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| Main Entry: | greatness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | large size |
| Synonyms: | abundance, bulk, enormity, force, immensity, infinity, intensity, length, magnitude, mass, might, potency, power, strength, vastness, amplitude, bigness, high degree, hugeness, prodigiousness, sizableness |
| Antonyms: | smallness, littleness, tininess |
| 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 |
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-nouns
greatness; magnitude; size (dimensions) [more]; multitude (number) [more]; immensity; enormity; infinity [more]; might, strength, intensity, fullness; importance [more]., great quantity, quantity, deal, power, sight, pot, volume, world; mass, heap (assemblage) [more]; stock (store) [more]; peck, bushel, load, cargo; cartload, wagonload, shipload; flood, spring tide; abundance (sufficiency) [more]., principal part, chief part, main part, greater part, major part, best part, essential part; bulk, mass (whole) [more].
-verbs
-adjectives
great; greater [more]; large, considerable, fair, above par; big, huge (large in size) [more]; Herculean, cyclopean; ample; abundant (enough) [more] full, intense, strong, sound, passing, heavy, plenary, deep, high; signal, at its height, in the zenith., world-wide, widespread, far-famed, extensive; wholesale; many [more]., goodly, noble, precious, mighty; sad, grave, heavy, serious; far gone, arrant, downright; utter, uttermost; crass, gross, arch, profound, intense, consummate; rank, uninitiated, red-hot, desperate; glaring, flagrant, stark, staring; thorough-paced, thoroughgoing; roaring, thumping; extraordinary; important [more]; unsurpassed (supreme) [more]; complete [more]., august, grand, dignified, sublime, majestic (repute) [more]., vast, immense, enormous, extreme; inordinate, excessive, extravagant, exorbitant, outrageous, preposterous, unconscionable, swinging, monstrous, overgrown; towering, stupendous, prodigious, astonishing, incredible; marvelous [more]., unlimited (infinite) [more]; unapproachable, unutterable, indescribable, ineffable, unspeakable, inexpressible, beyond expression, fabulous., undiminished, unabated, unreduced, unrestricted.
-adverbs
[in a positive degree] truly (truth) [more]; decidedly, unequivocally, purely, absolutely, seriously, essentially, fundamentally, radically, downright, in all conscience; for the most part, in the main., [in a complete degree] entirely (completely) [more]; abundantly (sufficiently) [more]; widely, far and wide., [in a great or high degree] greatly; much, muckle, well, indeed, very, very much, a deal, no end of, most, not a little; pretty, pretty well; enough, in a great measure, richly; to a large extent, to a great extent, to a gigantic extent; on a large scale; so; never so, ever so; ever so dole; scrap, shred, tag, splinter, rag, much; by wholesale; mighty, powerfully; with a witness, ultra, in the extreme, extremely, exceedingly, intensely, exquisitely, acutely, indefinitely, immeasurably; beyond compare, beyond comparison, beyond measure, beyond all bounds; incalculably, infinitely., [in a supreme degree] preeminently, superlatively (superiority) [more]., [in a too great degree] immoderately, monstrously, preposterously, inordinately, exorbitantly, excessively, enormously, out of all proportion, with a vengeance., [in a marked degree] particularly, remarkably, singularly, curiously, uncommonly, unusually, peculiarly, notably, signally, strikingly, pointedly, mainly, chiefly; famously, egregiously, prominently, glaringly, emphatically, strangely, wonderfully, amazingly, surprisingly, astonishingly, incredibly, marvelously, awfully, stupendously., [in an exceptional degree] peculiarly (unconformity) [more]., [in a violent degree] furiously (violence) [more]; severely, desperately, tremendously, extravagantly, confoundedly, deucedly, devilishly, with a vengeance; a outrance, a toute outrance., [in a painful degree] painfully, sadly, grossly, sorely, bitterly, piteously, grievously, miserably, cruelly, woefully, lamentably, shockingly, frightfully, dreadfully, fearfully, terribly, horribly.
