Synonyms for glorious
- adjective
Most common
brilliant splendid magnificent sublime illustrious celebrated bright grandiose
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Brilliant — excellent, wonderful; delightful
brilliant, splendid, magnificent, sublime, beautiful, grand, wonderful, impressive, marvelous US, marvellous UK, spectacular, divine, great, gurt UK, stunning, awe-inspiring, delightful, fabulous, majestic, heavenly, excellent, admirable, exquisite, terrific
2. Illustrious — exhibiting attributes, qualities, or acts that are worthy of or receive glory
illustrious, celebrated, distinguished, famous, eminent, famed, sacred, praiseworthy, renowned, conspicuous, estimable, honored US, honoured UK
3. Bright — bright or shining;
bright, resplendent, lustrous, radiant, shining, glowing, luminous, effulgent formal, splendiferous
4. Grandiose — excessively proud or boastful
grandiose, vainglorious, haughty, ostentatious, maudlin, boastful
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Exhibiting attributes, qualities, or acts that are worthy of or receive glory.
- adj. 2
Excellent, wonderful; delightful.
- adj. 3
Bright or shining;
- adj. 4
Excessively proud or boastful.
Example sentences
- brilliant Even if it's not true, it's a brilliant invention.
- magnificent Have you honestly ever seen a view so magnificent?
- splendid His nephew was absorbed in the splendid fireworks.
- sublime This chocolate cake isn't just great, it's sublime.
- celebrated Mennad celebrated his graduation from high school.
- illustrious Massinissa was the most illustrious king of Numidia.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| glorious | rising | |
| brilliant | steady | |
| magnificent | steady | |
| splendid | steady | |
| sublime | rising | |
| celebrated | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- gurt
- 5 letters
- great1, grand1, merry2, famed1
- 6 letters
- famous2, bright1, divine2, sacred2
- 7 letters
- honored2, shining2, glowing2, eminent3, sublime2, radiant3, haughty2, maudlin2
- 8 letters
- stunning2, fabulous3, renowned2, terrific3, splendid2, heavenly3, honoured2, majestic3, luminous3, lustrous2, boastful2
- 9 letters
- beautiful3, wonderful3, excellent3, brilliant2, exquisite3, marvelous3, admirable4, grandiose3, estimable4, effulgent
- 10 letters
- impressive3, celebrated4, delightful3, marvellous3
- 11 letters
- spectacular4, magnificent4, conspicuous4, illustrious4, resplendent3
- 12 letters
- ostentatious4, praiseworthy3, vainglorious
- 13 letters
- distinguished3, splendiferous
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (merry2 = 2 syllables).