Synonyms for scene

Most common

landscape · spectacle · panorama · shot · picture · setting · scenery · tableau

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

Definitions

1. n. 1

   The location of an event that attracts attention.

   Lily was pronounced dead at the scene.

2. n. 2

   The decorations; furnishings, and backgrounds of a stage, representing the place in which the action of a play is set.

Related words

Word family

scene-dock sceneman scene-room scenery scenester scenewright scenic scenist

Phrases

scene kid nativity scene mise-en-scene change of scene enter the scene steal the scene cut scene

Forms

Plural

scenes → views, landscapes, shows, spectacles…

Example sentences

• landscape The landscape was bathed by the warmth of the sun.
• spectacle I've already made enough of a spectacle of myself.
• panorama The hill commands the panorama of the city.
• shot A rifle shot broke the peace of the early morning.
• picture It is the most artistic picture I have ever taken.
• setting What was his motive for setting the house on fire?

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters

fit¹

4 letters

show¹, view¹, shot¹

5 letters

field¹, sight¹, vista²

6 letters

aspect²

7 letters

picture², setting², display², theatre³, theater³, scenery³, tantrum², tableau²

8 letters

prospect², panorama⁴

9 letters

landscape², spectacle³

10 letters

exhibition⁴, conniption³

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (vista² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français

scène

Italiano

scena

Español

escena

Deutsch

Bühne

Català

escena