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Scenic

Definition: Scenic

Scenic

Adjective

1. Used of locations; having beautiful natural scenery; "scenic drives".

2. Of or relating to the stage or stage scenery; "scenic design".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "scenic" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1822. (references)

 

Synonyms within Context: Scenic

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

The Drama

Adjective: dramatic; theatric, theatrical; scenic, histrionic, comic, tragic, buskined, farcical, tragicomic, melodramatic, operatic; stagy.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Scenic

English words defined with "scenic": Alpscircuitousdevious, driveparkwayroundaboutscene painter, scenic artistthe Alps. (references)
Specialty definitions using "scenic": air quality related valuecleat line, COLORIST, PHOTOGRAPHYDIRECTOR, STAGEelectrician, master, entrance guard, EXHIBIT ARTISTflat pieceGUIDE, ESTABLISHMENT, guide, tourLOCATION MANAGERPARK SUPERINTENDENT, profile block, profile board, projected sceneryScene Painters, ship purser, SIGHT-EFFECTS SPECIALIST, supervisory park rangerthrow line, tinter, photograph, TOURIST-INFORMATION ASSISTANT. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Scenic" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Romanian (acting, scenic, stage, stagy, theatrical).

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Modern Usage: Scenic

DomainUsage

Screenplays

And this site was chosen for its seclusion and scenic beauty (The Shining; writing credit: Stanley Kubrick)

I guess sometimes you just have to take the scenic route (It Was Always Me; writing credit: Amit Vaidya)

Tongue Twisters

Shelter for six sick scenic sightseers. (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

Scenic Sweden (1947)

A Scenic Treasure Chest (1927)

Scenic Distortions (1922)

The Scenic Route (1978)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Scenic

DomainTitle

Books

  • Arizona Highways Scenic Arizona 2003 Calendars (reference)

  • Maine's Most Scenic Roads: 25 Routes Off the Beaten Path (reference)

  • National Geographic Guide to Scenic Highways and Byways (reference)

  • Off the Beaten Path: A Guide to More Than 1,000 Scenic and Interesting Places Still Uncrowded and Inviting (reference)

  • Scenic America 2003 Wall Calendar [WALL CALENDAR] (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  

Music

  

High Tech

  

Consumer Goods

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Scenic

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Photo Album: Scenic

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Phragmites, or common reed - although scenic, can be invasive nuisance species. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Scenic northcentral Montana. Credit: Gary Kramer.

Wetlands in scenic northcentral Montana. Credit: Gary Kramer.

Scenic landscape. Credit: Gary Kramer.

Scenic sunset looking onto Lake Superior in the Superior National Forest, MN. Credit: USDA.

Scenic view of farmland with dairy cattle grazing. Credit: USDA.

Scenic Bluberry Hill Inn in the Green Mts NF, VT. Credit: USDA.

Scenic Gamlin LakeCouer d'Alene Field OfficeUCSCUpper Columbia Salmon Clearwater District. Credit: Karen Wattenmaker.

Scenic Mineral Ridge TrailCouer d'Alene Field OfficeUCSCUpper Columbia Salmon Clearwater District. Credit: Karen Wattenmaker.

Ozark National Scenic Riverways. Credit: NPS.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Scenic
 

"Scenic river" by Kevin Rohr
Commentary: "My wife looks out across the river early in the am."
"Scenic Lake" by Peter Skadberg
Commentary: "Northern Minnesota Lake in fall."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Scenic

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

The British are fond of scenic drives with the Grand Canyon, a popular fly/drive or RV rental destination. (references)

Foreign tourism has experienced a dramatic and sustained growth over the past few years and domestic tourism is set to grow steadily off a large base. South Africa has the climate, scenic qualities, cultural diversity and eco-tourism attractions for tourist. (references)

The opportunity for the development of this market exists in combination with activities and attractions of a destination, such as accessible beaches, scenic drives, or city shopping, although a small specialty niche exists for historical travel on its own. The American Civil War and the Native American Indian are two themes that are growing in popularity. (references)

Economic History

New Zealand

Tranzrail has recently sold some of its scenic passenger services. (references)

Cayman Islands

Natural resources: Scenic beaches and underwater attractions, favorable climate. (references)

Sao Tome and Principe

The scenic islands have potential for tourism, and the government is attempting to improve its rudimentary tourist industry infrastructure. (references)

