum is exhibiting Goya's works this month"; "Why don't you show your nice legs and wear shorter skirts?"; "National leaders will have to display the highest skills of statesmanship")

Antonyms of adj swank

1 sense of swank

Sense 1
swank, swanky -- (imposingly fashionable and elegant; "a swank apartment")

INDIRECT (VIA fashionable) -> unfashionable, unstylish -- (not in accord with or not following current fashion; "unfashionable clothes"; "melodrama of a now unfashionable kind")

Similarity of adj swank

1 sense of swank

Sense 1
swank, swanky -- (imposingly fashionable and elegant; "a swank apartment")
       => fashionable (vs. unfashionable), stylish -- (being or in accordance with current social fashions; "fashionable clothing"; "the fashionable side of town"; "a fashionable cafe")

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