mightiness

noun

Definition of mightinessnext
as in immensity

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Recent Examples of mightiness Trump felled so much timber not because of the mightiness of his axe but because of the rot within the trees and the weakness of the wood. — Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025 In the last two years, Monty and Rose’s followers have found inspiration in their small-but-mightiness. — Morgan Greene, chicagotribune.com, 26 Apr. 2021 This may reflect Mr Xi’s mightiness, or his weakness and insecurity. — The Economist, 2 Nov. 2019 In our household, steak tartare is about the pure, unobscured flavor of the beef itself, that metallic, bloody, iron-rich mightiness. — Gabrielle Hamilton, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mightiness
  1. immensity
  2. vastness
  3. hugeness
  4. healthiness
  5. bigness
  6. enormity
  7. grandness
  8. bulkiness
Noun
  • Take in the 55-foot-high arches with their 29,000 Guastavino ceiling tiles, the larger-than-life windows, and try, just try, to reckon with the immensity of Detroit's story.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 July 2026
  • But Supergirl doesn’t quite want to deal with the immensity of its protagonist’s feelings; her drunken stupor is often played for laughs, defined by disheveled hair, big sunglasses, and plenty of slurred speech.
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 26 June 2026
Definition of immensity
Noun
  • The book features portraits of puesteros between shots of domestic settings and local landscapes—the little that belongs to them and the vastness that does not.
    — Ana Karina Zatarain, New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2026
  • One group got no special instructions, while the other was told to actively find moments of awe on their walk, seeking out novelty, tapping into wonder, and noticing the vastness of things, even in their own neighborhood—all subjective, of course.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of vastness
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
Noun
  • Unfortunately, Americans have proved themselves to be suckers for packaging that conveys a food’s healthiness, Bragg said.
    — Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 23 Aug. 2025
Definition of healthiness
Noun
  • There was a bigness to not just the melodies and choruses, but to the emotions being expressed.
    — Brendan Hay, SPIN, 13 Apr. 2026
Definition of bigness
Noun
  • Unlike other flagship devices that border on enormity, the 11 Pro fits cozily in my palm.
    — Kimberly Gedeon, PC Magazine, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Grohl made mention of the enormity of this stadium production and was clearly jazzed to be near his northern Virginia roots.
    — Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of enormity
Noun
  • His relaxed point of view is a far cry from the grandness or the grittiness that marked the work of Western painters past like Frederic Remington or Albert Bierstadt.
    — Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 30 Mar. 2026
  • But the grandness of these dreams butts up against the precarity that their dreamers are facing.
    — Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2026
Definition of grandness
Noun
  • The Dobreva balconette bra is lightly lined and designed to lift your chest without the bulkiness of a push-up bra.
    — Olivia Dubyak, InStyle, 26 June 2026
  • Its bulkiness could be seen as both a blessing and a curse, as much of the weight is concentrated in the base to prevent the monitor from tipping over.
    — Tony Hoffman, PC Magazine, 2 June 2026
Definition of bulkiness

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“Mightiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mightiness. Accessed 23 Aug. 2026.

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