GRANDEUR
Dictionary entry overview: What does grandeur mean?
• GRANDEUR (noun)
The noun GRANDEUR has 2 senses:
1. the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand
2. the quality of elevation of mind and exaltation of character or ideals or conduct
Familiarity information: GRANDEUR used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GRANDEUR (noun)
Meaning:
The quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
grandeur; brilliance; splendour; splendor; magnificence; grandness
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms ("grandeur" is a kind of...):
elegance (a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "grandeur"):
eclat (brilliant or conspicuous success or effect)
Meaning:
The quality of elevation of mind and exaltation of character or ideals or conduct
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
magnanimousness; nobleness; grandeur; nobility
Hypernyms ("grandeur" is a kind of...):
honorableness; honourableness (the quality of deserving honor or respect; characterized by honor)
Attribute:
noble (having or showing or indicative of high or elevated character)
ignoble (completely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "grandeur"):
high-mindedness; idealism; noble-mindedness (elevated ideals or conduct; the quality of believing that ideals should be pursued)
sublimity (nobility in thought or feeling or style)
