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scene - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | scene |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | setting of a performance or event |
| Synonyms: | arena, backdrop, background, display, exhibition, flat, landscape, locale, location, outlook, pageant, picture, place, representation, scenery, set, setting, show, sight, site, spectacle, spot, stage, tableau, theater, view, blackout, flats, locality, mise en scène, seascape |
| Notes: | an act is the main dramatic unit and a scene is a division within an act |
| Main Entry: | scene |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | part of a dramatic performance |
| Synonyms: | act, bit, episode, incident, part, piece, routine, spot, schtick |
| Main Entry: | scene |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | display of emotion |
| Synonyms: | commotion, confrontation, exhibition, fit, fuss, performance, row, tantrum, to-do*, upset, carrying-on, temper tantrum |
| Antonyms: | composure |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | scene |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | field of interest |
| Synonyms: | arena, business, compass, culture, environment, field, milieu, setting, sphere, world |
| Main Entry: | adventure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | risky or unexpected undertaking |
| Synonyms: | chance, contingency, enterprise, experience, exploit, feat, happening, hazard, incident, jeopardy, occurrence, peril, scene, speculation, trip, undertaking, venture, emprise, endangerment |
| Antonyms: | avoidance, inaction, inertia, passiveness, stillness, inactivity, latency |
| Main Entry: | circumstance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | situation, condition |
| Synonyms: | Moira, accident, action, adjunct, affair, article, case, cause, coincidence, concern, contingency, crisis, destiny, detail, doom, element, episode, event, exigency, fact, factor, fate, feature, fortuity, go, happening, happenstance, incident, intervention, item, juncture, kismet, lot, matter, occasion, occurrence, particular, phase, place, point, portion, proviso, respect, scene, status, stipulation, supervention, thing, time, where it's at |
| Main Entry: | controversy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | debate, dispute |
| Synonyms: | altercation, argument, beef*, brush, contention, difference, discussion, disputation, embroilment, falling-out*, flak, fuss, hurrah, miff, quarrel, row, rumpus, scene, scrap, squabble, strife, tiff*, words, wrangle, bickering, dissention, polemic, wrangling |
| Antonyms: | accord, agreement, forbearance, harmony, peace, quiet |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dissension |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conflict of opinion |
| Synonyms: | altercation, argument, contention, controversy, difference, disagreement, discord, dispute, dissent, dissidence, faction, flak*, friction, fuss, quarrel, scene, static, strife, trouble, variance, wrangle, bad vibes, bickering, clinker, disaccord, discordance, disunity, factionalism, sour note |
| Antonyms: | agreement, approval, authorization, concurrence, confirmation, peace, ratification |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | environment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | surroundings, atmosphere |
| Synonyms: | aura, backdrop, background, circumstances, climate, conditions, context, domain, element, entourage, habitat, hood*, jungle*, locale, medium, milieu, neck of the woods, neighborhood, scene, scenery, setting, situation, status, surroundings, terrain, territory, turf, zoo, ambiance, encompassment, purlieus, stomping ground |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fuss |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disturbance, trouble |
| Synonyms: | ado, agitation, altercation, argument, bother, broil*, bustle, commotion, complaint, confusion, controversy, difficulty, display, dispute, excitement, falling-out*, fight, flap, flurry, flutter, fret, furor, hassle, objection, palaver, perturbation, quarrel, row, ruckus, scene, squabble, stew*, stink*, stir, storm, to-do*, turmoil, unrest, upset, worry, bickering, kick-up, wingding |
| Antonyms: | calm, peace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | happening |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | occurrence |
| Synonyms: | accident, adventure, affair, case, chance, circumstance, episode, event, experience, go*, incident, milestone, occasion, phenomenon, proceeding, scene, thing* |
| Antonyms: | method, plan, system |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | incident |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | occurrence |
| Synonyms: | adventure, circumstance, episode, event, fact, happening, matter, milestone, occasion, scene, trip |
| Main Entry: | landscape |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | countryside; picture of countryside |
| Synonyms: | outlook, painting, panorama, photograph, prospect, scene, scenery, sketch, view, vista, mural |
| Main Entry: | locale/locality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical setting |
| Synonyms: | area, bailiwick, belt, district, domain, haunt, hole, home, location, neck of the woods, neighborhood, place, position, region, scene, sector, site, sphere, spot, stage, territory, theater, tract, turf, venue, vicinity, zone, locus, stomping ground |
| Main Entry: | location |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place of residence or activity |
| Synonyms: | area, district, fix*, hole, locale, neck of the woods, neighborhood, part, point, position, post, region, scene, section, site, situation, spot, station, tract, turf, venue, whereabouts, bearings, locality, locus |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lookout |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | guard; place from which to guard |
| Synonyms: | anchor, beacon, belvedere, case, catbird seat*, citadel, crow's nest, cupola, eagle eye*, hawk, observance, observation, observatory, outlook, overlook, panorama, patrol, post, scene, scout, sentinel, sentry, spotter, station, surveillance, tip, tower, view, vigil, vigilance, ward, watch, watch person watchtower, watcher, weather eye* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | milieu |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | environment, atmosphere |
| Synonyms: | ambience, background, bag, climate, element, locale, location, medium, neighborhood, place, scene, setting, space, sphere, surroundings, turf, ambient, mise-en-scène, nabe |
| Main Entry: | mood |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | state of mind |
| Synonyms: | affection, air, atmosphere, attitude, aura, bent*, blues*, caprice, character, color*, condition, crotchet, cue, depression, desire, disposition, doldrums, dumps*, emotion, fancy, feel*, feeling, frame of mind*, humor, inclination, individuality, melancholy, mind, personality, pleasure, propensity, response, scene, semblance, soul, spirit, strain, temper, temperament, tendency, tenor, timbre, vagary, vein, whim, wish, high spirits, low spirits |
| Antonyms: | health |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | occurrence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | happening, development |
| Synonyms: | accident, adventure, affair, appearance, circumstance, condition, contingency, emergency, episode, event, exigency, existence, incidence, incident, instance, juncture, manifestation, occasion, pass, piece, proceeding, routine, scene, situation, state, thing*, transaction, materialization, transpiration |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | outburst |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fit of temper |
| Synonyms: | access, attack, blow, burst, discharge, eruption, explosion, flare, flare-up, frenzy, gush, gust, outbreak, outpouring, paroxysm, rapture, scene, spasm, storm, surge, tantrum, transport, upheaval, conniption |
| Antonyms: | harmony, order, peace |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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