Spectacular

Definition: Spectacular

Spectacular

Adjective

1. 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".

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

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".

Noun

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

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

Date "spectacular" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references)

Business

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

Synonyms: Spectacular

Ostentation

Theatrical, dramatic, spectacular; ceremonial, ritual.

Crosswords: Spectacular

No dad, it was spectacular. (American Beauty; writing credit: Alan Ball)

It will be: Spectacular Spectacular (Moulin Rouge!; writing credit: Baz Luhrmann; Craig Pearce)

There are things about you that I like, you're smart, you're funny, you're spectacular in bed. But you are intolerable (Fight Club; writing credit: Jim Uhls)

I must say, the most recent campus sporting event was quite spectacular. (Family Guy; writing credit: Dolores Payás)

That was a truly spectacular sentence (Sports Night; writing credit: Tom Brady; Kevin Falls)

The CBS Sports Spectacular (1960)

A Spectacular Start (1899)

The 2002 Blockbuster Hollywood Christmas Spectacular (2002)

Katja Kean's Sport's Spectacular (1999)

Sin City Spectacular (1998)

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

Books

• Classic Treks: The 30 Most Spectacular Hikes in the World [BARGAIN PRICE] (reference)

• Ghost Layers & Color Washes: Three Steps to Spectacular Quilts (reference)

• Spectacular China (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Evel Knievel's Spectacular Jumps (reference)

• Gaelforce Dance: The Irish Dance Spectacular (reference)

• Marty Stouffer's Wild America - Spectacular Showdowns (reference)

• Spectacular 6 Minute Centerpieces (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Celtic Spectacular (reference)

• The Spectacular Voice of Marilyn Horne: Rossini / Horne (reference)

• Trumpet Spectacular (reference)

• A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular (reference)

• Big Band Spectacular [BOX SET] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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

In the weeks following comet P/Shoemaker-Levy 9's spectacular July collision with Jupiter, a ... Credit: NASA.

Jubilant astronomers unveiled humankind's most spectacular views of the universe, courtesy of ... Credit: NASA.

Spectacular vines at the Key West Garden Club gardens at the West Martello, a part of the Civil War era defenses of Key West on the south side of the island. Note the adult arm on the right side of the photo for scale of vegetation. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Arc with spectacular reflection higher in the sky - note reversal of spectrum. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Spectacular eye and eye wall photograph taken from NOAA P-3. Credit: Flying With NOAA.

In: "The Meteor Expedition," by F. Spiess, German Atlantic Expedition 1925-1927. A glacier and spectacular mountain scenery at South Georgia Island. Plate 83. Library Call Number C/La S755. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

"Target diving"--National 10-foot diving champ, Johnny Riley, poses as human arrow in the spectacular stunt. Credit: Library of Congress.

George Kleine presents, The Last Days of Pompeii, a spectacular photo-drama / The H.C. Miner Litho. Co., N.Y. Credit: Library of Congress.

The ladder of life a grand spectacular production : a realistic melo-drama. Credit: Library of Congress.

Chas. Banks' original spectacular burlesque. Credit: Library of Congress.

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

Health

At the beginning, the WHO program, which combined insecticide spraying and drug treatment, had many successes, some of which were spectacular. (references)

Business

One reason for South Korea’s spectacular growth is its aggressive advertising campaigns and lower price. (references)

The Rural Cooperate Medical System was a pivotal instrument in China’s spectacular improvement of health indicators. (references)

Korea did not attain its spectacular economic growth overnight, and likewise it will not be able to restructure overnight. (references)

Economic History

Cape Verde

Sand carried by high winds has created spectacular rock formations on all islands, especially the windward ones. (references)

Spain

Sectors destined for future growth include telecommunications, which continues to register spectacular increases. (references)

Egypt

Its unmatched ancient monuments and spectacular coral reefs have made tourism its single largest foreign exchange earner. (references)

Trade

Korea

This attitude has changed, particularly since the spectacular mid-1999 collapse of Daewoo Group, at that time Korea's second-largest chaebol. (references)

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

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

Beginning with "spectacular": spectacular-looking.

