Synonyms for baroque

Synonyms for (noun) baroque

Synonyms: baroque, baroqueness

Definition: elaborate and extensive ornamentation in decorative art and architecture that flourished in Europe in the 17th century

Similar words: idiom, artistic style

Definition: the style of a particular artist or school or movement

Usage: an imaginative orchestral idiom


Synonyms: Baroque, Baroque era, Baroque period

Definition: the historic period from about 1600 until 1750 when the baroque style of art, architecture, and music flourished in Europe

Similar words: historic period, age

Definition: an era of history having some distinctive feature

Usage: we live in a litigious age


Synonyms for (adj) baroque

Synonyms: baroque, churrigueresco, churrigueresque

Definition: having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation

Usage: the building...frantically baroque-William Dean Howells

Similar words: fancy

Definition: not plain; decorative or ornamented

Usage: fancy handwriting; fancy clothes


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