GRANDNESS Synonyms: 107 Similar and Opposite Words

grandness

noun

Definition of grandness

as in majesty

impressiveness of beauty on a large scale wanted to see the Alps in all of their wintertime grandness

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as in largeness

the quality or state of being large in size were impressed with the grandness of the movie set

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Recent Examples of grandness Modest compared with some of his other commissions, the three-bedroom, three-bath home has a warmth and quiet grandness about it. — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 29 Oct. 2026 His relaxed point of view is a far cry from the grandness or the grittiness that marked the work of Western painters past like Frederic Remington or Albert Bierstadt. — Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 30 Mar. 2026 But the grandness of these dreams butts up against the precarity that their dreamers are facing. — Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2026 In spite of the grandness of the scale and the weight of the house — and Matthieu’s job, his first haute couture collection felt joyous, intimate, meaningful and extremely personal. — Laure Guilbault, Vogue, 27 Jan. 2026 At a time when Germany still had a monarchy, the grandness of the Reichstag’s design was intended to rival any structure the monarchy would build for itself. — The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 9 Sep. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for grandness

Noun

Take in the majesty of Victoria Falls, enjoy a safari stop at Tanzania’s Ngorongoro Crater, and venture into Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park with expert guides to view the country’s famous mountain gorillas.

— Scott Laird, Travel + Leisure, 26 Oct. 2026
Thankfully, the lunar disk will set a few hours after midnight, leaving a window of beautifully dark sky before dawn in which to enjoy the full majesty of the annual meteor shower.

— Anthony Wood, Space.com, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of majesty

Noun

For children themselves, wonder remains abundant—in the bigness of a Tyrannosaurus rex in a museum, or the flicker of fireflies in the summer dusk.

— Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2026
There was a bigness to not just the melodies and choruses, but to the emotions being expressed.

— Brendan Hay, SPIN, 13 Apr. 2026

Definition of bigness

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

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 magnitude of the devastation is made personal for all of us.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
According to the research team, small tracking errors may still occur, but the method establishes mathematical bounds on their magnitude.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of magnitude

Noun

At the end of 2025, Underdog began a push to buy SSC Napoli from the De Laurentiis family, which purchased the club out of bankruptcy in 2004 and returned it to glory with two of the last four Serie A titles.

— Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 30 Oct. 2026
But at least, in this instance, it comes fueled by feelings more acutely personal than mere individual glory.

— Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of glory

Noun

Television and movies illustrate female leaders capable of achieving greatness as well as making mistakes.

— Christine Ledbetter, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026
With her solo career, Jade has pushed harder than ever before, fueled by an insatiable hunger for true pop greatness.

— Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2026