Synonyms for Sensational

Synonyms for "sensational" (274 found)

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Closest matches (55)

acid affected amazing arresting astonishing astounding barnumesque bedizened beguiling bewildering big-sounding biting blatant brassy brazen brazenfaced breathtakingcloak-and-daggercoarse colored

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colorful conspicuous convoluted cool corrosive crashing crude cutting dandy declamatory divine dramatic driving effective electrifying elevated emotionalistic emotive enigmatic euphuistic exaggerated exceptional

Adjective(5 words)

arresting bloodthirstiest dramaticdramatic descriptiondramatic performance improvement

Noun(6 words)

attention grabbingbarnburner blockbuster cheesecake dramatizingemotional persuasiveness

Adjective(1 words)

awesome

Verb(1 words)

barnstormed

Strong matches (82)

Adjective(8 words)

exceptional eye-catching frothier frothiest gruesome juicier juiciestjuicy detail

exciting exquisite extraordinary extravagant extreme fabulous fantastic fantastical fascinating flagrant flamboyant flaming flaring flashy flaunting forceful forcible fulsome galvanizing garish

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Noun(1 words)

gangland

Related words (137)

melodramatic meretricious meteoric mind-blowing mind-boggling miraculous mordant nervous nonpareil nonrational noticeable obtrusive orotund ostentatiousout of this worldoutlandish outstanding overdone overdrawn overelaborate

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Adjective(20 words)

mobbish notable outstanding provocative pulpiest pulpy racier remarkable salacious scandalous seamier sensory shocking spectacular splashier splashiest splashy stunning sudsy superb

Noun(3 words)

more dramaticscandalizing snatching

Verb(2 words)

scandalized wowing

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

2 entries

adjectiveevaluative term

More specific

6 entries

exceptional performancenotable achievementoutstanding resultsensational claimssensational headlinessensational media

Collocations

6 entries

sensational claimssensational discoverysensational headlinessensational mediasensational reportingsensational results

Inflections

2 entries

more sensationalmost sensational

Derivations

5 entries

sensationalism sensationalist sensationalistic sensationalize sensationally

Antonyms

1 entries

unsensational

similar

7 entries

impressive lurid scandalmongering screaming sensationalistic shocking yellow

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

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The news was sensational.

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The food is sensational at that new restaurant.

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I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.

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It wasn't sensational.

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Sensational