Splendid

3 definitions found

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

  Splendid \Splen"did\, a. [L. splendidus, fr. splendere shine;
     cf. Lith. splend["e]ti: cf. F. splendide.]
     1. Possessing or displaying splendor; shining; very bright;
        as, a splendid sun.
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     2. Showy; magnificent; sumptuous; pompous; as, a splendid
        palace; a splendid procession or pageant.
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     3. Illustrious; heroic; brilliant; celebrated; famous; as, a
        splendid victory or reputation.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  splendid
       adj 1: having great beauty and splendor; "a glorious spring
              morning"; "a glorious sunset"; "splendid costumes"; "a
              kind of splendiferous native simplicity" [syn: {glorious},
               {resplendent}, {splendiferous}]
       2: characterized by or attended with brilliance or grandeur;
          "the brilliant court life at Versailles"; "a glorious work
          of art"; "magnificent cathedrals"; "the splendid
          coronation ceremony" [syn: {brilliant}, {glorious}, {magnificent}]

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

  181 Moby Thesaurus words for "splendid":
     Babylonian, Corinthian, admirable, advantageous, auspicious,
     awe-inspiring, awesome, awful, barbaric, baroque, beaming,
     bedazzling, beneficial, benevolent, blinding, blooming, bon, bonny,
     boss, braw, bright, bright and shining, brilliant, bueno, capital,
     celebrated, charismatic, cogent, colossal, commendable,
     conspicuous, cool, creditable, dandy, dashing, dazzling, deluxe,
     devastating, distinguished, divine, effulgent, elaborate, elegant,
     eminent, estimable, excellent, exceptional, exemplary, expedient,
     exquisite, extraordinary, extravagant, fab, fabulous, fair, famous,
     fancy, fantastic, favorable, fine, first-class, flamboyant,
     flaming, fulgent, fulgid, garish, gilt-edged, glamorous, glaring,
     glary, glorious, glowing, golden, good, goodly, gorgeous, grand,
     grandiose, great, healthy, heavenly, helpful, illustrious, immense,
     imposing, impressive, incomparable, incredible, keen, killing,
     kind, laudable, lavish, lovely, lush, lustrous, luxurious, magic,
     magnificent, majestic, major, marvelous, matchless, meritorious,
     neat, nice, noble, nonpareil, notable, noteworthy, numinous,
     ornate, out of sight, outstanding, palatial, peerless, pleasant,
     plush, posh, praiseworthy, princely, profitable, prominent, proud,
     radiant, raving, ravishing, refulgent, regal, remarkable,
     resplendent, rich, ritzy, royal, sensational, shining, showy,
     skillful, smashing, solid, sound, sparkling, spectacular,
     splendacious, splendent, splendiferous, splendorous, splendrous,
     stately, sterling, striking, stunning, stupendous, sublime,
     successful, sumptuous, super, superb, supereminent, superexcellent,
     superfancy, superfine, superior, superlative, supreme, surpassing,
     swank, swanky, swell, terrific, transcendent, tremendous,
     unbelievable, unparalleled, unsurpassed, useful, valid, very good,
     virtuous, vivid, wonderful