pageant

Speech parts

1. pageant - Noun

2. pageant - Adjective

3. pageant - Verb

Meaning

A theatrical exhibition; a spectacle.

An elaborate exhibition devised for the entertainmeut of a distinguished personage, or of the public; a show, spectacle, or display.

Of the nature of a pageant; spectacular.

To exhibit in show; to represent; to mimic.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

pageantry march jubilee masque expo carnival kaleidoscope cavalcade show play production performance event opera festival
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Antonyms

cover screen conclusion hiding fake disguise
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Hypernyms

representation ceremony ceremonial observance ceremonial occasion

Phrases with the word

pageant-queen in a beauty pageant theatrical pageant dramatic pageant

Anagrams

Napgate

Examples

The day of the sun is like the day of a king. It is a promenade in the morning, a sitting on the throne at noon, a pageant in the evening. Wallace Stevens

When I am dead, no pageant train shall waste their sorrows at my bier. Nor worthless pomp of homage vain stain it with hypocritic tear. Edward Everett

Shortly thereafter, some friends encouraged me to try out for the Miss South Carolina World beauty pageant. To my surprise, I won - and was sent to New York City to compete nationally. Donna Rice

I know that I've got big ears and a big forehead and that my hair sticks up. But I'm happy with myself. I'm not necessarily trying to win a beauty pageant here. Clay Aiken

Back in the day after I won my first pageant there was an agency that was getting me work on the side. Maria Menounos

History is the great dust-heap... a pageant and not a philosophy. Augustine Birrell

Close letter words and terms

page-turny pageability pageable pageant fever pageant-goer pageant-queen