showstopping

adjective

Definition of showstoppingnext
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
  • First class on the Qantas Airbus A380 is a showy affair, equipped with high-end champagne and meals, fancy amenity kits, and doting service.
    — Chris Dong, Travel + Leisure, 3 Mar. 2025
  • There’s an entertainment and information component, too — somewhat like eating at a chef’s table, with showy beverages instead.
    — Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 26 Feb. 2025
Definition of showy
Adjective
  • Actors and supermodels also brought striking looks to their VIP seats.
    — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Club to Club specialized in striking visual sets, backing repeat headliners like Caribou’s Dan Snaith and Nicolás Jaar with showcases for the likes of Elysia Crampton and festival house act Arca, who premiered her live-vocal transformation at the 2016 edition.
    — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 12 Mar. 2025
Definition of striking
Adjective
  • While its interior design is less flashy than rivals from Ferrari and Lamborghini, the aesthetic is pleasing, and outward visibility is excellent.
    — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 6 Jan. 2023
  • If McCarthy falls shorts, that hands leverage to people are every bit as extreme as Greene, though slightly less flashy about it—Andy Biggs, Paul Gosar, and Matt Gaetz.
    — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 3 Jan. 2023
Definition of flashy
Adjective
  • The Paramount network has taken UK rights on PBS Masterpiece’s splashy adaptation of John Galsworthy’s The Forsyte Saga, which stars Doctor Who’s Millie Gibson and Francesca Annis as formidable matriarch Ann.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Tesla unveiled its Optimus Gen 3 robot last October, claiming the ability to complete many physical tasks, yet concerns persist over the authenticity of its autonomous AI capabilities after the company admitted that several robots in its splashy demo were controlled remotely by humans.
    — Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 12 Mar. 2025
Definition of splashy
Adjective
  • Watch out for slippery roads: The initial half-hour of rain is when roads are slickest due to a mixture of rain, grime, and oil.
    — Southern California Weather Report, Orange County Register, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Watch out for slippery roads: The first half-hour of rain is when roads are slickest due to a mix of rain, grime, and oil.
    — Bay Area Weather Report, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2025
Definition of slick
Adjective
  • The star of this particular show is Momoa, who injects Fast X with a fresh burst of energy, playing a flamboyant, unpredictable villain who treats revenge as performance art.
    — Travis Bean, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
  • Making these conjunctions, for instance, between the Saint-Chapelle, which is this jewel of flamboyant middle-age architecture, and an abstract mobile.
    — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 7 Mar. 2025
Definition of flamboyant
Adjective
  • Her makeup included bold brows, a smoky eye and glossy lip.
    — Julia Teti, WWD, 18 Mar. 2025
  • For years, he’s been a discerning voice that’s helped shape the cultural conversation from inside the glossy pages of GQ as an editor.
    — Jasmine Browley, Essence, 17 Mar. 2025
Definition of glossy
Adjective
  • But the place also has some seriously ambitious pizza: long fermentation dough, a wood-burning oven and snazzy ingredients like wild mushrooms, roasted peppers, presunto ham, burrata and sometimes some oddball ones, like Swedish smoked salmon and caviar.
    — Ann Abel, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Mamdani’s mayoral bid has gained traction over the past few months with snazzy social media content and strong left-of-center policy takes.
    — Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 7 Mar. 2025
Definition of snazzy
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