MAGNIFIC Synonyms: 139 Similar and Opposite Words

magnific

adjective

mag-ˈni-fik

Definition of magnific

as in rhetorical

full of fine words and fancy expressions his letter to me was written in such a magnific style that I half wondered if he had penned it with a quill

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as in magnificent

large and impressive in size, grandeur, extent, or conception the pyramids at Giza remain among the most magnific edifices the world has ever seen

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Recent Examples of magnific From that moment on, the series teleports you through the magnific piazzas, infinite galleries, historic monuments, and palaces of Florence. — Malik Peay, Essence, 24 Oct. 2022

Recent Examples of Synonyms for magnific

Adjective

To judge by the vocabulary deployed in its pages, the book belongs in the inner sanctum of literary theory, where the walls are hung with gnarly rhetorical tropes.

— Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
For one, what South Korea is calling a policy shift is largely rhetorical and little different in substance from the previous approach, says KIDA's Lee Ho-ryung.

— Se Eun Gong, NPR, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of rhetorical

Adjective

Guests can also choose to tack on optional experiences, including a visit to the magnificent Abu Simbel temple and high tea at Aswan’s historic Sofitel Legend Old Cataract hotel.

— Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 5 Aug. 2026
Thanks to the magnificent gothic Minster looking down on winding medieval streets with quirky names such as The Shambles and Whip-Ma-Whop-Ma-Gate, tourists descend on the city in the tens of thousands every week.

— Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of magnificent

Adjective

The headphones come in blue, midnight, orange, purple, and starlight.

— Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 7 Aug. 2026
Imagine the Patriots in red playing a game in Boston, or the Cowboys in their old-school blue in the Cotton Bowl, or Minnesota in purple pants playing outdoors with both teams on the same sidelines (look it up, that used to happen).

— Darren Cooper, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of purple

Adjective

The Marshall Plan and European integration helped produce three decades of rapid growth and rising prosperity, the period the French call les trente glorieuses, the thirty glorious years.

— Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
Beautiful, infuriating, wonderful, awful, glorious, ever-changing, transcendent people.

— Rajani LaRocca, PEOPLE, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of glorious

Adjective

When Kent Jones was a critic at Film Comment, he was known for, among many other things, his eloquent and insightful analyses of performance.

— Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 4 Aug. 2026
What’s far more eloquent is the episode with the witch Circe (a terrific Samantha Morton), whose habit of tricking and transforming men into animals is rendered in evocatively physical, body-horror-esque imagery.

— Alison Willmore, Vulture, 15 July 2026

Definition of eloquent

Adjective

Shot across the teeming city streets and the majestic underground caves of Ireland, Bucking Fastard features operatic imagery from the director’s longtime cinematographer Peter Zeitlinger.

— Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 11 Aug. 2026
The rolling hills behind the beach looked majestic against the darkening sky.

— Annie Daly, Vogue, 11 Aug. 2026