pageant

pageant

noun

Definition of PAGEANT

1

a staged presentation often with music that consists of a procession of narrated or enacted scenes <we always put on a Christmas pageant every year>

Synonyms cavalcade

Related Words tableau; kaleidoscope, montage, panorama; drama, dramatization, play; demonstration, performance, presentation, production; exhibition, extravaganza, show, spectacle; parade, procession, progress

2

an elaborate, visually exciting show or event <an annual summertime pageant depicting the town's founding and colorful early history>

Synonyms circus, pageant, raree-show, spectacle, spectacular

Related Words display, exhibit, exhibition, exposition