EXTRAVAGANZAS Synonyms

• (plural) optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision

• a formal event performed on a special occasion

• any activity that is performed in an especially solemn elaborate or formal way

• the proper or conventional behavior on some solemn occasion

• something that happens at a given place and time

• a special set of circumstances

• a phenomenon located at a single point in space-time; the fundamental observational entity in relativity theory

• a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon

• a day or period of time set aside for feasting and celebration

• an organized series of acts and performances (usually in one place)

• a gay festivity

• an elaborate representation of scenes from history etc; usually involves a parade with rich costumes

• a rich and spectacular ceremony

• a dramatic or musical entertainment

• the act of presenting a play or a piece of music or other entertainment

• the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it

• any recognized accomplishment

• process or manner of functioning or operating

• the act or process of producing something

• a presentation for the stage or screen or radio or television

• an artifact that has been created by someone or some process

• (law) the act of exhibiting in a court of law

• the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time)

• a display that is exaggerated or unduly complicated

• (economics) manufacturing or mining or growing something (usually in large quantities) for sale

• the creation of value or wealth by producing goods and services

• an act or social event involving a public performance or entertainment

• something intended to communicate a particular impression

• pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression

• give an exhibition of to an interested audience

• establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment

• provide evidence for

• make visible or noticeable

• show in, or as in, a picture

• give expression to

• indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively

• be or become visible or noticeable

• indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments

• give evidence of, as of records

• take (someone) to their seats, as in theaters or auditoriums

• finish third or better in a horse or dog race