-phrases
a maximis ad minima; "greatness knows itself" [Henry IV]; "mightiest powers by deepest calms are fed" [B. Cornwall]; minimum decet libere cui multum licet [Seneca]; "some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some
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| Antonyms: | smallness |
| 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: | dimensions/dimension |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | proportions; range |
| Synonyms: | ambit, bulk, capacity, compass, depth, extension, extent, greatness, height, importance, largeness, length, magnitude, measure, measurement, reach, scale, scope, size, volume, width, admeasurement, amplitude, bigness, dimensionality, extensity |
| Main Entry: | excellence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | superiority |
| Synonyms: | éclat, arete, class, distinction, eminence, goodness, greatness, merit, perfection, purity, quality, supremacy, virtue, worth, excellency, fineness, high quality, preeminence, superbness, transcendence |
| Antonyms: | failure, imperfection, inferiority |
| Main Entry: | fame |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | celebrity |
| Synonyms: | éclat, acclaim, acclamation, account, acknowledgment, character, credit, dignity, distinction, elevation, eminence, esteem, estimation, exaltation, favor, glory, greatness, heyday, honor, immortality, kudos, laurels, luster, majesty, name, nobility, note, notoriety, place, popularity, position, prominence, rank, recognition, regard, renown, report, reputation, splendor, standing, stardom, station, superiority, illustriousness, preeminence, public esteem, rep, repute |
| 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: | 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: | quantity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | number or amount |
| Synonyms: | abundance, aggregate, allotment, batch, body, budget, bulk, capacity, deal, expanse, extent, figure, greatness, length, load, lot, magnitude, mass, measure, multitude, part, pile, portion, profusion, quota, size, sum, total, variety, volume, amplitude |
| Main Entry: | size |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extent or bulk of some dimension |
| Synonyms: | amount, area, body, breadth, caliber, capaciousness, capacity, content, diameter, dimensions, enormity, extension, extent, greatness, height, highness, immensity, intensity, largeness, length, magnitude, mass, measurement, proportion, proportions, range, scope, spread, stature, stretch, substance, vastness, volume, width, admeasurement, amplitude, bigness, hugeness, substantiality, tonnage, voluminosity |
| Main Entry: | stardom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fame |
| Synonyms: | éclat, acclaim, celebrity, distinction, eminence, esteem, glory, greatness, honor, immortality, nobility, notoriety, popularity, prestige, prominence, recognition, renown, standing, illustriousness, preeminence, public esteem |
| Main Entry: | immensity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | infinity |
| Synonyms: | enormity, greatness, largeness, magnitude, vastness, bigness, boundlessness, bulkiness, enormousness, gigantism, hugeness, immeasurableness, immenseness, massiveness, monstrousness, sizableness, stupendousness, tremendousness |
| Antonyms: | insignificance, minuteness, tininess |
| Main Entry: | dimensions |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | range |
| Synonyms: | ambit, bulk, capacity, compass, depth, dimension, extension, extent, greatness, height, importance, largeness, length, magnitude, measure, measurement, proportion, reach, scale, scope, size, volume, width, amplitude, bigness, dimensionality, extensity |
| Main Entry: | magnificence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | grandeur |
| Synonyms: | beauty, distinction, elegance, flourish, glitter, glory, grace, greatness, importance, lavishness, majesty, nobility, ostentation, pomp, post*, pulchritude, radiance, richness, show, splendor, style, brilliance, exaltedness, impressiveness, loftiness, luxuriousness, nobleness, ostentatiousness, resplendency, spectacularity, stateliness, sublimity, sumptuousness, swank* |
| Antonyms: | dullness, modesty, simplicity, ugliness, unostentatiousness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | royalty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sovereignty |
| Synonyms: | aristocracy, authority, distinction, eminence, greatness, nobility, power, primacy, rank, supremacy, kingship, queenship, the crown |
| Main Entry: | vastness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | immensity |
| Synonyms: | expanse, greatness, enormousness, hugeness, immenseness |
| Main Entry: | eminence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | importance, fame |
| Synonyms: | authority, celebrity, credit, dignity, distinction, esteem, glory, greatness, honor, influence, kudos, note, power, prestige, prominence, rank, renown, reputation, significance, standing, superiority, weight, famousness, illustriousness, loftiness, notability, preeminence, prepotency, prominency, repute |
| Antonyms: | inferiority, unimportance |
| 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: | honor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | respect |
| Synonyms: | account, adoration, adulation, apotheosis, approbation, attention, celebration, confidence, consideration, credit, deference, dignity, distinction, elevation, esteem, exaltation, faith, fame, fealty, glorification, glory, greatness, homage, laud, notice, obeisance, popularity, praise, prestige, rank, recognition, renown, reputation, reverence, tribute, trust, veneration, worship, wreath, aggrandizement, canonization, deification, high standing, immortalization, laurel, lionization, repute |
| Antonyms: | debasement, degradation, denunciation, derision, disgrace, dishonor, disrespect, humiliation |
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