special effects

plural noun

: visual or sound effects introduced into a movie, video recording, or taped television production

Examples of special effects in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Instead of any special effects, the restaurant features a menu of crowd-pleasers. — Khushbu Shah, Bon Appetit Magazine, 20 Oct. 2026

Guillermo del Toro is paying tribute to Italian special effects master Carlo Rambaldi, who is being honored today with a posthumous Hollywood Walk of Fame star. — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026

The Phase Synced Flash-Gun System, created by visual special effects supervisor Johnny Han, may be the answer. — Richard Eisenberg, Time, 15 Oct. 2026

Speaking of fire, that had to be a huge team effort between special effects, stunts, and VFX, because VFX fire on its own can look really bad if it’s not done properly. — Alex Zalben, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1907, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for special effects

• aftereffects
• interconnects
• affects
• aspects
• bisects
• collects
• connects
• corrects
• deflects
• detects
• directs
• dissects