Synonyms for grandeur
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : gran-jer, -joor |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈgræn dʒər, -dʒʊər |
Top 10 synonyms for grandeur Other synonyms for the word grandeur
- amplitude
- augustness
- celebrity
- circumstance
- distinction
- elevation
- eminence
- expansiveness
- fame
- fineness
- handsomeness
- immensity
- impressiveness
- inclusiveness
- loftiness
- luxuriousness
- might
- nobility
- opulence
- pomp
- preeminence
- richness
- splendor
- state
- stateliness
- sublimity
- sumptuousness
- superbity
- sway
- transcendency
- vastness
Définition of grandeur
Origin :- c.1500, "loftiness, height," from Middle French grandeur "grandness, greatness," Old French grandor (12c.), from grand "great" (see grand (adj.)). Extended sense of "majesty, stateliness" is first recorded 1660s.
- noun great importance
- There is a grandeur in the ruin to be enjoyed, as well as a scene of beauty from its towers.
- Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
- In certain elements of grandeur none other can compete with it.
- Extract from : « In the Heart of Vosges » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
- These are the bits of our life which I enjoy; which have some poetry, some grandeur in them.
- Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
- Mr Mould and his men had not exaggerated the grandeur of the arrangements.
- Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
- The poem is full of pathos and humour; full of beauty and grandeur, earnestness and truth.
- Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald
- Grandeur, however, like sentiment, is not indigenous to the hearth.
- Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman
- Yet there was a grandeur in my desolation that would have elevated my heart but for the fear.
- Extract from : « Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood » by George MacDonald
- Will Mr. Lincoln realize the grandeur of this unparallelled trust?
- Extract from : « Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 » by Adam Gurowski
- The shock and the wonder of its grandeur took my breath away.
- Extract from : « The First Violin » by Jessie Fothergill
- I then began to comprehend the grandeur of the Legislator's office.
- Extract from : « Beauty and The Beast, and Tales From Home » by Bayard Taylor
Antonyms for grandeur
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