spectacular
265
3.5
- adjective
- /spɛkˈtækjələr/
:
espectacular
- The athlete's spectacular performance captivated the audience and earned her a standing ovation.
- a spectacular view
- a spectacular success
- spectacular growth
It's it's been a spectacular place to spend my life.
- It's it's been a spectacular place to spend my life.
- All right, listen, we have really a spectacular guest in store for you today.
- But it is a spectacular non fiction book.
- And with HIV, HIV was actually a fairly spectacular success story.
- The bronzing ones I think are spectacular, wildly overpriced, but they're gorgeous.
- And so they're going to have some sudden spectacular performance someday in the future.
Examples
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Jordan was looking out on one of the most spectacular views on Earth.
Academic text (2011) -
Truly, it is the most spectacular view walking across Granville.
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But life is way more spectacular than that in many, many ways.
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All right, listen, we have really a spectacular guest in store for you today.
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But Even so, this is a spectacular result.
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Another week or two, and the whole countryside would be a spectacular festival of color.
Fiction book (1990) -
We have a long history of spectacular discoveries and all sorts of fields.
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The sun sinks below the horizon, creating a spectacular show of color and shadows across the mountains.
Fiction book (1993) -
You look spectacular.
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The fireworks display was truly spectacular, lighting up the night sky in vibrant colors.
Synonyms
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1.0
Causing great surprise and admiration
918
3.0
Impressive and large in appearance or style
626
1.9
Very good and impressive, making you feel pleased
588
2.8
Unusual and easy to notice because it is different or surprising
584
3.4
Causing people to admire it, like a building or performance, because it is very good
358
3.6
Very noticeable and meant to get attention, like a long pause or strong gesture
299
3.9
Very impressive and beautiful in appearance or style
257
3.4
Much better than most others in skill or quality
253
3.6
Very beautiful and impressive in a way that makes people admire it
129
4.1
Being much better than normal or usual
113
5.4
Very impressive and much better than normal
110
3.5
Very impressive and beautiful
95
4.1
Causes strong excitement and gets a lot of attention from many people
83
4.1
Very surprising and having a strong effect on people
77
3.5
A very beautiful and surprising sight that amazes you
60
5.8
Very impressive and causing strong surprise
56
3.8
Attracting attention because it looks unusual or very beautiful
39
3.9
Very impressive and attractive in a way that gets attention
30
3.2
Very impressive and grand in appearance or style
24
5.3
Very large and surprising in a way that shocks you
19
7.5
Very large or impressive in a way that surprises people
19
6.7
Very large or impressive in a way that amazes people
5
4.2
So surprising that it seems hard to believe
5
3.4
Very surprising and making you feel great wonder
1
7.7
Large and impressive in a way that makes people feel wonder
1
4.1
Very impressive and making people feel amazed
1
7.5
Very beautiful and impressive to look at
1
5.5
Very impressive and much better than you expect
Antonyms
Idioms
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Morphology
Etymology
Spectacular as an adjective comes from the same root spect- and the Latin specere, meaning 'to look', and from spectacle ('a show'). So something spectacular is very impressive and made to make people look.