[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

spectacular \spectac"ular\, a.
   1. of or pertaining to a shows; of the nature of a show.
      "spectacular sports." --g. hickes.
      1913 webster

   2. adapted to excite wonder and admiration by a display of
      pomp or of scenic effects; as, a spectacular celebration
      of some event; a spectacular play.
      1913 webster

   3. pertaining to spectacles, or glasses for the eyes.
      1913 webster
      1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

spectacular
     adj 1: sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect; "a
            dramatic sunset"; "a dramatic pause"; "a spectacular
            display of northern lights"; "it was a spectacular
            play"; "his striking good looks always created a
            sensation" syn: dramatic, striking
     2: of the nature of spectacle or drama; "spectacular dives from
        the cliff"
     3: having a quality that thrusts itself into attention; "an
        outstanding fact of our time is that nations poisoned by
        anti semitism proved less fortunate in regard to their own
        freedom"; "a new theory is the most prominent feature of
        the book"; "salient traits"; "a spectacular rise in
        prices"; "a striking thing about picadilly circus is the
        statue of eros in the center"; "a striking resemblance
        between parent and child" syn: outstanding, prominent,
         salient, striking
     n : a lavishly produced performance; "they put on a christmas
         spectacular"
see also:
dramatic striking outstanding prominent salient 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

74 moby thesaurus words for "spectacular":
   actor-proof, all-star, amazing, astonishing, astounding, ballet,
   balletic, blatant, brazen, brazenfaced, breathtaking, cinematic,
   cinematographic, colorful, confounding, crude, dramatic,
   dramatical, eye-opening, film, filmic, flagrant, flaring,
   flaunting, garish, gaudy, glaring, gorgeous, ham, hammy,
   histrionic, legitimate, loud, lurid, melodramatic, meretricious,
   milked, mind-boggling, miraculous, monodramatic, movie, obtrusive,
   operatic, overacted, overplayed, overwhelming, prodigious, scenic,
   screaming, sensational, shameless, stagelike, stageworthy,
   staggering, stagy, starstruck, startling, stellar, striking,
   stunning, stupendous, surprising, tawdry, theaterlike, theatrical,
   thespian, thrilling, thrown away, underacted, underplayed,
   vaudevillian, vulgar, wonderful, wondrous

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