Ending with "spectacular": other-than-spectacular.

Albanian

mbresëlënës (awesome), madhështor (brilliant, dignified, distinguished, exalted, gorgeous, grandiose, imperial, imposing, impressive, kingly, lordly, luxurious, magnificent, majestic, monumental, olympian, palatial, princely, proud, royal, splendid, stately, sublime, superb), i mahnitshëm (admirable, wonderful, wondrous). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مذهل (amazing, astonishing, astounding, baffling, bewildering, confusing, dumbfounding, prodigious, staggering, startling, stunning, stupendous), ‏مثير (agitating, breathtaking, electrifying, excitant, excitative, exciting, fomenting, galvanizing, hair raising, impetus, incentive, inciting, inspiring, instigating, irritative, provocative, provoking, rousing, sensational, sore, stimulant, stimulating, stimulative, stirring, thrilling), ‏مشهدي (scenic, scenical), ‏عرض مثير, ‏شىء مشهديى, ‏دراماتيكي (dramatic). (various references)

Bulgarian 

грандиозно представление, грандиозен (apocalyptic, awesome, colossal, grand, grandiose, proud, sublime), вълнуващ (emotive, exciting, moving, palpitating, penetrative, soul-stirring, stirring), ефектен (effective, glamorous, glamourous, showy, swanky), пищен (baronial, exuberant, flamboyant, florid, gaudy, gingerbread, gorgeous, lavish, lordly, luscious, lush, luxuriant, opulent, palatial, pompous, profuse, rich, riotous, splendid, theatrical, voluptuous, wanton), драматичен (dramatic, theatrical, thespian). (various references)

Chinese 

壮观 (magnificent, Pageantry). (various references)

Czech

pozoruhodný (extraordinary, impressive, notable, noteworthy, noticeable, portentous, remarkable, signal, singular, striking, uncommon), okázalý (ceremonious, flamboyant, florid, fustian, glamorous, glamourous, opulent, ostentatious, pompous, stately), neobyèejný (extraordinary, phenomenal, rare, singular, special, strange, uncommon, unusual), nápadný (conspicuous, garish, gaudy, glaring, jazzy, loud, noticeable, ostentatious, outstanding, prominent, remarkable, showy, sporty, striking), divadelní (scenic, scenical, theatrical). (various references)

Farsi 

منظره دیدنی , نمایش غیرعادی , تماشاءی . (various references)

French

super-production, spectaculaire, revue à grand spectacle, publicité lumineuse, impressionnant, enseigne lumineuse. (various references)

German

eindrucksvoll (arrestingly, forceful, forcefully, impressive, impressively, striking, telling, tellingly). (various references)

Greek 

θεαματικόσ (scenic), θεαματικότητα (ratings, spectacularity), θεαματικός (sensational). (various references)

Hebrew 

מרתק (absorbing, binding, connecting, enthralling, exciting, gripping, mooring berth, thrilling), מרהיב עין (amazing, wonderful), מרהיב (attractive), ראותני (exhibitionistic, flamboyant, flashy, ostentatious, showy). (various references)

Hungarian

látványos (scenic). (various references)

Indonesian

hebat (excellent, fabulous, formidable, intense, killing, severe, super, swell, vehement). (various references)

Italian

spettacoloso, spettacolare, film spettacolare, favoloso (fabulous, terrific). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

花花しい (brilliant, magnificent), 花々しい (brilliant, magnificent), 華華しい　 (brilliant, magnificent), 華華しい (brilliant, magnificent), 華々しい (brilliant, magnificent). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

はなばなしい (brilliant, magnificent). (various references)

Korean 

장관 (Chancellor, Pageantry). (various references)

Manx

ard-hilleydagh. (various references)

Pig Latin

ectacularspay.(various references)

Portuguese

impressionante (awful, impressive, striking), grandioso (gorgeous, grand, grandiose, great, imposing, lofty, magnificent, majestic, monumental, palace, palatial, splendid, sublime, vast), espetacular, aparatoso (garish, grand, ostentatious, tawdry, theatrical). (various references)

