Antonyms for grandeur
ˈgræn dʒər, -dʒʊərgrandeur

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. grandeur

   Antonyms:
   meanness, paltriness

   Synonyms:
   dignity, magnificence, display, pomp, ostentation

Matched Categories

1. • Elegance
   • Honorableness

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:3.7 / 3 votes

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

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1. grandeurnoun

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

How to use grandeur in a sentence?

1. Pietro Aretino:

   A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the mind and in fleeing them the cowardice of the heart.

2. Tom Brokaw:

   That is an extraordinary important part of what is going on in Washington, D.C., despite all of the grandeur of this setting, and the television photos and members of the Supreme Court, members of the Cabinet, out there is a highly regarded investigator who is looking into whether or not he broke the law.

3. Charles Spurgeon:

   Many men owe the grandeur of their lives to their tremendous difficulties.

4. Corey Knowlton:

   Maybe 100 years from now -- maybe it's delusions of grandeur -- but I hope people will look at it and say this was the turning point that got people to understand what it means to be a conservationist.

5. Robert G. Ingersoll:

   Surely there is grandeur in knowing that in the realm of thought, at least, you are without a chain; that you have the right to explore all heights and depth; that there are no walls nor fences, nor prohibited places, nor sacred corners in all the vast expanse of thought...

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