tableau
noun
1 tableau
A group of people attractively arranged (as if in a painting).
synonym: tableau vivant.
Roget 86: list, catalog, catalogue, inventory; register etc. (record) 551. account; bill, bill of costs; terrier; tally, listing, itemization; atlas; book, ledger; catalogue raisonne [Fr.]; tableau; invoice, bill of lading; prospectus; bill of fare, menu, carte [Fr.]; score, census, statistics, returns. [list of topics in a document] contents, table of contents, outline; synopsis. [written list used as an aid to memory] checklist. table, chart, database; index, inverted file, word list, concordance. dictionary, lexicon; vocabulary, glossary; thesaurus. file, card index, card file, rolodex, address book. Red book, Blue book, Domesday book; cadastre [Fr.]; directory, gazetter†. almanac; army list, clergy list, civil service list, navy list; Almanach de Gotha†, cadaster; Lloyd's register, nautical almanac; who's who; Guiness's Book of World Records. roll; check roll, checker roll, bead roll; muster roll, muster book; roster, panel, jury list; cartulary, diptych. ... show more
Roget 448: appearance, phenomenon, sight, spectacle, show, premonstration†, scene, species, view, coup d'oeil [Fr.]; lookout, outlook, prospect, vista, perspective, bird's-eye view, scenery, landscape, picture, tableau; display, exposure, mise en sc ne [Fr.]; rising of the curtain. phantasm, phantom etc. (fallacy of vision) 443. pageant, spectacle; peep-show, raree-show, gallanty-show; ombres chinoises [Sp.]; magic lantern, phantasmagoria, dissolving views; biograph†, cinematograph, moving pictures; panorama, diorama, cosmorama†, georama†; coup de theatre, jeu de theatre [Fr.]; pageantry etc. (ostentation) 882; insignia etc. (indication) 550. aspect, angle, phase, phasis†, seeming; shape etc. (form) 240; guise, look, complexion, color, image, mien, air, cast, carriage, port, demeanor; presence, expression, first blush, face of the thing; point of view, light. lineament feature trait lines; outline, outside; contour, face, countenance, physiognomy, visage, phiz. , cast of countenance, profile, tournure†, cut of one s jib, metoposcopy†; outside etc. 220. ... show more
Roget 556: painting; depicting; drawing etc. v.; design; perspective, sciagraphy†, skiagraphy†; chiaroscuro etc. (light) 420; composition; treatment. historical painting, portrait painting, miniature painting; landscape painting, marine painting; still life, flower painting, scene painting; scenography†. school, style; the grand style, high art, genre, portraiture; ornamental art etc. 847. monochrome, polychrome; grisaille [Fr.]. pallet, palette; easel; brush, pencil, stump; black lead, charcoal, crayons, chalk, pastel; paint etc. (coloring matter) 428; watercolor, body color, oil color; oils, oil paint; varnish etc. 356.1, priming; gouache, tempera, distemper, fresco, water glass; enamel; encaustic painting; mosaic; tapestry. photography, heliography, color photography; sun painting; graphics, computer graphics. picture, painting, piece [Fr.], tableau, canvas; oil painting &c.; fresco, cartoon; easel picture, cabinet picture, draught, draft; pencil drawing &c., water color drawing, etching, charcoal, pen-and-ink; sketch, outline, study. photograph, color photograph, black-and-white photograph, holograph, heliograph; daguerreotype, talbotype†, calotype†, heliotype†; negative, positive; print, glossy print, matte print; enlargement, reduction, life-size print; instant photo, Polaroid photo. technicolor, Kodachrome, Ektachrome; Polaroid. portrait etc. (representation) 554; whole length, full length, half length; kitcat, head; miniature; shade, silhouette; profile. landscape, seapiece†; view, scene, prospect; panorama, diorama; still life. picture gallery, exhibit; studio, atelier; pinacotheca†. ... show more
Roget 599: the drama, the stage, the theater, the play; film the film, movies, motion pictures, cinema, cinematography; theatricals, dramaturgy, histrionic art, buskin, sock, cothurnus†, Melpomene and Thalia, Thespis. play, drama, stage play, piece [Fr.], five-act play, tragedy, comedy, opera, vaudeville, comedietta†, lever de rideau [Fr.], interlude, afterpiece†, exode†, farce, divertissement, extravaganza, burletta†, harlequinade†, pantomime, burlesque, opera bouffe [Fr.], ballet, spectacle, masque, drame comedie drame [Fr.]; melodrama, melodrame†; comidie larmoyante [Fr.], sensation drama; tragicomedy, farcical-comedy; monodrame monologue; duologue trilogy†; charade, proverbs; mystery, miracle