Baroque Synonyms and Antonyms

bə-rōk
Elaborately and heavily ornamented
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. rococo
  2. ornate
  3. elaborate
  4. flamboyant
  5. extravagant
  6. florid
  7. bizarre
  8. baroque
  9. churrigueresque
  10. gilt
  11. grotesque
  12. irregular
  13. brain-born
  14. dream-built
  15. high-wrought
  16. churrigueresco
  17. overlabored
  18. teratogenic
  19. teratoid
Antonyms:
  1. plain
  2. undecorated
  3. unadorned
Elaborate and extensive ornamentation in decorative art and architecture that flourished in Europe in the 17th century
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. baroqueness
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The historic period from about 1600 until 1750 when the baroque style of art, architecture, and music flourished in Europe
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. Baroque era
  2. baroque-period

Words Related to Baroque

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. gothic
  2. mannerist
  3. art-nouveau
  4. classical
  5. jacobean
  6. vocal-music
  7. romanesque
  8. symphonic
  9. neo-classicism
  10. neo-classical
  11. renaissance
  12. mediaeval

Baroque Sentence Examples

  • The present church is baroque in style, but contains some works of art of earlier periods.

  • The interior was restored in the baroque style in 1712.

  • The church was, however, remodelled in 1676, and the interior is baroque.

  • Shapes vary from perfectly round to irregular Baroque pearls and tiny seed pearls.

  • From what I've read and heard, Bach is now considered somewhat atypical as far as Baroque composers go.

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