Synonyms for grander
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : grand |
| Phonetic Transcription : grænd |
Top 10 synonyms for grander Other synonyms for the word grander
- admirable
- august
- chief
- dynamite
- elevated
- eminent
- exalted
- excellent
- fab
- fine
- first-class
- first-rate
- grave
- haughty
- head
- highest
- illustrious
- leading
- main
- majestic
- marvelous
- mighty
- monumental
- noble
- opulent
- ostentatious
- outstanding
- palatial
- pompous
- preeminent
- pretentious
- principal
- regal
- rich
- smashing
- something else
- splendid
- stately
- striking
- sublime
- sumptuous
- super
- superb
- supreme
- terrific
- transcendent
- unreal
- very good
Définition of grander
Origin :- late 14c., grant "large, big" (early 12c. in surnames), from Anglo-French graunt and directly from Old French grant, grand (10c.) "large, tall; grown-up; great, powerful, important; strict, severe; extensive; numerous," from Latin grandis "big, great; full, abundant," also "full-grown;" figuratively "strong, powerful, weighty, severe" (perhaps cognate with Greek brenthyomai "to swagger, be haughty"). It supplanted magnus in Romanic languages; in English with a special sense of "imposing." The connotations of "noble, sublime, lofty, dignified," etc., were in Latin. As a general term of admiration, "magnificent, splendid," from 1816. Related: Grander; grandest.
- The use of grand- in compounds, with the sense of "a generation older than, or younger than," is first attested c.1200, in Anglo-French graund dame "grandmother." Latin and Greek had similar usages.
- Grand jury is late 15c. Grand piano from 1797. The grand tour of the principal sites of continental Europe, as part of a gentleman's education, is attested by that name from 1660s. The Grand Canyon was so called 1871 by Maj. John Wesley Powell, scientific adventurer, who explored it; earlier it had been known as Big Canyon.
- adj impressive, great
- adj most important
- The grander the whole idea, the more likely is it to be what it claims to be!
- Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald
- Nothing in the world can be grander; it is Paris herself, glorious in the sunlight.
- Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola
- Grander and more imposing displays I have indeed often witnessed.
- Extract from : « Maurice Tiernay Soldier of Fortune » by Charles James Lever
- There were higher crimes they might attain to, and grander interests they might subserve.
- Extract from : « Tony Butler » by Charles James Lever
- So this was the free atmosphere, the grander Judaism he had yearned for.
- Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill
- Why was it that Miss Barrington, on that evening, was grander and statelier than ever?
- Extract from : « Barrington » by Charles James Lever
- The grander the nature the greater its pliability towards truth.
- Extract from : « The Love Affairs of an Old Maid » by Lilian Bell
- Piang, no dato can boast of a grander court than Ganassi, eh?
- Extract from : « The Adventures of Piang the Moro Jungle Boy » by Florence Partello Stuart
- Nature seemed larger and deeper and grander to her ever after.
- Extract from : « Peak and Prairie » by Anna Fuller
- In some mysterious way the picture seems to me to be grander than the original.
- Extract from : « Memoirs » by Charles Godfrey Leland
Antonyms for grander
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