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Synonyms for resplendent

Most common

glorious splendid bright gorgeous

All synonyms

Adjective

1. Glorious — shiny and colorful, and thus pleasing to the eye; splendid in appearance

glorious, splendid, bright, gorgeous, shining, luminous, brilliant, dazzling, beautiful, radiant, golden, beaming, vivid, effulgent formal, refulgent, splendiferous, shineful, lustrous, glowing, illustrious, superb, alight

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Shiny and colorful, and thus pleasing to the eye; splendid in appearance.

    The peacock displayed its resplendent plumage.

Related words

Word family
resplendence resplendency resplendently
Other spellings
resplendid

Example sentences

  • gorgeous You look absolutely gorgeous in this Kabyle dress.
  • glorious The heroes were congratulated with a glorious song.
  • shining Yoshkar-Ola, Mari city, you're shining with glory.
  • splendid His nephew was absorbed in the splendid fireworks.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
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splendidsteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters
vivid2
6 letters
golden2, bright1, superb2, alight2
7 letters
shining2, glowing2, radiant3, beaming2
8 letters
gorgeous2, glorious3, splendid2, dazzling3, luminous3, lustrous2, shineful
9 letters
beautiful3, brilliant2, effulgent, refulgent
11 letters
illustrious4
13 letters
splendiferous

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (vivid2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
resplendissant
Italiano
risplendente
Español
resplandeciente
Deutsch
blendend