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splendor

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of splendor

1 impressiveness of beauty on a large scale

  • the splendor of the ancient monument awed us into silence
Synonyms of splendor

augustness, brilliance, gloriousness, glory, gorgeousness, grandeur, grandness, magnificence, majesty, nobility, nobleness, resplendence, resplendency, splendidness, splendiferousness, stateliness, stupendousness, sublimeness, superbness
Words Related to splendor

awesomeness, formidability, marvelousness, wonderfulness, wondrousness

dignity, elegance, grace

lavishness, luxuriance, luxuriousness, luxury, opulence, princeliness, richness, sumptuousness

grandiosity, ostentation, pretentiousness

elaborateness, flashiness, gaudiness, ornateness, poshness, ritziness, showiness, swankiness

extraordinariness, remarkableness

2 the quality or state of having or giving off light

  • the splendor of the huge diamond can scarcely be described
Synonyms of splendor

brightness, brilliance, brilliancy, candor, dazzle, effulgence, illumination, lambency, lightness, luminance, luminosity, luminousness, luster (or lustre), lustrousness, radiance, refulgence
Words Related to splendor

blaze, flare, flash, flicker, light

fluorescence, incandescence, luminescence

burnish, gloss, polish, sheen, shine, shininess

fire, flame, glare, glow

flash, gleam, glimmer, glint, glisten, glitter, scintillation, shimmer, sparkle, twinkle
Near Antonyms of splendor

dimness, gloominess, somberness

cloudiness, haziness, murkiness, obscureness, obscurity

colorlessness, grayness, lackluster, paleness, shadiness, shadowiness
Antonyms of splendor

blackness, dark, darkness, dullness (also dulness), duskiness

3 something extraordinary or surprising

  • some of the many splendors of the reign of Tutankhamen are on display in this new travelling exhibition
Synonyms of splendor

caution, flash, marvel, miracle, phenomenon, portent, prodigy, sensation, wonder
Words Related to splendor

curiosity, sight, spectacle

beauty, corker, crackerjack (also crackajack), dandy, jim-dandy, knockout

apparition, appearance

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