awesomeness

noun

Definition of awesomenessnext
as in wonderfulness

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Recent Examples of awesomeness Plus, eight workout examples that fit the bill for zone 2, giving you ample options to experience the underrated awesomeness yourself. — Jenny McCoy, SELF, 28 Jan. 2026 To really capture its awesomeness, see it from above during a tandem jump with Skydive Dubai. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Jan. 2026 The visuals are elevated by aesthetic choices that lean into the awesomeness of, say, a prog rock album cover without tipping over into cheesy parody. — PC Magazine, 2 Dec. 2025 But there’s also a potential awesomeness to it. — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for awesomeness
Recent Examples of Synonyms for awesomeness
  1. magnificence
  2. gloriousness
  3. grandeur
  4. brilliance
  5. gorgeousness
  6. elegance
  7. resplendence
Noun
  • Yedikule Fortress, a former prison and imperial treasury whose origins go back to the fourth-century Walls of Constantinople, is returning to its former magnificence as the result of a multi-stage restoration project.
    — Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2026
  • The magnificence of the AI renaissance has blinded our society to its pernicious creep into the arts.
    — David Barber, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of magnificence
Noun
  • And the difference between absolutely nailing a passage and creating a feeling of transcendent gloriousness in the concert hall and abject failure is usually about a millimeter.
    — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 12 Jan. 2026
Definition of gloriousness
Noun
  • There is certainly no shortage of grandeur, but underneath it is a hotel that feels warm, remarkably unstuffy and, perhaps most surprisingly, enormous fun.
    — Fergus Scholes, TheWeek, 3 Nov. 2026
  • When any nondescript suburb opens a Cheesecake Factory, there’s no restaurant around that can compare to its palatial grandeur.
    — Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of grandeur
Noun
  • This is a deeply flawed team that is capable of flashes of brilliance against some opponents.
    — Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 Nov. 2026
  • The fact that this ‘00s nostalgia piece was made via a very 2020s model of filmmaking is just further evidence of Udea’s casual formal brilliance.
    — Katie Rife, IndieWire, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of brilliance
Noun
  • The Brazilian model’s gorgeousness helped sell countless bras, her beauty not only meeting the highest of prevailing standards but arguably moving the goalpost in an even harder-to-reach direction.
    — Marci Robin, Allure, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Susan is effortless, grace and gorgeousness, and Igby is this fierce, never-give-up hard worker.
    — Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of gorgeousness
Noun
  • Yet Lee shows that the iron sense of control with which Brookner approached her own legacy runs through her fiction, too, creating the austere elegance that characterizes her prose.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Certainly not Polo Ralph Lauren, whose new Polo Blaze collection brings the elegance of the stables to city streets.
    — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of elegance
Noun
  • The mild-mannered DiLiegro has firm opinions about everything from meat-cutting to the resplendence of the Boston Red Sox.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2022
  • All articles that coruscate with resplendence are not, ipso facto, auriferous.
    — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Oct. 2021
Definition of resplendence

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“Awesomeness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/awesomeness. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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