scenic
/ˈsiːnɪk
/adjective
1Providing or relating to views of impressive or beautiful natural scenery: the scenic route from Florence to Siena scenic beauty...
- After a full day of absorbing the scenic views of the beautiful outside creations, can you imagine coming home to bare walls at each corner?
- This is the by far most beautiful and scenic of the popular routes.
- This is a beautiful part of the mountains with some lovely scenic views.
Synonyms
picturesque, pretty, pleasing, attractive, lovely, beautiful, charming, pretty as a picture, easy on the eye;
impressive, striking, spectacular, breathtaking;
panoramic
2 [attributive] Relating to theatrical scenery: a scenic artist from the Royal Opera House...
- After moving to Calgary in 1976, she found her way into theatre first as a props builder, then as a scenic artist.
- He currently teaches theatrical scenic design at the Bullis School in Potomac, Maryland.
- Beyond the proscenium arch was the scenic stage, which featured three tiers of movable shutters and their corresponding tiers of masking wings.
3(Of a picture) representing an incident: the trend to scenic figural work
Derivatives
scenically
/ adverb ...- Walking the Lidder Valley is scenically most rewarding, through forests of virgin pine, fording crystal-clear mountain streams and through meadows of wild-flowers.
- It is as unspoilt and enchanting area as you could find anywhere, full of magic and mystery, rich scenically and full of hidden secrets to tempt the inquisitive traveller.
- Of course that production was a very far remove choreographically, scenically, and even esthetically from the Martins version.
Origin
Early 17th century (in the sense 'theatrical'): via Latin from Greek skēnikos 'of the stage', from skēnē (see scene).
Rhymes
- ne-ne
- Nenets
- Nengre Tongo
- Nennius
- nenta
- nenuphar
- nenyam
- neo-
- neoadjuvant
- neoanthropic
- neoantigen
- neo-Aristotelean
- neo-Aristotelian
- neo-Aristotelianism
- neo-Aristotlean
- neoarsphenamine
- neo-baroque
- neo-behaviorism
- neo-behaviourism
- neo-behaviourist
- neo-behaviouristic
- neoblast
- neoblastic
- neocapitalism
- neocapitalist