spectacle
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
- dashed outline: no word in this language
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
something or someone seen (especially a notable or unusual sight)
the tragic spectacle of cripples trying to escape
Types & categories
- sight hypernym
Related & opposite
- salient derivation
Sense 2 noun
an elaborate and remarkable display on a lavish scale
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- spectacular derivation
Sense 3 noun
a blunder that makes you look ridiculous; used in the phrase `make a spectacle of' yourself
Types & categories
- blunder hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | salient |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | sight |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | spectacular |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | display |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | bullfight |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | naumachy |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | blunder |