Definitions of spectacular

1.   Pertaining to a show or exhibition; marked by grand display.

2.   Pertaining to spectacles, or glasses for the eyes.

3.   having a quality that thrusts itself into attention; " an outstanding fact of our time is that nations poisoned by anti semitism proved less fortunate in regard to their own freedom"; " a new theory is the most prominent feature of the book"; " salient traits"; " a spectacular rise in prices"; " a striking thing about Picadilly Circus is the statue of Eros in the center"; " a striking resemblance between parent and child"

4.   of the nature of spectacle or drama; " spectacular dives from the cliff"

5.   Adapted to excite wonder and admiration by a display of pomp or of scenic effects; as, a spectacular celebration of some event; a spectacular play.

6.   Spectacled.

7.   Spectacularly.

8.   Of or relating to shows.

9.   Characterized by grand scenic display.

10.   Pertaining to shows; of the nature of a show.

11.   sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect; " a dramatic sunset"; " a dramatic pause"; " a spectacular display of northern lights"; " it was a spectacular play"; " his striking good looks always created a sensation"

12.   Of or pertaining to a shows; of the nature of a show.

13.   a lavishly produced performance; " they put on a Christmas spectacular"

Antonyms for spectacular

boring, tame, monotonous, invisible, ponderous, dusty, uninteresting, wearying, tiresome, monochromatic, inconspicuous, Jading, humdrum, drab, mind-numbing, tiring, wearisome, stodgy, dreary, numbing, dry, pedestrian, stale, weary, jejune, leaden, undramatic, old, drudging, flat, stuffy, ho-hum, heavy, arid, colorless, slow, tedious, unimpressive, dull.

Quotes of spectacular

1. Driving is a spectacular form of amnesia. Everything is to be discovered, everything to be obliterated. – Jean Baudrillard

2. During the past three years spectacular progress has been made in increasing wheat, rice, and maize production in several of the most populous developing countries of southern Asia, where widespread famine appeared inevitable only five years ago. – Norman Borlaug

3. It is spectacular From about five minutes in, when we knew for sure that we were going to have the weather to go, the smile on my face just got bigger and bigger, and I was just beaming through the whole launch. I mean, it is just an amazing ride. – Chris Hadfield

4. You may get skinned knees and elbows, but it's worth it if you score a spectacular goal. – Mia Hamm

5. One of our theories is that one can offset this excessive compulsion toward the spectacular with a return to simplicity. – Rem Koolhaas

6. The world is full of people looking for spectacular happiness while they snub contentment. – Doug Larson

7. And then, build a bustling wonderful city of the 21st century, with a restoration of a spectacular skyline, which Manhattan, of course, needs. So, that is really the design as a whole. – Daniel Libeskind

8. In a still hot morning, the tide went out and didn't come back in. This was not a spectacular event. The sea did not roll up like a scroll, like the sky in Revelations. It quietly withdrew. – Ruth Park

9. This young wine may have a lot of tannins now, but in five or 10 years it is going to be spectacular despite the fact that right now it tastes like crude oil. You know this is how it is supposed to taste at this stage of development. – Itzhak Perlman

10. The world wide web has really been quite spectacular and not something I would have predicted. – Jon Postel

11. Without competition, the spectacular development of technology that we have seen in the last one hundred years in this country would not have happened. – Lee R. Raymond

12. The starting line of the New York Marathon is kind of like a giant time bomb behind you about to go off. It is the most spectacular start in sport. – Bill Rodgers

13. Global capital markets pose the same kinds of problems that jet planes do. They are faster, more comfortable, and they get you where you are going better. But the crashes are much more spectacular – Lawrence Summers

14. My specialties are corpses, unconscious people and people snoring in spectacular epics. – Gig Young

Usage examples for spectacular

1. “ She seemed to be unduly proud of the spectacular sacrifice. ” – A Fool and His Money by George Barr McCutcheon

2. “ Clem Davis' failure to appear undoubtedly might deprive the Star of a spectacular scoop. ” – The Clock Strikes Thirteen by Mildred A. Wirt

3. “ The approach was not spectacular ” – Star-Dust A Story of an American Girl by Fannie Hurst

4. “ Tom aimed it here and there, at the most spectacular parts of the avalanche. ” – Tom Swift and his Wizard Camera or, Thrilling Adventures while taking Moving Pictures by Victor Appleton

5. “ He was a shrewd man, and he knew that in order to make a distinct impression on The Public his blow must be sudden and spectacular ” – The Short Line War by Merwin-Webster

6. “ To compound the spectacular timidity, the scientists had given away the secret to all comers, including the Vininese. ” – The Instant of Now by Irving E. Cox, Jr.

7. “ " These are spectacular times," observed the latter, with a gesture toward the street below. ” – Ailsa Paige by Robert W. Chambers

8. “ To all this Miss Flaherty adds an unusual faculty for spectacular antics. ” – An Ocean Tramp by William McFee

9. “ But his spectacular smashing of the memorable corner has passed into history. ” – The Paternoster Ruby by Charles Edmonds Walk

10. “ But he did not peer through the trees in search of other eyes, for he was not thinking of himself or of his work from a spectacular point of view. ” – Peccavi by E. W. Hornung

11. “ Its case is looked on by students of history as a spectacular anomaly, because it admitted none of these primary powers of government in its constituted authorities. ” – An Inquiry Into The Nature Of Peace And The Terms Of Its Perpetuation by Thorstein Veblen

12. “ Nobody dared even whisper about the spectacular success of the clinical trials. ” – Syndrome by Thomas Hoover

13. “ I have had other and more spectacular benefits"; but that evening there seemed to be the warmest and most personal of atmospheres in the old Academy. ” – Memoirs of an American Prima Donna by Clara Louise Kellogg

14. “ The third day of the fire was attended by many spectacular features, many scenes of disaster and many acts of daring heroism. ” – Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror by Richard Linthicum Trumbull White Samuel Fallows

15. “ The heroisms and the triumphs of Scott's spectacular campaign deserve to be sung in epic form. ” – The Great Events by Famous Historians, Vol. 17 by Charles Francis Horne

16. “ Spectacular and picturesque was the riverside life of the great Mississippi towns in the steamboat days. ” – American Merchant Ships and Sailors by Willis J. Abbot

17. “ It is spectacular that is all; not so the running broad jump. ” – Healthful Sports for Boys by Alfred Rochefort

18. “ Justice Chase secured some of the best legal talent in the country to conduct his defense; and the trial assumed from the outset a spectacular character from the personalities involved. ” – Union and Democracy by Allen Johnson

19. “ He could not yet comprehend his father's attitude in the matter, he could only realize that for some wholly inexplicable reason he was falling far short of his ideal of him; he seemed utterly to have lost his eye for the spectacular possibilities of the moment. ” – The Just and the Unjust by Vaughan Kester

20. “ Likewise they embody a spectacular lesson in thrift for everybody. ” – The War After the War by Isaac Frederick Marcosson

Rhymes for spectacular

• vernacular;
• unspectacular;