'Grandeur' definitions:
Definition of 'grandeur'
(from WordNet)
noun
The quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand; "for magnificence and personal service there is the Queen's hotel"; "his `Hamlet' lacks the brilliance that one expects"; "it is the university that gives the scene its stately splendor"; "an imaginative mix of old-fashioned grandeur and colorful art"; "advertisers capitalize on the grandness and elegance it brings to their products" [syn: magnificence, brilliance, splendor, splendour, grandeur, grandness]
noun
The quality of elevation of mind and exaltation of character or ideals or conduct [syn: nobility, nobleness, magnanimousness, grandeur]
Definition of 'Grandeur'
From: GCIDE
- Grandeur \Gran"deur\, n. [F., fr. grand. See Grand.] The state or quality of being grand; vastness; greatness; splendor; magnificence; stateliness; sublimity; dignity; elevation of thought or expression; nobility of action. [1913 Webster]
- Nor doth this grandeur and majestic show Of luxury . . . allure mine eye. --Milton.
- Syn: Sublimity; majesty; stateliness; augustness; loftiness. See Sublimity. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'grandeur'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ampleness,
- amplitude,
- augustness,
- Babylonian splendor,
- bigness,
- broadness,
- bulk,
- capaciousness,
- comprehensiveness,
- consequence,
- conspicuousness,
- copiousness,
- courtliness,
- dignifiedness,
- dignity,
- distinction,
- elaborateness,
- elegance,
- elevation,
- eminence,
- enormity,
- enormousness,
- exaltation,
- excellence,
- expanse,
- expansiveness,
- extensiveness,
- formidableness,
- fullness,
- generousness,
- gigantism,
- glory,
- gorgeousness,
- grandiosity,
- grandness,
- gravity,
- great scope,
- greatness,
- high mightiness,
- hugeness,
- immensity,
- importance,
- imposingness,
- impressiveness,
- infinity,
- intensity,
- kingliness,
- largeness,
- lavishness,
- loftiness,
- lordliness,
- luxuriousness,
- luxury,
- magnificence,
- magnitude,
- majesty,
- mark,
- might,
- mightiness,
- muchness,
- nobility,
- nobleness,
- notability,
- note,
- outstandingness,
- plenitude,
- plushness,
- pomp,
- poshness,
- power,
- pride of bearing,
- pride of place,
- princeliness,
- prodigiousness,
- profundity,
- prominence,
- proud bearing,
- proudness,
- regality,
- resplendence,
- ritziness,
- sedateness,
- significance,
- sobriety,
- solemnity,
- spaciousness,
- splendidness,
- splendiferousness,
- splendor,
- state,
- stateliness,
- strength,
- stupendousness,
- sublimity,
- sumptuousness,
- supereminence,
- tallness,
- tremendousness,
- vastness,
- venerability,
- wideness,
- worthiness