Romanian

spectaculos, teatral (affected, dramatic, histrionic, scenic, stagy, theatrical, theatrically), pitoresc (gay, graphic, graphical, pert, picturesque, picturesquely, picturesqueness, scenic), impunãtor (commanding, dignified, grandiose, imposing, portly, stately, tremendous). (various references)

Russian 

эффектный (effective, glamor, glamorous, glamour, glamourous, showy, viewy), захватывающий (all-absorbing, arresting, blockbusting, breathtaking, breath-taking, conquering, engrossing, enthralling, riveting, thrilling), показательный (exponential, expository), импозантный. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

spektakularan. (various references)

Spanish

espectacular (scenic, scenical). (various references)

Swedish

spektakulära, spektakulär, utstyrselshow. (various references)

Turkish

olağanüstü manzara, olağanüstü (above the ordinary, breathtaking, classical, dreamy, exceeding, exceptional, extra, extraordinary, extreme, fantastic, fantastical, glorious, huge, incredible, marvellous, marvelous, miraculous, necromantic, out of this world, paramount, phenomenal, portentous, preternatural, prodigious, rare, raving, remarkable, shining, smashing, special, splendid, sublime, supernatural, supernormal, terrific, unearthly), muhteşem (August, corking, glorious, gorgeous, grand, imperial, lordly, magnific, magnifical, magnificent, majestic, noble, olympian, regal, resplendent, royal, slashing, solemn, splendid, stately, stupendous, superb), hayret verici manzara, göz alıcı (attractive, eye-catching, flamboyant, glamorous, glittering, grandiose, jazzy, radiant, refulgent, resplendent, screaming, splendiferous, staring, striking), gösterişli (artsy, Arty, arty-crafty, baronial, bombastic, chichi, dashing, declamatory, dressy, flamboyant, flash, flashily, flashy, flatulent, Flossy, garish, gingerbread, glossy, meretricious, Nobby, ostentatious, polished, posh, showy, sleek, smart, splendent, sporty, swanky, swish, thoroughbred, viewy), dikkat çekici (arresting, conspicuous, egregious, eye-catching, marked, remarkable, salient, signal, striking, well-marked), şaşırtıcı (amazing, astonishing, astounding, baffling, bewildering, colossal, confused, confusing, dazzling, incredible, intriguing, mind-bending, perplexing, puzzling, rum, staggering, startling, striking, surprising, twisty). (various references)

Ukrainian

театральний (dramatic, histrionic, melodramatic, scenic, stagey, stagy, theatral, theatrical), захоплюючий (absorbing, admirable, breath-taking, catching, catchy, engrossing, entrancing, exciting, intriguing), ефектний (chic, dramatic, effective, glamorous, glamourous, showy, telling). (various references)

Vietnamese 

đẹp mắt (sightly). (various references)

speciosa, speciosae, speciosam, speciosas, speciosi, speciosior, speciosique, speciosis, speciosissima, speciosissimam, speciosissimas, speciositas, specioso, speciosum, speciosus. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "spectacular": spectacularly, spectaculars. (additional references)

Words ending with "spectacular": nonspectacular, superspectacular, unspectacular. (additional references)

Words containing "spectacular": superspectaculars. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Spectacular" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Psittacula, spactacular, specrtacular, spectaculor, spectatular. (additional references)

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

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: aspectual, crustacea, placaters, sacculate.

-3 letters: accruals, accurate, caesural, calcspar, caltraps, capsular, captures, caraculs, claustra, palestra, pastural, placater, placates, plateaus, resculpt, saccular, scapulae, scapular, sceptral, spatular, spectral, specular.

-4 letters: accepts, accrual, accrues, accurst, accusal, accuser, acetals, apercus, apteral, arcuate, austral, caesura, calcars, calpacs, caltrap, caplets, capsule, capture, caracul, carates, carcase, carcels, carpale, carpals, carpels.

+1 letter: spectaculars.

+2 letters: spectacularly, unspectacular.

+3 letters: nonspectacular.

+4 letters: pharmaceuticals.

+5 letters: microencapsulate, superspectacular.