Synonyms for grandest
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : grand |
| Phonetic Transcription : grænd |
Top 10 synonyms for grandest Other synonyms for the word grandest
- 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 grandest
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
- This is the grandest stroke of religious circumvention that ever was struck.
- Extract from : « The Fall of British Tyranny » by John Leacock
- Hence in his case also his achievements are on the grandest scale but of the worst.
- Extract from : « The Memorabilia » by Xenophon
- Oh, it was much nicer than the grandest gift the stores could offer.
- Extract from : « Highacres » by Jane Abbott
- Each of these is up to the shoulders in the grandest game you ever dreamed of.
- Extract from : « Dwellers in the Hills » by Melville Davisson Post
- And these qualities are the grandest qualities of all superior people.
- Extract from : « Sparkling Gems of Race Knowledge Worth Reading » by Various
- The cathedral here is the grandest in France, and I stay a week at least.
- Extract from : « Hortus Inclusus » by John Ruskin
- But I think the grandest part is to earn George Washington's board.
- Extract from : « Mary Rose of Mifflin » by Frances R. Sterrett
- But to my mind, much as I loved my master, Sorley Boy was the grandest of the three.
- Extract from : « Sir Ludar » by Talbot Baines Reed
- But their next retort to their enemies was the grandest of all.
- Extract from : « History of the Moravian Church » by J. E. Hutton
- In the grandest scale he is called a financier; in the meanest, a pickpocket.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Barbary Corsairs » by Stanley Lane-Poole
Antonyms for grandest
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