Synonyms for spectacles
spec·ta·cles

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1. spectaclesnoun

   Synonyms:
   pair of spectacles, specs, pair of specs, pair of eyeglasses, eyeglasses, glasses, pair of glasses

2. spectaclesnoun

   A pair of lenses set in a frame worn on the nose and ears in order to correct deficiencies in eyesight or to ornament the face.

   Synonyms:
   glasses, specs, pair of spectacles, pair of eyeglasses, pair of glasses, pair of specs, eyeglasses

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1. spectacles, specs, eyeglasses, glassesnoun

   optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision

   Synonyms:
   specs, eyeglasses, glasses

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1. spectaclesnoun

   Synonyms:
   glasses

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1. List of paraphrases for "spectacles":

   glasses, performances, goggles, eyeglasses, shows, entertainment, sunglasses

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1. J. Frank Dobie:

   Putting on the spectacles of science in expectation of finding an answer to everything looked at signifies inner blindness.

2. P. G. Wodehouse:

   At five minutes to eleven on the morning named he was at the station, a false beard and spectacles shielding his identity from the public eye. If you had asked him he would have said that he was a Scotch business man. As a matter a fact, he looked far more like a motor-car coming through a haystack.

3. Clarence Thomas:

   I don’t think the process is what it ought to be, i think that these are serious jobs, and they should be serious. I don’t think they should become spectacles.

4. Kevin Hart:

   I wouldn't tell that joke today, because when I said it, the times weren't as sensitive as they are now, i think we love to make big deals out of things that aren't necessarily big deals, because we can. These things become public spectacles. So why set yourself up for failure ?

5. James Madison, Federalist Papers (# 10):

   Democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention; have ever been found incompatible with personal security, or the rights of property; have in general been as short in their lives as they are violent in their deaths.