play; musical, musical comedy. [movies] western, horse opera; flick [Coll.]; spy film, love story, adventure film, documentary, nature film; pornographic film, smoker, skin flick, X-rated film. act, scene, tableau; induction, introduction; prologue, epilogue; libretto. performance, representation, mise en scene [Fr.], stagery†, jeu de theatre [Fr.]; acting; gesture etc. 550; impersonation etc. 554; stage business, gag, buffoonery. light comedy, genteel comedy, low comedy. theater; playhouse, opera house; house; music hall; amphitheater, circus, hippodrome, theater in the round; puppet show, fantoccini†; marionettes, Punch and Judy. auditory, auditorium, front of the house, stalls, boxes, pit, gallery, parquet; greenroom, coulisses [Fr.]. flat; drop, drop scene; wing, screen, side scene; transformation scene, curtain, act drop; proscenium. stage, scene, scenery, the boards; trap, mezzanine floor; flies; floats, footlights; offstage; orchestra. theatrical costume, theatrical properties. movie studio, back lot, on location. part, role, character, dramatis personae [Lat.]; repertoire. actor, thespian, player; method actor; stage player, strolling player; stager, performer; mime, mimer†; artists; comedian, tragedian; tragedienne, Roscius; star, movie star, star of stage and screen, superstar, idol, sex symbol; supporting actor, supporting cast; ham, hamfatter [Slang]; masker†. pantomimist, clown harlequin, buffo†, buffoon, farceur, grimacer, pantaloon, columbine; punchinello†; pulcinello†, pulcinella†; extra, bit-player, walk-on role, cameo appearance; mute, figurante†, general utility; super, supernumerary. company; first tragedian, prima donna [Sp.], protagonist; jeune premier [Fr.]; debutant, debutante [Fr.]; light comedian, genteel comedian, low comedian; walking gentleman, amoroso†, heavy father, ingenue [Fr.], jeune veuve [Fr.]. mummer, guiser†, guisard†, gysart†, masque. mountebank, Jack Pudding; tumbler, posture master, acrobat; contortionist; ballet dancer, ballet girl; chorus singer; coryphee danseuse [Fr.]. property man, costumier, machinist; prompter, call boy; manager; director, stage manager, acting manager. producer, entrepreneur, impresario; backer, investor, angel [Fig.]. dramatic author, dramatic writer; play writer, playwright; dramatist, mimographer†. ... show more
is a specific kind of: arrangement.
2 tableau
Moby thesaurus: Grand Guignol, Passion play, Tom show, abstract, abstraction, act drop, altarpiece, antimasque, arrangement, asbestos, asbestos board, audience success, backdrop, ballet, batten, block print, bomb, border, broadcast drama, burlesque show, charade, cliff hanger, closet drama, cloth, collage, color print, comedy drama, composition, copy, cosmorama, coulisse, counterweight, critical success, curtain, curtain board, cyclorama, daub, daytime serial, decor, dialogue, diorama, diptych, display, documentary drama, drama, dramalogue, dramatic play, dramatic series, drop, drop curtain, duodrama, duologue, effect, engraving, epic theater, exhibit, exhibition, experimental theater, exposition, extravaganza, failure, fire curtain, flat, flipper, flop, fresco, gasser, georama, giveaway, grouping, hanging, happening, hit, hit show, icon, illumination, illustration, image, improvisational drama, legitimate drama, light show, likeness, masque, melodrama, miniature, minstrel show, miracle, miracle play, monodrama, monologue, montage, morality, morality play, mosaic, mural, music drama, musical revue, myriorama, mystery, mystery play, opera, pageant, pageantry, panel show, panorama, pantomime, parade, pastoral, pastoral drama, phantasmagoria, photograph, picture, piece, play, playlet, pomp, presentation, print, problem play, psychedelic show, psychodrama, quiz show, radio drama, rag, representation, reproduction, review, revue, scene, scenery, screen, sensational play, serial, shifting scene, show, side scene, sight, sitcom, situation comedy, sketch, skit, soap, soap opera, sociodrama, spectacle, stage play, stage screw, stage show, stained glass window, stencil, still life, straight drama, success, suspense drama, tab, tableau vivant, talk show, tapestry, teaser, teleplay, television drama, television play, theater of cruelty, tormentor, total theater, transformation, transformation scene, triptych, variety show, vaudeville, vaudeville show, vehicle, wall painting, wing, wingcut, woodcut, word-of-mouth success, work ... show more.
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