grandness

noun

1. a prominent status

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a person of importance

• Syn: ↑importance

• Derivationally related forms: ↑important, ↑important (for: ↑importance)

• Hypernyms: ↑standing

• Hyponyms: ↑emphasis, ↑accent, ↑primacy

2. the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand

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for magnificence and personal service there is the Queen's hotel

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his `Hamlet' lacks the brilliance that one expects

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it is the university that gives the scene its stately splendor

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an imaginative mix of old-fashioned grandeur and colorful art

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advertisers capitalize on the grandness and elegance it brings to their products

• Syn: ↑magnificence, ↑brilliance, ↑splendor, ↑splendour, ↑grandeur

• Derivationally related forms: ↑grand, ↑brilliant (for: ↑brilliance), ↑magnificent (for: ↑magnificence)

• Hypernyms: ↑elegance

• Hyponyms: ↑eclat

3. unusual largeness in size or extent or number

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↑enormousness, ↑greatness, ↑immenseness, ↑immensity, ↑sizeableness, ↑vastness, ↑wideness

• Derivationally related forms:

↑wide (for: ↑wideness), ↑vast (for: ↑vastness), ↑sizeable (for: ↑sizeableness), ↑immense (for: ↑immensity), ↑immense (for: ↑immenseness), ↑great (for: ↑greatness), ↑grand, ↑enormous (for: ↑enormousness)

• Hypernyms: ↑largeness, ↑bigness

• Hyponyms: ↑enormity

4. splendid or imposing in size or appearance

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the grandness of the architecture

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impressed by the richness of the flora

• Syn: ↑impressiveness, ↑magnificence, ↑richness

• Derivationally related forms: ↑rich (for: ↑richness), ↑magnificent (for: ↑magnificence), ↑grand, ↑impressive (for: ↑impressiveness)

• Hypernyms: ↑excellence

• Hyponyms: ↑expansiveness, ↑expansivity, ↑stateliness, ↑majesty, ↑loftiness