Synonyms for grandeur
ˈgræn dʒər, -dʒʊərgrandeur

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1. grandeur

   Synonyms:
   dignity, magnificence, display, pomp, ostentation

   Antonyms:
   meanness, paltriness

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1. magnificence, brilliance, splendor, splendour, grandeur, grandnessnoun

   the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand

   "for magnificence and personal service there is the Queen's hotel"; "his `Hamlet' lacks the brilliance that one expects"; "it is the university that gives the scene its stately splendor"; "an imaginative mix of old-fashioned grandeur and colorful art"; "advertisers capitalize on the grandness and elegance it brings to their products"

   Synonyms:
   wideness, magnanimousness, immensity, richness, splendor, enormousness, sizeableness, luster, blaze, nobleness, magnificence, greatness, brilliancy, grandness, vastness, impressiveness, nobility, genius, splendour, lustre, glare, brilliance, importance, immenseness

2. nobility, nobleness, magnanimousness, grandeurnoun

   the quality of elevation of mind and exaltation of character or ideals or conduct

   Synonyms:
   aristocracy, nobility, splendor, nobleness, grandness, magnificence, brilliance, magnanimousness, splendour, noblesse

Matched Categories

1. • Elegance
   • Honorableness

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1. grandeurnoun

   Synonyms:
   greatness, sublimity

2. grandeurnoun

   Synonyms:
   majesty, loftiness, stateliness, state, dignity, pomp, magnificence, augustness, splendor

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1. grandeurnoun

   Synonyms:
   splendor, magnificence, elegance, sublimity, majesty, augustness

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1. List of paraphrases for "grandeur":

   greatness, magnificence, magnitude, splendour, splendor, size, scale

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How to use grandeur in a sentence?

1. Albert Camus:

   If there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in despairing of life as in hoping for another life and in eluding the implacable grandeur of this life.

2. Garry Porter:

   It's unsightly and unsanitary, it's a health issue and an environmental nightmare, i experienced the thrill and grandeur of Gorak Shep, but I also saw what happens when we, the Western world, leave, as if our waste doesn't stink.

3. Jane Wagner:

   Delusions of grandeur make me feel a lot better about myself.

4. Mark Herring:

   For too long, we have overlooked the inherent racism of these monuments, and for too long we have allowed the grandeur of the architecture to blind us to the insult of glorifying men for their roles in fighting to perpetuate the inhumanity of slavery.

5. Charles de Gaulle:

   The sword is the axis of the world, and grandeur is indivisible.