Synonyms for grandiosity
Most common
rhetoric grandiloquence ornateness magniloquence grandioseness
Definitions
- n. 1
The state of being grandiose (pompous or pretentious).
Forms
- Plural
- grandiosities → rhetorics, grandiloquences, ornatenesses, magniloquences…
Example sentences
- rhetoric The homophobic rhetoric has declined over the years.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| grandiosity | rising | |
| rhetoric | rising | |
| grandiloquence | steady | |
| ornateness | falling | |
| magniloquence | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 8 letters
- rhetoric3
- 10 letters
- ornateness
- 13 letters
- magniloquence, grandioseness
- 14 letters
- grandiloquence
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (rhetoric3 = 3 syllables).