Grandeur

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Grandeur \Gran"deur\, n. [F., fr. grand. See {Grand}.]
     The state or quality of being grand; vastness; greatness;
     splendor; magnificence; stateliness; sublimity; dignity;
     elevation of thought or expression; nobility of action.
     [1913 Webster]
  


           Nor doth this grandeur and majestic show
           Of luxury . . . allure mine eye.         --Milton.
  
     Syn: Sublimity; majesty; stateliness; augustness; loftiness.
          See {Sublimity}.
          [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  grandeur
       n 1: the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand [syn:
            {magnificence}, {brilliance}, {splendor}, {splendour}, {grandness}]
       2: the quality of being exalted in character or ideals or
          conduct [syn: {nobility}, {magnanimousness}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  102 Moby Thesaurus words for "grandeur":
     Babylonian splendor, ampleness, amplitude, augustness, bigness,
     broadness, bulk, capaciousness, comprehensiveness, consequence,
     conspicuousness, copiousness, courtliness, dignifiedness, dignity,
     distinction, elaborateness, elegance, elevation, eminence,
     enormity, enormousness, exaltation, excellence, expanse,
     expansiveness, extensiveness, formidableness, fullness,
     generousness, gigantism, glory, gorgeousness, grandiosity,
     grandness, gravity, great scope, greatness, high mightiness,
     hugeness, immensity, importance, imposingness, impressiveness,
     infinity, intensity, kingliness, largeness, lavishness, loftiness,
     lordliness, luxuriousness, luxury, magnificence, magnitude,
     majesty, mark, might, mightiness, muchness, nobility, nobleness,
     notability, note, outstandingness, plenitude, plushness, pomp,
     poshness, power, pride of bearing, pride of place, princeliness,
     prodigiousness, profundity, prominence, proud bearing, proudness,
     regality, resplendence, ritziness, sedateness, significance,
     sobriety, solemnity, spaciousness, splendidness, splendiferousness,
     splendor, state, stateliness, strength, stupendousness, sublimity,
     sumptuousness, supereminence, tallness, tremendousness, vastness,
     venerability, wideness, worthiness