'Extravaganza' definitions:
Definition of 'extravaganza'
(from WordNet)
noun
Any lavishly staged or spectacular entertainment
Definition of 'Extravaganza'
From: GCIDE
- Extravaganza \Ex*trav`a*gan"za\, n. [Extravagance with an Italian ending: cf. It. stravaganza.]
- 1. A composition, as in music, or in the drama, designed to produce effect by its wild irregularity; esp., a musical caricature. [1913 Webster]
- 2. An extravagant flight of sentiment or language. [1913 Webster]
- 3. a lavish or spectacular show or event, or presentation; as, Disney staged an extravaganza in Central Park that drew many thousands. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'extravaganza'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- antimasque,
- audience success,
- ballet,
- blatancy,
- bomb,
- brazenness,
- broadcast drama,
- burlesque show,
- canard,
- charade,
- cliff hanger,
- closet drama,
- colorfulness,
- comedy drama,
- concoction,
- critical success,
- crudeness,
- dash,
- daytime serial,
- dazzle,
- dazzlingness,
- dialogue,
- documentary drama,
- drama,
- dramalogue,
- dramatic play,
- dramatic series,
- duodrama,
- duologue,
- epic theater,
- experimental theater,
- exposition,
- extravagance,
- extravagation,
- fable,
- fabrication,
- failure,
- fiction,
- figment,
- flagrancy,
- flamboyance,
- flashiness,
- flop,
- forgery,
- gaiety,
- garishness,
- gasser,
- gaudery,
- gaudiness,
- giveaway,
- glare,
- glitter,
- gorgeousness,
- Grand Guignol,
- happening,
- hit,
- hit show,
- improvisational drama,
- invention,
- jauntiness,
- jazziness,
- legitimate drama,
- loudness,
- luridness,
- masque,
- melodrama,
- meretriciousness,
- minstrel show,
- miracle,
- miracle play,
- monodrama,
- monologue,
- morality,
- morality play,
- music drama,
- musical revue,
- mystery,
- mystery play,
- myth,
- obtrusiveness,
- opera,
- pageant,
- panache,
- panel show,
- pantomime,
- Passion play,
- pastoral,
- pastoral drama,
- piece,
- play,
- playlet,
- problem play,
- production,
- psychodrama,
- quiz show,
- radio drama,
- review,
- revue,
- romance,
- sensational play,
- sensationalism,
- serial,
- shamelessness,
- show,
- showiness,
- sitcom,
- situation comedy,
- sketch,
- skit,
- soap,
- soap opera,
- sociodrama,
- spectacle,
- spectacular,
- sportiness,
- stage play,
- stage show,
- straight drama,
- success,
- suspense drama,
- tableau,
- tableau vivant,
- talk show,
- tawdriness,
- teleplay,
- television drama,
- television play,
- theater of cruelty,
- Tom show,
- total theater,
- variety show,
- vaudeville,
- vaudeville show,
- vehicle,
- vulgarness,
- word-of-mouth success,
- work