pageant

pageant
Synonyms and related words:
Grand Guignol, Passion play, Tom show, affair, antimasque, audience success, ballet, blazon, bomb, bravura, brilliancy, broadcast drama, burlesque show, ceremony, charade, cliff hanger, closet drama, comedy drama, cosmorama, critical success, cyclorama, daring, dash, daytime serial, demonstration, dialogue, diorama, disguise, display, documentary drama, drama, dramalogue, dramatic play, dramatic series, dramatics, duodrama, duologue, eclat, epic theater, etalage, event, exhibit, exhibition, exhibitionism, experimental theater, exposition, extravaganza, failure, false front, fanfaronade, figure, flair, flaunt, flaunting, flop, flourish, formality, gala, gasser, georama, giveaway, grandeur, happening, histrionics, hit, hit show, improvisational drama, legitimate drama, light show, manifestation, masque, melodrama, minstrel show, miracle, miracle play, monodrama, monologue, morality, morality play, music drama, musical revue, myriorama, mystery, mystery play, opera, pageantry, panel show, panorama, pantomime, parade, pastoral, pastoral drama, phantasmagoria, piece, play, playlet, pomp, presentation, pretentiousness, problem play, procession, psychedelic show, psychodrama, quiz show, radio drama, representation, review, revue, ritual, sensational play, serial, sham, shifting scene, show, showing-off, sight, sitcom, situation comedy, sketch, skit, soap, soap opera, sociodrama, spectacle, splash, splurge, stage play, stage show, staginess, straight drama, success, suspense drama, tableau, tableau vivant, talk show, teleplay, television drama, television play, theater of cruelty, theatrics, total theater, variety show, vaudeville, vaudeville show, vaunt, vehicle, word-of-mouth success, work

Moby Thesaurus. . 1996.

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  • Pageant — Pag eant (p[a^]j ent or p[=a] jent; 277), n. [OE. pagent, pagen, originally, a movable scaffold or stage, hence, what was exhibited on it, fr. LL. pagina, akin to pangere to fasten; cf. L. pagina page, leaf, slab, compaginare to join together,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Pageant — Pag eant, a. Of the nature of a pageant; spectacular. Pageant pomp. Dryden. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • pageant — ► NOUN 1) a public entertainment consisting of a procession of people in elaborate costumes, or an outdoor performance of a historical scene. 2) (also beauty pageant) N. Amer. a beauty contest. 3) historical a scene erected on a fixed stage or… …   English terms dictionary

  • Pageant — Pag eant, v. t. To exhibit in show; to represent; to mimic. [R.] He pageants us. Shak. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • pageant — (n.) late 14c., play in a cycle of mystery plays, from M.L. pagina, perhaps from L. pagina page of a book (see PAGE (Cf. page) (n.1)) on notion of manuscript of a play. But an early sense in Middle English also was stage or scene of a play (late… …   Etymology dictionary

  • pageant — m <izg. pȅdžent> DEFINICIJA 1. pov. dramska izvedba koja prikazuje cikluse živih slika s biblijskim, mitološkim, alegorijskim temama; alegorična slika 2. svečana povorka, parada, pompozna svečanost, priredba 3. pren. lažan sjaj ETIMOLOGIJA… …   Hrvatski jezični portal

  • pageant — [n] spectacle or contest celebration, charade, display, exhibition, exposition, extravaganza, fair, make believe, motorcade, parade, pomp, procession, ritual, show, tableau; concepts 292,377 …   New thesaurus

  • pageant — [paj′ənt] n. [ME pagent (with unhistoric t) < earlier pagyn < Anglo L pagina, scene displayed on a stage, stage < L, PAGE1] 1. Historical a) an individual scene in a medieval mystery play b) any of a series of movable outdoor platforms… …   English World dictionary

  • pageant — pageanteer, n. pageantic /peuh jan tik/, adj. /paj euhnt/, n. 1. an elaborate public spectacle illustrative of the history of a place, institution, or the like, often given in dramatic form or as a procession of colorful floats. 2. a costumed… …   Universalium

  • Pageant — A pageant can refer to: * Procession or ceremony in elaborate costume * Beauty contest, or Beauty pageant * Religion: ** Medieval pageant, a narrative medieval procession connected with a festival ** Nativity play, or Christmas pageant * Pageant… …   Wikipedia

  • pageant — [[t]pæ̱ʤənt[/t]] pageants 1) N COUNT A pageant is a colourful public procession, show, or ceremony. Pageants are usually held out of doors and often celebrate events or people from history. 2) N COUNT A pageant or a beauty pageant is a… …   English dictionary

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