Another word for grandiose
a-z
Adjective
Large and impressive in size, scope, or extent
- Of unusually high quality; excellent:
- Majestic or magnificent:
- Characterized by nobility; majestic.
- Of high spiritual, moral, or intellectual worth.
- Not to be excelled; supreme.
- Impressive and dignified, as in size or appearance; majestic:
- Dignified and slow; measured:
- Brilliant with light or color; radiant:
- Imposing by reason of showiness or grandeur; magnificent:
- Admired by many; illustrious:
- Of or relating to a monarch.
- Of the rank of a monarch.
- Of, relating to, or in the service of a kingdom.
- Of or relating to a monarch; royal.
- Belonging to or befitting a monarch:
- Magnificent; splendid.
- Of or relating to a prince; royal.
- Noble:
- Munificent; lavish:
- Possessing hereditary rank in a political system or social class derived from a feudalistic stage of a country's development.
- Having or showing qualities of high moral character, such as courage, generosity, or honor:
- Proceeding from or indicative of such a character; showing magnanimity:
- Impressive or beautiful in a dignified or inspiring way.
- Splendid in appearance; grand:
- Grand or noble in thought or accomplishment; exalted:
- Outstanding of its kind; excellent:
- Magnificent.
- Imposingly large.
- Exalted.
- Of, relating to, or characteristic of a lord.
- Very dignified and noble:
- Pretentiously arrogant and overbearing.
- Impressive, as in size, power, or accomplishment:
- Large and impressive in size or extent:
- Sweeping in ambition or conception:
- Very pleasing; wonderful; splendid:
- Of or relating to a baron or barony.
- Suited for or befitting a baron; stately and grand:
- Respected and dignified:
Characterized by an exaggerated show of dignity or self-importance
- Pompous or pretentious:
- having or showing an exaggerated opinion of one's own importance; pompous or officious
- blowing or coming in puffs
- panting; short-winded
- puffed up; swollen; inflated
- Displaying exaggerated dignity or self-importance; pompous.
- Claiming that or behaving as if one is important or deserving of merit when such is not the case:
- Showing or betraying an attitude of superiority:
- Marked by an extravagant or presumptuous outward show; ostentatious:
- Characterized by excessive self-esteem or exaggerated dignity; pretentious:
- Full of high-sounding phrases; bombastic:
- Characterized by pomp or stately display:
- Pretentiously self-important; pompous.
- Given to frivolity or silliness.
See also:
© Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Another word for grandiose
Modifier
-
- Of, relating to, or suitable for dramatic performance or the theater.
- Marked by exaggerated self-display and unnatural behavior; affectedly dramatic.
- A stage performance, especially by amateurs.
- Given to or marked by elaborate, ostentatious, or audacious display or behavior.
- Richly or brightly colored; resplendent:
- Of, relating to, or having wavy lines and flamelike forms characteristic of 15th- and 16th-century French Gothic architecture.
- Characterized by excessive self-esteem or exaggerated dignity; pretentious:
- Full of high-sounding phrases; bombastic:
- Characterized by pomp or stately display:
- Large and impressive in size or extent:
- Sweeping in ambition or conception:
- Very pleasing; wonderful; splendid:
© WEBSTER’S NEW WORLD® ROGET’S A-Z THESAURUS by Charlton Laird and the editors of Webster’s New World dictionaries. Copyright © 1999 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.