Travel

Spain

The "paradores," a chain of national hotels, offer good accommodations, usually in very scenic and/or historic settings. (references)

Costa Rica

The perennial spring climate, scenic beauty, housing, food, and ancillary services make Costa Rica a comfortable place to live. (references)

Chad

The "campement de Waza" is a hotel with a collection of small stone cottages arranged down the side of a hill offering a scenic restaurant/bar overlooking the park. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Scenic

"Scenic" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 99.27% of the time. "Scenic" is used about 275 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)99.27%27317,765
Noun (proper)0.73%2245,945
                    Total100.00%275N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Cities: Scenic


1. Scenic, SD
Zip Code(s): 57780
Country: USA

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Expression: Scenic

Expressions using "scenic": scenic artist scenic beauty scenic effects scenic motorway Scenic Oaks scenic railway scenic road scenic rout. Additional references.

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "scenic": non-scenic.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Scenic

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

scenic

924

scenic seashore

27

scenic photography

763

branson scenic railway

26

island scenic

605

adirondack railroad scenic

24

scenic wallpaper

418

scenic railroad

23

scenic picture

190

nam scenic viet

23

renault scenic

146

scenic driving direction

21

free scenic wallpaper

87

cumbres toltec scenic railroad

21

scenic drive

82

31 forest hike hiking hood mount national scenic

20

scenic background

77

scenic roads

20

scenic photo

68

ozark national scenic riverways

19

cass scenic railroad

67

acres andrew scenic

19

scenic airline

53

western maryland scenic railroad

19

scenic view

47

scenic photograph

19

scenic highway

40

ii scenic

19

desktop wallpaper scenic

31

boone railroad scenic valley

17

scenic byway

31

bourne park scenic

17

conway railroad scenic

30

ecard scenic

17

flight scenic

30

scenic train ride

16

cuyahoga railroad scenic valley

28

cave scenic

16

scenic route

27

cave collingwood scenic

16
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Scenic

Language Translations for "scenic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

skenik (scenical, stagey, stagy), teatral (camp, scenical, stagey, stagy, theatrical), piktoresk (colorful, colourful, graphic, graphical, pictorial, picturesque, scenical). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏مسرحي (dramatic, dramaturgic, scenical, stagy, theatrical, thespian), ‏مشهدي (scenical, spectacular), ‏تمثيلي (histrionic, representative, scenical), ‏تصويري (graphic, graphical, photographic, pictorial, picturesque, programmatic, scenical), ‏ديكوري (decorative, scenical). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

сценичен (acting, histrionic, playable, presentable, theatrical), театрален (dramatic, histrionic, stagy, theatrical), живописен (graphic, old world, pictorial, picturesque), панорамен (panoramic). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

风景 (landscape, scenery). (various references)

   

Czech

  

scénický (scenical), malebný (picturesque, quaint, scenical), divadelní (scenical, spectacular, theatrical). (various references)

   

Danish

  

scenisk-fluktuerende forløb af LSD-rus (scenic-fluctuating course of ebrietas, scenic-fluctuating course of narcotism), motorvej gennem en park (greenway, parkway, scenic motorway), landskabelig værdi (amenity value of the landscape, scenic value of the landscape), åbning op for områder ved hjælp af turistveje (opening up of scenic areas to the public by means of tourist routes). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

waarde van het landschap (amenity value of the landscape, scenic value of the landscape), toeristische route (scenic route), ontsluiting door toeristische routes (opening up of scenic areas to the public by means of tourist routes), landschapsreservaat (scenic reserve), hoofdverkeersader gewoonlijk gelegen in een parklandschap (greenway, parkway, scenic motorway), grote landschapseenheid (large area of scenic beauty), coulissenlandschap (scenic landscape), belevingswaarde van het landschap (amenity value of the landscape, scenic value of the landscape). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

مجسم کننده , نمایشی (Dramatic, Expository), صحنه ای , خوش منظر (Comely, Seemly, Spiffy). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

näyttämöllinen. (various references)

   

French

  

scénique (scenical). (various references)

   

German

  

szenisch, landschaftlich (regional). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

σκηνικόσ, φυσικόσ (natural, normal, physical, physicist, unstudied), θεαματικόσ (spectacular), θεατρικόσ (histrionic, stagy, theatrical). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

