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greatness

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1 exceptionally high quality

a poet whose work is of enduring greatness

Synonyms of greatness

choiceness, distinction, excellence, excellency, first-rateness, perfection, preeminence, primeness, superbness, superiority, supremacy

Words Related to greatness

faultlessness, flawlessness, impeccability, perfectness

goodness, value, worth

consequence, importance, notability

Near Antonyms of greatness

averageness, badness, crumminess, inferiority, mediocrity, ordinariness, worthlessness

2 the quality or state of being large in size

The overwhelming greatness of the canyon is what visitors first notice.

Synonyms of greatness

bigness, bulkiness, grandness, heftiness, largeness, voluminousness

Words Related to greatness

enormity, enormousness, extensiveness, hugeness, immenseness, immensity, magnitude, massiveness, mightiness, mountainousness, prodigiousness, stupendousness, vastness

excessiveness, extravagance, extremeness, immoderacy

abundance, ampleness, bountifulness, copiousness, generosity, liberality

Near Antonyms of greatness

diminutiveness, minuteness, tininess

meagerness, poorness, scantiness, scarceness, scarcity, skimpiness, slenderness, slimness, spareness, sparseness, sparsity, stinginess

deficiency, inadequacy, inadequateness

Antonyms of greatness

fineness, littleness, puniness, smallness

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