Synonyms of pièce de résistance

pièce de résistance

noun

as in magnum opus

Related Words

• magnum opus
• masterpiece
• piece
• classic
• showpiece
• opus
• composition
• model
• outline
• sketch
• number
• work
• oeuvre
• corpus
• canon
• étude

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of pièce de résistance

Grab ice cream by one, two or three scoops or throw caution to the wind and go for the piece de resistance, her sundaes. — Bahar Anooshahr, AZCentral.com, 19 Mar. 2026

Choosing to begin her three-year-old campaign in New Orleans in the Rachel Alexandra Stakes, trainer Brendan Walsh and the rest of the viewers were treated to a piece de resistance. — Danny Brewer, Forbes.com, 23 Feb. 2026

Maybe Prussian blue is a little easier to wear than orange, red and black, the colors of the German flag, but the piece de resistance was the tiara. — Monique Jessen, PEOPLE, 19 Dec. 2025

But the piece de resistance is a small button on the face of the guitar that, when pressed, activates a chip on a soundboard that elicits the distinctive roar of Godzilla. — New Atlas, 24 Oct. 2025