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Grand

Of large size or extent; great; extensive; hence, relatively great; greatest; chief; principal; as, a grand mountain; a grand army; a grand mistake.

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Big 84% connected

Having largeness of size; of much bulk or magnitude; of great size; large.

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Big 84% connected

Having largeness of size; of much bulk or magnitude; of great size; large.

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Dignified 84% connected

Marked with dignity; stately; as, a dignified judge.

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Dignified 84% connected

Marked with dignity; stately; as, a dignified judge.

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Extraordinary 84% connected

Beyond or out of the common order or method; not usual, customary, regular, or ordinary; as, extraordinary evils; extraordinary remedies.

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Extraordinary 84% connected

Beyond or out of the common order or method; not usual, customary, regular, or ordinary; as, extraordinary evils; extraordinary remedies.

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Important 84% connected

Full of, or burdened by, import; charged with great interests; restless; anxious.

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Important 84% connected

Full of, or burdened by, import; charged with great interests; restless; anxious.

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Impressive 84% connected

Making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress; adapted to excite attention and feeling, to touch the sensibilities, or affect th…

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Impressive 84% connected

Making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress; adapted to excite attention and feeling, to touch the sensibilities, or affect th…

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Large 84% connected

Exceeding most other things of like kind in bulk, capacity, quantity, superficial dimensions, or number of constituent units; big; great; capacious;…

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Large 84% connected

Exceeding most other things of like kind in bulk, capacity, quantity, superficial dimensions, or number of constituent units; big; great; capacious;…

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Noble 84% connected

Possessing eminence, elevation, dignity, etc.; above whatever is low, mean, degrading, or dishonorable; magnanimous; as, a noble nature or action; a…

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Noble 84% connected

Possessing eminence, elevation, dignity, etc.; above whatever is low, mean, degrading, or dishonorable; magnanimous; as, a noble nature or action; a…

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Rich 84% connected

Having an abundance of material possessions; possessed of a large amount of property; well supplied with land, goods, or money; wealthy; opulent; aff…

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Rich 84% connected

Having an abundance of material possessions; possessed of a large amount of property; well supplied with land, goods, or money; wealthy; opulent; aff…

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Narrower term 1

Millenary 76% connected

Consisting of a thousand; millennial.

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Broader term 2

Piano 76% connected

Soft; -- a direction to the performer to execute a certain passage softly, and with diminished volume of tone. (Abbrev. p.)

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Pianoforte 76% connected

A well-known musical instrument somewhat resembling the harpsichord, and consisting of a series of wires of graduated length, thickness, and tension,…

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Derivationally related 6

Importance 74% connected

The quality or state of being important; consequence; weight; moment; significance.

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Importance 74% connected

The quality or state of being important; consequence; weight; moment; significance.

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Splendor 74% connected

Great brightness; brilliant luster; brilliancy; as, the splendor ot the sun.

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Splendor 74% connected

Great brightness; brilliant luster; brilliancy; as, the splendor ot the sun.

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Leg 70% connected

A limb or member of an animal used for supporting the body, and in running, climbing, and swimming; esp., that part of the limb between the knee and…

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Synonym 37

August 92% connected

Of a quality inspiring mingled admiration and reverence; having an aspect of solemn dignity or grandeur; sublime; majestic; having exalted birth, cha…

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Chiliad 92% connected

A thousand; the aggregate of a thousand things; especially, a period of a thousand years.

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Distinguished 92% connected

of Distinguish

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Elevated 92% connected

of Elevate

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Exalted 92% connected

of Exalt

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Expansive 92% connected

Having a capacity or tendency to expand or dilate; diffusive; of much expanse; wide-extending; as, the expansive force of heat; the expansive quality…

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Fantastic 92% connected

Existing only in imagination; fanciful; imaginary; not real; chimerical.

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G 92% connected

G is the name of the fifth tone of the natural or model scale; -- called also sol by the Italians and French. It was also originally used as the treb…

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Gilded 92% connected

of Gild

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Heroic 92% connected

Of or pertaining to, or like, a hero; of the nature of heroes; distinguished by the existence of heroes; as, the heroic age; an heroic people; heroic…

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High-flown 92% connected

Elevated; proud.

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High-minded 92% connected

Proud; arrogant.

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Howling 92% connected

of Howl

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Idealistic 92% connected

Of or pertaining to idealists or their theories.

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Imposing 92% connected

of Impose

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Lofty 92% connected

Lifted high up; having great height; towering; high.

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Lordly 92% connected

Suitable for a lord; of or pertaining to a lord; resembling a lord; hence, grand; noble; dignified; honorable.

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Lush 92% connected

Full of juice or succulence.

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Luxurious 92% connected

Of or pertaining to luxury; ministering to luxury; supplied with the conditions of luxury; as, a luxurious life; a luxurious table; luxurious ease.

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M 92% connected

As a numeral, M stands for one thousand, both in English and Latin.

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Magisterial 92% connected

Of or pertaining to a master or magistrate, or one in authority; having the manner of a magister; official; commanding; authoritative. Hence: Overbea…

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Marvelous 92% connected

Exciting wonder or surprise; astonishing; wonderful.

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Noble-minded 92% connected

Having a noble mind; honorable; magnanimous.

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Opulent 92% connected

Having a large estate or property; wealthy; rich; affluent; as, an opulent city; an opulent citizen.

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Phenomenal 92% connected

Relating to, or of the nature of, a phenomenon; hence, extraordinary; wonderful; as, a phenomenal memory.

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Princely 92% connected

Of or relating to a prince; regal; royal; of highest rank or authority; as, princely birth, character, fortune, etc.

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Rarefied 92% connected

of Rarefy

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Rattling 92% connected

of Rattle

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Sublime 92% connected

Lifted up; high in place; exalted aloft; uplifted; lofty.

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Sumptuous 92% connected

Involving large outlay or expense; costly; expensive; hence, luxurious; splendid; magnificient; as, a sumptuous house or table; sumptuous apparel.

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Terrific 92% connected

Causing terror; adapted to excite great fear or dread; terrible; as, a terrific form; a terrific sight.

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Thou 92% connected

The second personal pronoun, in the singular number, denoting the person addressed; thyself; the pronoun which is used in addressing persons in the s…

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Thousand 92% connected

The number of ten hundred; a collection or sum consisting of ten times one hundred units or objects.

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Tremendous 92% connected

Fitted to excite fear or terror; such as may astonish or terrify by its magnitude, force, or violence; terrible; dreadful; as, a tremendous wind; a t…

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Wonderful 92% connected

Adapted to excite wonder or admiration; surprising; strange; astonishing.

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Wondrous 92% connected

In a wonderful or surprising manner or degree; wonderfully.

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Yard 92% connected

A rod; a stick; a staff.

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