[syn: glossy, showy]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Glossy \Gloss"y\ (gl[o^]s"[y^]), a. [Compar. Glossier
(gl[o^]s"[i^]*[~e]r); superl. Glossiest.] [See Gloss
luster.]
1. Smooth and shining; reflecting luster from a smooth
surface; highly polished; lustrous; as, glossy silk; a
glossy surface.
[1913 Webster]
2. Smooth; specious; plausible; as, glossy deceit.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
glossy
adj 1: (of paper and fabric and leather) having a surface made
smooth and glossy especially by pressing between rollers;
"calendered paper"; "glossy paper" [syn: glossy,
calendered]
2: reflecting light; "glistening bodies of swimmers"; "the
horse's glossy coat"; "lustrous auburn hair"; "saw the moon
like a shiny dime on a deep blue velvet carpet"; "shining
white enamel" [syn: glistening, glossy, lustrous,
sheeny, shiny, shining]
3: superficially attractive and stylish; suggesting wealth or
expense; "a glossy TV series" [syn: glossy, showy]
n 1: a magazine printed on good quality paper [syn: slick,
slick magazine, glossy]
2: a photograph that is printed on smooth shiny paper
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
66 Moby Thesaurus words for "glossy":
Photostat, Xerox, Xerox copy, artificial, blowup, blueprint, bogus,
buffed, burnished, contact printing, contrived, counterfeit,
cyanotype, enlargement, false, feigned, finished, fraudulent,
furbished, glace, glassy, glazed, gleaming, glistening, hologram,
imitation, insincere, lacquered, lantern slide, lustrous, matte,
meretricious, microcopy, microprint, photocopy, photogravure,
photostatic copy, polished, positive, pretended, print,
projection printing, pseudo, put-on, rubbed, satiny, semi-matte,
sheeny, shellacked, shined, shining, shiny, silken, silky,
simulated, sleek, slick, slide, smarmy, smooth, specious,
transparency, unreal, varnished, velvety, waxed