Frippery Synonyms and Antonyms

frĭpə-rē
Showy and elaborate clothing or apparel
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. finery
  2. regalia
  3. array
  4. attire
  5. flashiness
  6. nonsense
  7. ostentation
  8. pretentious
  9. trivial
  10. waste
Something or things that are unimportant
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. finery
  2. frivolity
  3. fiddle-faddle
  4. trifles
  5. froth
  6. minutia
  7. nonsense
  8. gewgaws
  9. bagatelle
  10. small change
  11. small potatoes
  12. trifle
  13. trumpery
  14. trivia
  15. triviality
  16. fluff
Antonyms:
  1. plainness
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Words Related to Frippery

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. put-on
  2. important
  3. frill
  4. surface
  5. gimmickry

Frippery Sentence Examples

  • Most are actually getting larger, sprouting LCD screens, card readers and all sorts of other frippery.

  • The cerebral cortexes of older folk are too hardened up to let such frippery in.

  • Flowers and other sorts of frippery were added to the formerly utilitarian rubber head pieces, giving swimwear a very distinctive look that is still associated with this period.

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