LUXURIANCE Synonyms: 67 Similar and Opposite Words

luxuriance

noun

Definition of luxuriance

as in grandeur

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Recent Examples of luxuriance But then, what is art if not an attempt to tidy up the real world’s teeming luxuriance? — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2023 The comic luxuriance of Roman references should not blind us to the significance of these constant appeals to the Roman Republic and to classical virtue. — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2022 Silken material ensured that this collection maintained a real sense of luxuriance throughout. — Thomas Adamson, ajc, 2 Oct. 2021 The first movement’s melodic luxuriance, the menuet’s delicacy and the finale’s theme-and-variations attested to the range of color and attack the CSO winds can conjure at the drop of a sixteenth note. — Howard Reich, chicagotribune.com, 2 Oct. 2020 The rest of the album, though, doesn’t shy away from the Weeknd’s shimmery mid-80s luxuriance. — Jon Caramanica, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2020

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Noun

Tolstoy saw everything and had the grandeur of vision to be able to render it in one totally absorbing novel.

— The Week US, TheWeek, 15 Sep. 2026
Rooms Each of the 154 rooms and 54 suites at Hôtel Plaza Athénée is a bespoke creation—layouts range from opulent, classic 18th-century Parisian grandeur to sleek Art Deco design, including spaces designed by Bruno Moinard and Claire Bétaille.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of grandeur

Noun

The collection takes the opulence of the French court-corsetry, dramatic volume, delicate lace, ornate embroidery, and lavish textiles.

— Anika Reed, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2026
The place to indulge in the unbridled opulence of an early 20th-century aristocrat.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of opulence

Noun

Most Popular Still, some chefs are happy for a salad to contain an element of richness, like at Maison Sota in Paris, where chef Sota Atsumi serves mixed leaves and seasonal vegetables dressed with a rich foie gras sauce, to thrilling effect.

— Joel Hart, Vogue, 11 Sep. 2026
Despite the richness of color, everything feels beautifully cohesive, a design language that is fresh, considered, and full of unexpected details.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of richness

Noun

Each of the Maisons is represented via artifacts that tell their unique stories of sumptuousness and cultural dialogue that helped shape diplomacy, identity, and popular culture.

— Nancy Olson, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
In the sumptuousness of the bibliophile’s parlor, studying Black history occasioned reverent, joyous gatherings.

— Laura E. Helton, Literary Hub, 20 Apr. 2026

Definition of sumptuousness

Noun

Bezos and Sánchez Bezos received backlash for the event’s lavishness during global hardships.

— Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 19 Aug. 2026
The Vanity Fair of today embodies a certain sort of lavishness—an often unironic appreciation of and yearning for rich people things.

— Naomi Skwarna, hazlitt.net, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of lavishness

Noun

Editor Cam McLauchlin never cuts them into mere blitzes of limbs and blood, though DP Katelin Arizmendi’s acidic palette of yellows, greens and corporeal streaks of red does lend the realism a kind of pop-art splendor.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 14 Sep. 2026
Maybe the South doesn’t brag about its blazing fall colors (because that’s just bad manners), but Southern gardeners can enjoy autumn splendor every bit as lovely as the sugar maples in Vermont or the aspens in the Rockies.

— Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2026

Definition of splendor

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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