What is another word for extravaganzas?

Pronunciation: [ɛkstɹˌavəɡˈanzəz] (IPA)

Extravaganzas are grand events or spectacles that are typically characterized by their lavish nature and over-the-top extravagance. Some of the most popular synonyms for the term include extravagance, spectacle, splendor, pageantry, gala, grandeur, and magnificence. Each of these terms evokes a sense of grandeur and opulence that is typically associated with extravagant events, making them ideal alternatives for writers and speakers looking to spice up their language. Whether used to describe a wedding, a fashion show, or a political rally, these synonyms convey a sense of awe and wonder that captures the essence of what it means to experience a truly spectacular extravaganza.

What are the hypernyms for Extravaganzas?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Extravaganzas

There are marvellous episodes in it, splendid extravaganzas like the story of Hogg's stay in Dublin, where he locked the door of his bedroom for security, and the boy Pat crept through the panel of the door to get his boots and keep them from him, and a man in the room below pushed up a plank in the floor that he might converse, not with Hogg, but with the man in the room above him; there is the anecdote of the little banker who was convinced that Wordsworth was a poet because he had trained himself to write in the dark if he woke up and had an inspiration.
"The Silent Isle"
Arthur Christopher Benson
With the entrance of company came Constance's return from extravaganzas to a sufficiently graceful every-day manner, only enough touched with high spirits and lawlessness to free it from the charge of commonplace.
"Queechy, Volume II"
Elizabeth Wetherell
Gravity, solemnity, seriousness, are conspicuous by their absence; even that 'restraint' which is the salient characteristic of Greek expression in literature no less than in Art, is largely relaxed in the rough-and-tumble, informal, miscellaneous modern phantasmagoria of these diverting extravaganzas.
"The Eleven Comedies"
Aristophanes et al

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