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| Main Entry: | grandeur |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | great importance |
| Synonyms: | beauty, breadth, celebrity, circumstance, dignity, distinction, elevation, eminence, fame, glory, gravity, greatness, immensity, magnificence, majesty, might, nobility, opulence, pomp, richness, splendor, state, sway, transcendency, vastness, amplitude, augustness, brilliance, expansiveness, fineness, grandiosity, handsomeness, impressiveness, inclusiveness, loftiness, luxuriousness, preeminence, stateliness, sublimity, sumptuousness, superbity |
| Antonyms: | insignificance, unimportance |
| Main Entry: | classicism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | simple style; regularity, restraint |
| Synonyms: | balance, clarity, class, dignity, elegance, excellence, finish, formality, grandeur, lucidity, majesty, nobility, objectivity, polish, proportion, propriety, purity, refinement, rhythm, severity, simplicity, sobriety, symmetry, Atticism, Ciceronianism, Hellenism, aesthetic principle, classicalism, conventional formality, formal style, grand style, high art, neoclassicism, pure taste, rationalism, sublimity |
| Main Entry: | dignity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | excellence, nobility |
| Synonyms: | address, cachet, character, consequence, culture, decency, decorum, distinction, elevation, eminence, ethics, etiquette, glory, grace, grandeur, gravity, greatness, hauteur, honor, importance, majesty, merit, morality, perfection, poise, prestige, propriety, quality, rank, regard, renown, respectability, self-respect, significance, solemnity, splendor, standing, state, station, stature, status, virtue, worth, courtliness, loftiness, nobleness, seemliness, stateliness, sublimity, worthiness |
| Antonyms: | lowliness |
| Main Entry: | elegance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cultivated beauty, taste |
| Synonyms: | breeding, charm, class, cultivation, culture, delicacy, dignity, discernment, distinction, felicity, gentility, grace, grandeur, hauteur, luxury, magnificence, nicety, nobility, polish, politeness, propriety, purity, refinement, restraint, rhythm, sophistication, splendor, style, symmetry, courtliness, exquisiteness, good taste, gracefulness, lushness, noblesse, ornateness, poshness, sumptuousness, tastefulness |
| Antonyms: | roughness, ugliness, crudeness, inelegance, poor taste |
| Main Entry: | nobility |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | aristocracy; eminence |
| Synonyms: | dignity, elevation, elite, exaltation, excellence, generosity, gentry, glorification, grandeur, greatness, high society, honor, integrity, magnanimity, magnificence, majesty, royalty, society, superiority, upper class, uprightness, virtue, ennoblement, illustriousness, incorruptibility, loftiness, nobleness, patricians, peerage, ruling class, stateliness, sublimity, worthiness |
| Main Entry: | pageantry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flashy display |
| Synonyms: | affectation, array, ceremonial, ceremony, extravagance, fanfare, flourish, formality, glitter, grandeur, magnificence, ostentation, pageant, parade, pomp, pomposity, show, spectacle, splash, splendor, grandiosity, panoply |
| Main Entry: | pomp |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pageantry, display |
| Synonyms: | affectation, array, ceremonial, ceremony, fanfare, flourish, formality, grandeur, magnificence, ostentation, pageant, parade, pomposity, ritual, shine, show, solemnity, splendor, state, vainglory, grandiosity, panoply |
| Antonyms: | dullness, simplicity, plainness |
| Main Entry: | splendor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | radiance, glory |
| Synonyms: | brightness, ceremony, dazzle, display, effulgence, grandeur, luster, magnificence, majesty, pageant, pomp, renown, richness, show, solemnity, spectacle, brilliance, gorgeousness, refulgence, resplendence, stateliness, sumptuousness |
| Antonyms: | dullness, insignificance, poorness, ordinariness |
| Main Entry: | exaltation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | promotion, praise |
| Synonyms: | acclaim, acclamation, advancement, apotheosis, applause, blessing, dignity, elevation, eminence, glorification, glory, grandeur, homage, honor, panegyric, plaudits, prestige, reverence, rise, tribute, uplifting, worship, aggrandizement, ennoblement, extolment, high rank, idolization, laudation, lionization, loftiness, magnification, upgrading |
| Antonyms: | condemnation, criticism, debasement, denunciation, humiliation, castigation |
| Main Entry: | glory |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fame, importance |
| Synonyms: | celebrity, dignity, distinction, eminence, exaltation, grandeur, greatness, honor, immortality, kudos, magnificence, majesty, nobility, praise, prestige, renown, reputation, splendor, triumph, illustriousness, sublimity |
| Antonyms: | unimportance, unknown |
| Main Entry: | magnitude |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | importance |
| Synonyms: | consequence, degree, eminence, grandeur, greatness, import, mark, moment, note, pith, significance, weight, momentousness, signification, weightiness |
| Antonyms: | insignificance, unimportance |
| Main Entry: | elevation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | advancement, promotion |
| Synonyms: | apotheosis, boost, eminence, exaltation, glorification, grandeur, nobility, preference, raise, aggrandizement, deification, ennoblement, exaltedness, immortalization, lionization, loftiness, magnification, nobleness, preferment, prelation, sublimity, upgrading |
| Notes: | an elevation is a two-dimensional scale drawing of something as if one were viewing it from one side; a section is a two-dimensional scale drawing of one part or detail of an object or structure; and a plan is a two-dimensional scale drawing showing the view of an object or structure as if one were looking down on it from above |
| Antonyms: | disdain, demotion, spurning |
| Main Entry: | glory |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | great beauty |
| Synonyms: | brightness, effulgence, grandeur, luster, magnificence, majesty, pageantry, pomp, radiance, richness, splendor, brilliance, fineness, gorgeousness, preciousness, resplendence, sublimity, sumptuousness |
| Antonyms: | ugliness |
| Main Entry: | greatness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nobleness of character; eminence |
| Synonyms: | celebrity, chivalry, dignity, distinction, fame, generosity, glory, grandeur, heroism, importance, magnanimity, majesty, merit, morality, nobility, note, prominence, renown, high-mindedness, idealism, illustriousness, loftiness, stateliness, sublimity, worthiness |
| Antonyms: | insignificance, unimportance |
| Main Entry: | height |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | climax; importance |
| Synonyms: | acme, crest, crisis, culmination, dignity, eminence, end, exaltation, extremity, grandeur, heyday*, limit, maximum, ne plus ultra*, prominence, top, ultimate, uttermost, crowning point, high point, loftiness, sublimity, utmost degree |
| Antonyms: | bottom, nadir, unimportance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | style |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fashionableness |
| Synonyms: | élan, chichi*, comfort, craze, dash, delicacy, dernier cri, ease, elegance, fad, flair, grace, grandeur, luxury, mode, panache, polish, rage, refinement, savoir-faire, sophistication, taste, thing*, vogue, cosmopolitanism, dressiness, smartness, stylishness, urbanity |
| Antonyms: | unstylishness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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