Thesaurus:foppish

Thesaurus

foppish

English

Adjective

Sense: being (as a man) very concerned about one's appearance

Synonyms

• beauish
• buckish
• coxcombical
• dandiacal
• dandified
• dandy    [⇒ thesaurus]
• dandyish
• dandyistic
• dudish
• foppish
• foppy
• Jemmy-Jessamy
• lily-handed
• macaronic (dated)
• swellish (slang, dated)
• Woosterian

Antonyms

• dowdy
• dull
• modest
• prim
• prissy
• proper
• unkempt    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hyponyms

• Chappist

Hypernyms

• chic
• dapper
• fashionable    [⇒ thesaurus]
• stylish
• trendy
• well-dressed

Various

• active    [⇒ thesaurus]
• effeminate
• fashionable    [⇒ thesaurus]
• fastidious    [⇒ thesaurus]
• ineffectual
• lazy    [⇒ thesaurus]
• milksoppish
• pretentious    [⇒ thesaurus]
• smart
• sophisticated
• superficial
• timid
• vain    [⇒ thesaurus]
• weak    [⇒ thesaurus]
• witty    [⇒ thesaurus]

See also

• Thesaurus:dandy

Further reading

• “855. affectation” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “foppish” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.