GRAND
Dictionary entry overview: What does grand mean?
• GRAND (noun)
The noun GRAND has 2 senses:
1. the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
2. a piano with the strings on a horizontal harp-shaped frame; usually supported by three legs
Familiarity information: GRAND used as a noun is rare.
• GRAND (adjective)
The adjective GRAND has 8 senses:
1. of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope
2. of or befitting a lord
3. rich and superior in quality
4. extraordinarily good; used especially as intensifiers
5. of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style
6. large and impressive in physical size or extent
7. the most important and magnificent in adornment
8. used of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person
Familiarity information: GRAND used as an adjective is common.
Dictionary entry details
• GRAND (noun)
Meaning:
The cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Synonyms:
1000; chiliad; thousand; grand; thou; one thousand; M; K; G; yard
Hypernyms ("grand" is a kind of...):
large integer (an integer equal to or greater than ten)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "grand"):
millenary (a sum or aggregate of one thousand (especially one thousand years))
Meaning:
A piano with the strings on a horizontal harp-shaped frame; usually supported by three legs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
grand piano; grand
Hypernyms ("grand" is a kind of...):
forte-piano; piano; pianoforte (a stringed instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds)
Meronyms (parts of "grand"):
leg (one of the supports for a piece of furniture)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "grand"):
baby grand; baby grand piano; parlor grand; parlor grand piano; parlour grand; parlour grand piano (a small grand piano)
concert grand; concert piano (a grand piano suitable for concert performances)
• GRAND (adjective)
Meaning:
Of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope
Synonyms:
grand; expansive; heroic
Context examples:
an expansive lifestyle / in the grand manner / collecting on a grand scale / heroic undertakings
Similar:
impressive (making a strong or vivid impression)
Meaning:
Of or befitting a lord
Synonyms:
august; lordly; grand
Context examples:
heir to a lordly fortune / of august lineage
Similar:
noble (of or belonging to or constituting the hereditary aristocracy especially as derived from feudal times)
Meaning:
Rich and superior in quality
Synonyms:
princely; opulent; deluxe; sumptuous; luxurious; grand; gilded
Context examples:
a princely sum / gilded dining rooms
Similar:
rich (suggestive of or characterized by great expense)
Meaning:
Extraordinarily good; used especially as intensifiers
Synonyms:
wondrous; wonderful; rattling; marvelous; marvellous; howling; terrific; tremendous; fantastic; grand
Context examples:
a fantastic trip to the Orient / the film was fantastic! / a howling success / a marvelous collection of rare books / had a rattling conversation about politics / a tremendous achievement
Similar:
extraordinary (beyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable)
Meaning:
Of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style
Synonyms:
exalted; noble-minded; lofty; high-minded; idealistic; high-flown; rarefied; rarified; sublime; grand
Context examples:
an exalted ideal / argue in terms of high-flown ideals / a noble and lofty concept / a grand purpose
Similar:
noble (having or showing or indicative of high or elevated character)
Meaning:
Large and impressive in physical size or extent
Context example:
the bridge is a grand structure
Similar:
big; large (above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent)
Meaning:
The most important and magnificent in adornment
Context examples:
grand ballroom / grand staircase
Similar:
important; of import (of great significance or value)
Meaning:
Used of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person
Synonyms:
imposing; distinguished; magisterial; grand
Context examples:
his distinguished bearing / the monarch's imposing presence / she reigned in magisterial beauty
Similar:
dignified (having or expressing dignity; especially formality or stateliness in bearing or appearance)