תפאורתי (decorative, scenical), נופי (scenical). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

színpadias (scenical, stagey, stagy, theatrical), színpadi (alarums and excursions, histrionic, scenical, theatrical). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

permai (beautiful, ornate, pretty), indah (aesthetical, chic, decorative, exquisite, gorgeous, picturesque, posh). (various references)

   

Italian

  

scenico (scenical, stage), pittoresco (colorful, colourful, picturesque, quaint, scenical), panoramico (panoramic, scenical), del paesaggio. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

風致地区 (landscape area, scenic zone), 風致林 (scenic forest), 風光絶佳 (scenic beauty), 風光明媚の地 (place of scenic beauty), 風光明媚 (scenic or natural beauty), 景勝の地 (place of scenic beauty), 名所旧跡 (scenic and historic places), 名勝 (place of scenic beauty, the sights), 形勝 (scenic beauty), 山紫水明 (scenic beauty), 勝地 (beauty spot, scenic spot), 勝景 (scenic view), スエズ運河 (multistory parking garage, scarf, scarlet, scenic mountain road, scout, skirt, sky, sky blue, sky mate, sky restaurant, skydiver, skydiving, skyjack, Skylab, sky-laboratory, skylark, skylight, skyline, skyscraper, squash, student discount air ticket, Suez Canal, sweat). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

しょうけい (a short break or breather, accession, aspiration, brief recess, commerce and economics, expedient, fine scenery, hieroglyphics, inheritance, lane, longing, path, recess, scenic view, short rest, shortcut, subtotal, succession, type of character representing pictures), しょうち (acceptance, acknowledgment, admitting, agreement, assent, awareness, beauty spot, calling together, compliance, consent, invitation, scenic spot, shallow wisdom, superficial knowledge), さんしすいめい (scenic beauty), ふうこうぜっか (scenic beauty), ふうこうめいびのち (place of scenic beauty), ふうこうめいび (scenic or natural beauty), ふうちりん (scenic forest), ふうちちく (landscape area, scenic zone), めいしょきゅうせき (scenic and historic places), めいしょう (great or famous commander, master craftsman, name, place of scenic beauty, skillful worker, the sights), スカイライン (scenic mountain road, skyline), けいしょうのち (place of scenic beauty), けいしょう (accession, alarm bell, court nobles and state ministers, figure, fire bell, image, inheritance, minor illness, minor injury, nimble, picturesque scenery, scenic beauty, shape, slight, strong and nimble, succession, title of honour, trifling). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

경치가 좋은. (various references)

   

Manx

  

reayrtagh (conspicuous, visual). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

enicscay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

teatral (dramatic, histrionic, scenical, stagey, stagy, theatrical), que conta uma história (scenical), pitoresco (colorful, colourful, pictoresque, pictorial, picturesque, scenical), pictoresco (colorful, colourful, pictoresque, pictorial, scenical), exagerado (a bit thick, exaggerated, exaggerative, fulsome, gaudy, outre, overdone, scenical, stagey, stagy, steep), dramático (dramatic, scenical, tragic), cênico (scenical, theatrical), afetado (affected, bijou, conceited, coxcombical, dandified, dollish, far-fetched, finical, foppish, forced, fulsome, mannered, miminy-piminy, niminy-piminy, pompous, precious, pretentious, prim, scenical, smug, stilted, theatrical, wiredrawn). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

scenic (acting, stage, stagy, theatrical), teatral (affected, dramatic, histrionic, spectacular, stagy, theatrical, theatrically), pitoresc (gay, graphic, graphical, pert, picturesque, picturesquely, picturesqueness, spectacular), dramatic (acting, dramatic, dramatically, theatrical, thespian), de teatru (stage, theatrical), afectat (affected, affectedly, Arty, curious, demure, demurely, euphuistic, far fetched, finical, finicking, gushing, highfalutin, highfaluting, high-flown, lackadaisical, La-di-da, mannered, miminy-piminy, mincing, namby-pamby, niminy-piminy, preciously, pretty, primly, recherche, self conscious, stilted, studied, swollen, theatrical). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

живописный (graphic, pictorial, picturesque, scenical, sightly). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

scenski (scenical), pozorišni (scenical, stage, stagey, stagy, theater, theatre, theatrical), lep (beauteous, beautiful, bonny, dreamy, fair, fine, goodly, handsome, nice, pretty, scenical), dramski (scenical, thespian). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

pintoresco (lurid, picturesque, quaint, scenical, vivid), espectacular (scenical, spectacular), escénico (scenical), dramático (dramatic, scenical, stagey, stagy, sweeping), del paisaje (scenical). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

scenisk (scenical, theatrical), scen- (scenical), teater- (histrionic, scenical, theatrical), naturskön (scenical). (various references)

