Spectacular
What it means
Exceptionally impressive or beautiful.
Reach for it when giving emphatic praise to something visually or dramatically impressive
The hilltop offered a spectacular view at sunrise.
Words to choose between 6
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playful
showstopping
Fits when a performance seizes attention from everything around it
Careful Showstopping is theatrical language and sounds excessive for sober professional results.
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everyday
Fits when beauty creates an immediate, almost speechless reaction
Careful Stunning centers the viewer's shock and can fit something with no scale or spectacle.
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warm
Fits when awe and beauty are the emotional point
Careful Breathtaking is an intense personal reaction, not a measured assessment of quality.
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professional
Fits when strong achievement should be praised without hype
Careful Impressive is safer and cooler when the result does not create a dramatic display.
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formal
Fits when grandeur and dignity deserve emphasis
Careful Magnificent sounds stately; spectacular can be fast, modern, or exuberant.
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literary
Fits when brilliance, color, or virtuosity overwhelms pleasantly
Careful Dazzling suggests brightness or display and may misfit a vast quiet landscape.
Opposites 3
- mediocre
- underwhelming
- drab
Common phrases 3
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spectacular view
A spectacular view opened beyond the final bend in the trail.
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spectacular success
The restoration became a spectacular success after years of patient work.
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spectacular display
A spectacular display of lanterns filled the riverside park.
Definitions and examples are written for this site. How words are chosen Recording: Vealhurl, Southern England accent, from Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 Updated