Synonyms and Antonyms of demonstrative
1
showing feeling freely
- my grandmother was always very demonstrative when we visited, showering us with hugs and kisses
dramatic, histrionic, hyperemotional, melodramatic, theatrical (also theatric)
gushing, gushy, maudlin, mawkish, mushy, schmaltzy, sentimental
communicative, expansive
extroverted (also extraverted), outgoing
affectionate, feeling, intense, loving, passionate, sensitive, soulful, warm
blunt, candid, frank, outspoken, plain
constrained
quiet, reticent, silent, taciturn
bashful, modest, retiring, shy
introverted, self-directed
aloof, detached, dispassionate, emotionless, impassive, indifferent, phlegmatic, stolid, unconcerned, unfeeling
chilly, cold, frigid, glacial, hard-boiled, hard-edged, hard-hearted, icy, unfriendly
2
having or expressing great depth of feeling
- a demonstrative welcome for the returning troops by their families and friends
ardent, blazing, burning, charged, emotional, fervent, fervid, feverish, fiery, flaming, glowing, hot-blooded, impassioned, incandescent, intense, passional, passionate, perfervid, red-hot, religious, superheated, torrid, vehement, warm, warm-blooded
gushing, gushy, maudlin, mawkish, mushy, saccharine, sappy, schmaltzy, sentimental, sloppy, sugary
histrionic, melodramatic
enthusiastic, gung ho, keen, zealous
enamored, infatuated, obsessed
uninhibited, unreserved, unrestrained
frenzied, orgiastic, overemotional, overexcited, overheated