   

Thai

  

เกี่ยวกับฉาก, เกี่ยวกับภาพภูมิประเทศ (scenical, scenically), น่าดึงดูดใจ (fascinated, jazzy, sensational). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

sahne ile ilgili, sahne (arena, boards, scene, set, setting, site, stage), manzaralı, manzara (landscape, lookout, panorama, Paysage, prospect, raree show, scene, scenery, sight, spectacle, view, vista), doğa filmi. (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

сценічний (histrionic, stage, theatrical), театральний (dramatic, histrionic, melodramatic, spectacular, stagey, stagy, theatral, theatrical), награний (histrionic, scenical), бундючний (bombastic, cavalier, chilly, cockish, flatulent, haughty, highfalutin, highfaluting, high-hearted, mouth-filling, overly, pompous, puffed up, scenical, snobbish, snobby, swollen). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

vờ vĩnh (scenical), màu mè (affected, affectedly, apish, butter, mincing, scenical, theatrical). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Scenic

Derivations

Words beginning with "scenic": scenical, scenically. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Scenic" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Cencio, ceni, Scanie, sceenic, scei, sceinc, Sceli, scenica, sceny, Schnirch, scienc, scinc, Scolnick, seenic, senic, senice, senick. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Scenic"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "scenic" (pronounced sē"nik)
4-ē" n i kneotenic.
3-n i kallophonic, arsenic, avionic, beatnik, botanic, bubonic, calisthenic, carcinogenic, catatonic, chronic, clinic, conic, cynic, demonic, diatonic, Dominick, electronic, embryonic, ethnic, eugenic, galvanic, ganglionic, germanic, gnomonic, hallucinogenic, harmonic, hedonic, hegemonic, histrionic, hydroponic, hypersonic, hypertonic, inorganic, ionic, ironic, isoelectronic, isotonic, kibbutznik, laconic, leptonic, manic, masonic, mechanic, messianic, microelectronic, mnemonic, monoclinic, monophonic, multiethnic, nucleonic, oceanic, organic, orogenic, ovonic, panic, pathogenic, pharaonic, philharmonic, phonic, photogenic, planktonic, platonic, plutonic, pneumonic, polyphonic, polytechnic, psychogenic, pyrotechnic, refusenik, sardonic, satanic, schizophrenic, sonic, splenic, Sputnik, supersonic, symphonic, synchronic, technic, tectonic, telegenic, telephonic, Titanic, tonic, transgenic, transoceanic, tunic, tympanic, ultrasonic, volcanic.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Scenic

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-c-e-i-n-s"

-1 letter: cines, since.

-2 letters: cine, ices, nice, sice, sine.

-3 letters: cis, ens, ice, ins, sec, sei, sen, sic, sin.

-4 letters: en, es, in, is, ne, si.

 Words containing the letters "c-c-e-i-n-s"
 

+1 letter: cinches, concise, science.

 

+2 letters: calcines, chicanes, chickens, chicness, chinches, clinches, cocaines, conceits, conchies, conciser, cornices, croceins, licences, scenical, sciences, speccing, synectic, technics, vaccines, zecchins.

 

+3 letters: accessing, accession, accidents, arccosine, cadencies, canticles, catechins, chanciest, chicaners, cicerones, cinctures, clinchers, cocineras, cockiness, coercions, cogencies, coincides, colicines, conceives, concisely, concisest, conscribe, convinces, coprinces, corniches, cornicles, crescendi, croceines, culicines, decencies, desiccant, economics, ecumenics, encaustic, encircles, enclitics, encyclics, licencees, licencers, lucencies, mechanics, mischance, nescience, occidents, pinchecks, precincts, recencies, succinate, syncretic, tectonics, unicycles, vacancies, vaccinees, zecchinos.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Slideshow
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Images: Digital Art
8. Quotations: Non-fiction
9. Usage Frequency
10. Cities
11. Expressions
12. Expressions: Internet
13. Translations: Modern
14. Derivations
15. Rhymes
16. Anagrams
17. Bibliography


  

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