Synonyms for grandeur
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Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Magnificence — greatness; largeness; tallness; loftiness
magnificence, majesty, splendor US, splendour UK, grandness, pomp, sublimity, greatness, elegance, glory, loftiness, vastness, immensity, brilliance, dignity, luxury, state, display, stateliness, augustness, eminence
2. Nobility — nobility (state of being noble)
Definitions
- n. 1
Nobility (state of being noble).
- n. 2
Greatness; largeness; tallness; loftiness.
Related words
- Word family
- grand grandiose grandiosity
- Phrases
- delusion of grandeur
Forms
- Plural
- grandeurs → magnificences, majesties, splendors, grandnesses…
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In speaking of the quality which produces this emotion, we call it grandeur when it springs from what is vast in space, power, etc.; we call it sublimity when it springs from what is elevated far above the ordinary incidents of humanity.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Example sentences
- majesty Her Majesty graced the ballroom with her presence.
- pomp Buckingham Palace is a symbol of pomp and ceremony.
- magnificence Have you noticed the magnificence of French cathedrals?
- magnitude No one could believe the magnitude of the tragedy.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| grandeur | steady | |
| majesty | rising | |
| pomp | steady | |
| magnificence | steady | |
| grandness | rising | |
| magnitude | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- pomp1
- 5 letters
- state1, glory2
- 6 letters
- luxury3
- 7 letters
- display2, majesty3, dignity3
- 8 letters
- nobility4, elegance3, eminence3, splendor2, vastness2
- 9 letters
- magnitude3, elevation4, greatness2, splendour, immensity, sublimity, grandness, nobleness, loftiness
- 10 letters
- brilliance2, augustness
- 11 letters
- stateliness
- 12 letters
- magnificence
- 15 letters
- magnanimousness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (glory2 = 2 syllables).