glossy

Plural: glossies

Noun

• A photograph printed on paper with a smooth, shiny surface.
• a magazine printed on good quality paper
• a photograph that is printed on smooth shiny paper
• A glossy magazine.
• A glossy photograph.
• A film depicting people with glamorous lifestyles.

Adjective Satellite

• (of paper and fabric and leather) having a surface made smooth and glossy especially by pressing between rollers
  • "glossy paper"
• reflecting light
  • "the horse's glossy coat"
• superficially attractive and stylish; suggesting wealth or expense
  • "a glossy TV series"

Adj

• Having a smooth, silk-like, reflective (shiny) surface.
• Attention-grabbing and superficially attractive.

Adjective

• Having a smooth, shiny, and lustrous surface.

Examples

• glossy hair
• glossy magazine
• He always preferred matte tiles to glossy ones for his Words With Friends set.
• Her glossy performance in the Scrabble tournament was due to countless hours of practice.
• The supermarket glossies are full of celebrity gossip and fad diets.

Synonyms

calendered, glistening, lustrous, sheeny, shining, shiny, showy, slick, slick magazine, glacé, glassy, glossy, lacquerlike, satiny, sleek, slickered, vitreous

Antonyms

flat, glossless, matte, speckled, speckly

Related Words

GLOSSILY

Anagrams of glossy