MAGNITUDE Synonyms: 125 Similar and Opposite Words

magnitude

noun

ˈmag-nə-ˌtüd

Definition of magnitude

as in significance

the quality or state of being important the magnitude of the issue can scarcely be overstated

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as in vastness

the quality or state of being very large the mountain's sheer magnitude usually leaves tourists speechless

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as in size

the total amount of measurable space or surface occupied by something the magnitude of the planned skyscraper is totally disproportionate with that of the other buildings on the block

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Recent Examples of magnitude The 1st magnitude star Regulus will be evident sitting a degree to the moon's left. — Joe Rao, Space.com, 1 Nov. 2026 Montenegrin director and producer Katarina Bulajić is participating with first feature project Leech, about a woman returning to her hometown who is confronted by the magnitude of betrayal. — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2026 Today's top stories As Election Day approaches, data suggest that the focus is now less on whether a Democratic wave will happen and more on its potential magnitude. — Brittney Melton, NPR, 29 Oct. 2026 These sensors can detect both the magnitude and polarity of a magnetic field, and the board can report its measurements hundreds to thousands of times per second, depending on how much processing power your microcontroller has available. — Stephen Cass, IEEE Spectrum, 26 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for magnitude

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Noun

Highway 50 among persistent collision hotspots The findings have particular significance for the capital region, where Highway 50 connects growing foothill suburbs to Sacramento.

— Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 11 Nov. 2026
That final trek on the road still carries a deep amount of significance for Manzanera.

— Devon Ivie, Vulture, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of significance

Noun

The home’s dissolving interior boundary suits an artist who has spent her career questioning where humans fit within the vastness of space and time.

— Jane Horowitz, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
The oceans’ vastness can feel ominous, and though scientists have studied what lurks beneath, so much remains unknown.

— Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of vastness

Noun

Furthermore, the institute estimates that a 5% reduction could save roughly one metric ton of fuel per day on a tanker of this size.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 9 Nov. 2026
Beijing Jiaquan Church was founded in 2006 and had grown in size as an unregistered congregation, Gu said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 Nov. 2026

Definition of size

Noun

Speaking in Spanish, Leo emphasized the importance of protecting family life and delivered a pointed criticism of both laws.

— Carrie Kahn, NPR, 7 Nov. 2026
The fable emphasizes the importance of valuing and respecting all members of a community, regardless of size, background or abilities.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of importance

Noun

When Lee gets back to the van, his dad has passed away, and the immensity of it is too much for his body to bear.

— Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2026
In the wake of tragedy and separation, she is lost, wary of the immensity and opacity of her desire; anger crouches inside her, too, a fact that her divorce made mercilessly clear to her.

— Jamie Hood, New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of immensity

Noun

Managing Barriers To Access There is also a cost-management dimension.

— Soniya Bopache, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026
These nonverbal characteristics are important for conveying emotion, and paralyzed people unable to move their facial muscles lose their ability to communicate in this critical dimension.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of dimension

Noun

True to classic Japanese utility imports, the steering wheel is on the right side of the cab.

— Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 11 Nov. 2026
In September, as a 50 percent tariff and then an outright import ban closed in, Canadian whisky lost more than 15,000 cases of sales from a year earlier in the 18 states where government agencies control liquor sales.

— Lars Hanson, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of import

Noun

The script brilliantly lays that out to counteract some of the hugeness of her character.

— David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 28 July 2026
Nowhere in the vestiges of what was once the sprawl of corporate hugeness known as The General Electric Company are there signs that Katharine Blodgett's laboratory notebooks still exist.

— Natalia Sánchez Loayza, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2026

Definition of hugeness

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