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Adjective spectacular has 3 senses
- dramatic, spectacular, striking - 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"
Antonym: unimpressive (indirect, via impressive)
- spectacular - of the nature of spectacle or drama; "spectacular dives from the cliff"
Antonym: undramatic (indirect, via dramatic)
- outstanding, prominent, salient, spectacular, striking - 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"
Antonyms: inconspicuous, invisible (indirect, via conspicuous)
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