jazzy
Lively and showy
Jazzy describes something lively, bold, or flashy in style.
The word comes from jazz music but extends to anything with similar energy or flair: a jazzy shirt, jazzy graphics.
It often suggests something eye-catching or showy, sometimes to the point of being garish: The presentation was a bit too jazzy for a corporate meeting.
Suspended recreational seat
- bebopFast, complex jazz style
- saxophoneReed instrument, brass body
- scatImprovised vocal jazz
- syncopationStressed unexpected beats
improvisation · jam session · big band · blue note · ragtime · brass · trumpet · piano
Attractively stylish, slang
- flashyShowy, often tastelessly so
- flamboyantStrikingly bold in style
- boldCourageous and daring
- dapperNeatly and stylishly dressed
sharp · sleek · chic · swanky · glamorous · eye-catching · splashy · showy
Having much vigor
- vibrantFull of life, intensity
- spiritedFull of vim
- peppyEnergetic and cheerful
- animatedFull of life, or drawn moving
vivacious · dynamic · zesty · bubbly · sprightly · exuberant · perky · zippy
Illicit liquor establishment
- prohibitionAuthoritative legal ban
- flapperTwenties unconventional young woman
- roaring twentiesProsperous 1920s period
- Harlem RenaissanceBlack arts explosion, 1920s
Gatsby · zoot suit · Duke Ellington · Ella Fitzgerald · Louis Armstrong · Billie Holiday · juke joint · ballroom
Arising without external cause
- riffingImprovising musical phrases
- ad-libUnscripted speech or remark
- freestyleWithout prescribed technique
- off-the-cuffUnplanned, unrehearsed
unscripted · inventive · experimental · creative · jam · call-and-response · variation · embellishment
swing
Suspended recreational seat
syncopation · improvisation · jam session · big band · blue note · ragtime · brass · trumpet · piano · upbeat
snazzy
Attractively stylish, slang
- flashyShowy, often tastelessly so
- flamboyantStrikingly bold in style
- boldCourageous and daring
dapper · sharp · sleek · chic · swanky · glamorous · eye-catching · splashy · showy · natty
energetic
Having much vigor
animated · vivacious · dynamic · zesty · bubbly · sprightly · exuberant · perky · zippy · bouncy
speakeasy
Illicit liquor establishment
- prohibitionAuthoritative legal ban
- flapperTwenties unconventional young woman
- roaring twentiesProsperous 1920s period
Gatsby · Harlem Renaissance · zoot suit · Duke Ellington · Ella Fitzgerald · Louis Armstrong · Billie Holiday · juke joint · ballroom · cabaret
spontaneous
Arising without external cause
- riffingImprovising musical phrases
- ad-libUnscripted speech or remark
- freestyleWithout prescribed technique
off-the-cuff · unscripted · inventive · experimental · creative · jam · call-and-response · variation · embellishment · ornamentation
jazzyplain
Basic and unremarkable
dull · simple · subdued · understated · unadorned
jazzyunfashionable
Not currently stylish
dowdy · old-fashioned · unstylish · frumpy · outmoded
- jazz ensembleGroup performing improvised music
- jazz bandImprovisational musical ensemble
- jazzed upMade more lively
- jazz handsShowy spread-finger gesture
- jazz upMake livelier or showier
- jazz clubLive improvisational music establishment