| Main Entry: | tableau |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | scene, often painted |
Synonyms: |
illustration, picture, representation, spectacle, view |
| Main Entry: | pageant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | spectacle or contest |
Synonyms: |
celebration, charade, display, exhibition, exposition, extravaganza, fair, make-believe, motorcade, parade, pomp, procession, ritual, show, tableau |
| Main Entry: | picture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | illustration, likeness of something |
Synonyms: |
account, art, blueprint, canvas, cartoon, copy, delineation, depiction, description, doodle, double, draft, drawing, duplicate, effigy, engraving, figure, icon, image, impression, lookalike, outline, painting, panorama, photo, photograph, piece, portrait, portrayal, presentment, print, re-creation, replica, report, representation, ringer, similitude, simulacrum, sketch, spectacle, spitting image, statue, tableau, twin |
| Main Entry: | scene |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | setting of a performance or event |
Synonyms: |
arena, backdrop, background, blackout, display, exhibition, flat, flats, landscape, locale, locality, location, mise en scène, outlook, pageant, picture, place, representation, scenery, seascape, set, setting, show, sight, site, spectacle, spot, stage, tableau, theater, view |
| Notes: | an act is the main dramatic unit and a scene is a division within an act |
| Main Entry: | spectacle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something showy; exhibition |
Synonyms: |
comedy, curiosity, demonstration, display, drama, event, exposition, extravaganza, marvel, movie, pageant, parade, performance, phenomenon, play, production, representation, scene, show, sight, spectacular, tableau, view, wonder |
Antonyms: |
normality, ordinariness |
| Main Entry: | view |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something that is seen |
Synonyms: |
appearance, aspect, composition, contour, design, field of vision, glimpse, illustration, landscape, look, opening, outline, outlook, panorama, perspective, picture, prospect, range of vision, representation, scene, seascape, show, sight, spectacle, stretch, tableau, vision, vista, way |
| Main Entry: | set piece |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | piece of scenery; formal work of art |
Synonyms: |
ceremony, scenery, stage set, tableau |
| Main Entry: | mise en scene |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | scene |
Synonyms: |
arena, backdrop, background, blackout, display, exhibition, flat, flats, landscape, locale, locality, location, mise en scène, outlook, pageant, picture, place, representation, scenery, seascape, set, setting, show, sight, site, spectacle, spot, stage, tableau, theater, view |