extravaganza

noun

ex·​trav·​a·​gan·​za ik-ˌstra-və-ˈgan-zə 

1

: a lavish or spectacular show or event

2

: something extravagant

3

: a literary or musical work marked by extreme freedom of style and structure and usually by elements of burlesque or parody

Synonyms

• circus
• pageant
• raree-show
• spectacle
• spectacular

Examples of extravaganza in a Sentence

the over-the-top extravaganzas that are usually staged at halftime during the Super Bowl

Recent Examples on the Web

Following suit this year are a handful of festivals, sound baths, and other musical events, including an Arkansas indie extravaganza in Hot Springs National Park, an interstellar rave in rural Texas, and a Vampire Weekend show in Austin with complimentary eclipse glasses. —Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 5 Apr. 2024

Water Sports: Ski, Sail, or Fly Through the Waves Embark on a water sports extravaganza in Florida, where the options are as endless as the sunshine. —Jp Shaffer, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2024

Then in 2020, Saturday Night Live spent more than eight minutes mocking the airport in a musical extravaganza, calling out birds in the terminal, non-working electrical outlets, and shoddy baggage handling. —Rachel Chang, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Mar. 2024

Southeast Asia fans dig deep to see Swift The Eras Tour is a multi-continent extravaganza that surged to become the highest-grossing tour of all time – and Swift is making Singapore a lot of money. —Kathleen Magramo, CNN, 5 Mar. 2024

As for when the Davidson/Jost ferry extravaganza will finally set sail — well, that’s unsurprisingly unclear, and there’s a lot more work to do. —Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2024

The day after the Super Bowl typically brings with it another kind of celebration: Nielsen’s annual announcement of the size of the audience for the NFL extravaganza. —Brian Steinberg, Variety, 21 Mar. 2024

But there’s a third facet to television’s biggest extravaganza: the coveted Super Bowl halftime show. —Staff Author, EW.com, 10 Feb. 2024

Amid the mean mugs and the constant humiliation, the housewife plots her way inside Palm Beach’s inner circle on a quest to host the end-of-season Beach Ball, Norma’s annual extravaganza. —Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 18 Mar. 2024

Word History

Etymology

Italian estravaganza, literally, extravagance, from estravagante extravagant, from Medieval Latin extravagant-, extravagans

First Known Use

1754, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

extravaganza

noun

ex·​trav·​a·​gan·​za ik-ˌstrav-ə-ˈgan-zə 

: a spectacular show