Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Showy \Show"y\, a. [Compar. {Showier}; superl. {Showiest}.]
   Making a show; attracting attention; presenting a marked
   appearance; ostentatious; gay; gaudy.

         A present of everything that was rich and showy.
                                                  --Addison.

   Syn: Splendid; gay; gaudy; gorgeous; fine; magnificent;
        grand; stately; sumptuous; pompous.

Source : WordNet®

showy
     adj 1: marked by conspicuous display; "a cheap showy rhinestone
            bracelet"; "a splashy half-page ad" [syn: {splashy}]
     2: elaborately or excessively ornamented; "flamboyant
        handwriting"; "the senator's florid speech" [syn: {aureate},
         {florid}, {flamboyant}]
     3: marked by extravagant display
     4: (used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display
        [syn: {flashy}, {gaudy}, {jazzy}, {sporty}]
     [also: {showiest}, {showier}]