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greatness

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of greatness

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, substantiality, voluminousness
Words Related to greatness

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

excessiveness, extravagance, extremeness, immoderacy

abundance, ampleness, bountifulness, copiousness, generosity, handsomeness, liberality, muchness

adequacy, sufficiency

weightiness
Near Antonyms of greatness

diminutiveness, minuteness, tininess

slightness

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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