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éclat

noun

Definition of éclatnext
as in pomp

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for éclat
  1. pomp
  2. parade
  3. mummery
  4. extravaganza
  5. pageant
  6. fanfare
  7. spectacle
  8. pageantry
Noun
  • Just being there is going to be a goosebump moment for the pomp, circumstance, and the speed.
    — Bruce Martin, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • No pomp, no circumstance, no celebrity— this is the sticky ground floor of the nation’s country music scene.
    — Jacqueline Kehoe, Midwest Living, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of pomp
Noun
  • Hey, make no mistake, Cristobal has his never-look-ahead blinders on, dialed into making this about a parade of 1-0 weeks and demanding his players think like that.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2026
  • What's the backup plan should inclement weather rain on their proverbial parade?
    — Payton Titus, Louisville Courier Journal, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of parade
Noun
  • Jeannette Jackson received the honor at the Mummers Museum during a community discussion about Philadelphia traditions and the future of mummery.
    — Eva Andersen, CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026
  • But what was once the norm can now seem a kind of ableist mummery, which this production attempts to sidestep by offering a Richard with no physical impairments at all.
    — New York Times, New York Times, 11 July 2022
Definition of mummery
Noun
  • Bad Bunny and the event’s producers and directors pulled off what may have been the most intricate halftime extravaganza in Super Bowl history.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Not everyone is happy that Congress is thinking of regulating the private equity extravaganza.
    — Justin Klawans, TheWeek, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of extravaganza
Noun
  • Sisic was crowned Miss Austria in 2024, and continued to hold the title as there were no further pageants after that, the outlets reported.
    — Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2026
  • When the pageant recruiter comes to school, Paulina and her crew pull out all the stops.
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of pageant
Noun
  • A day earlier, and with much less fanfare, the Ada County Board of Commissioners greenlit the purchase of Eagle Fire Station 2, which was built in 1996 and sits near Floating Feather Road and Old Horseshoe Bend Road in Eagle.
    — Noah Daly, Idaho Statesman, 9 Sep. 2026
  • The Nazi state leisure organization Kraft durch Freude (Strength through Joy) introduced the KdF-Wagen, as the first incarnation of the VW Beetle was called, with great fanfare in 1938.
    — Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of fanfare
Noun
  • But Churchill also hosts another annual wildlife spectacle, said Oliver Smith in the Financial Times – one that attracts fewer visitors but is equally worth seeing.
    — The Week UK, TheWeek, 6 Sep. 2026
  • The celebrities are the spectacle of each new season, but the pros stay put year-after-year, building their own level of celebrity.
    — McKinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of spectacle
Noun
  • Following her pageantry career, Landry began modeling and acting on television, appearing in a number of Doritos Super Bowl ads from 1998 to 2000.
    — Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2026
  • The series translates the world of Asian male pageantry into a rags-to-riches competition format.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of pageantry
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“éclat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/%C3%A9clat. Accessed 17 Sep. 2026.

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