Pageant and Scene

Pageant

Pageant noun - A staged presentation often with music that consists of a procession of narrated or enacted scenes.
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Synonyms for Pageant

Scene is a synonym for pageant in exhibition topic. In some cases you can use "Scene" instead a noun "Pageant", when it comes to topics like parade.

Nearby Word: pageantry

Scene

Scene noun - The place and time in which the action for a portion of a dramatic work (as a movie) is set.
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Synonyms for Scene

Pageant is a synonym for scene in exhibition topic. You can use "Pageant" instead a noun "Scene", if it concerns topics such as showing, show, setting of a performance or event.

Nearby Words: scenery, scenic

How words are described

best best pageant best scene
small small pageant small scene
actual actual pageant actual scene
entire entire pageant entire scene
Other adjectives: big, little, new, competitive, later, next.

Both words in one sentence

  • In the film Smile, none of the actresses playing the pageant contestants were told who the winner was until the scene was being shot.
  • Series / Orange Is the New Black This trope is especially pronounced in the very last scene of the last episode of season one: Everyone except Chapman is having a great time at the Christmas pageant, inmates and guards all together.
  • Mood Dissonance The use of this trope is especially pronounced in the very last scene of the last episode of season one: Everyone except Chapman is having a great time at the Christmas pageant, inmates and guards all together.
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