Synonyms and Antonyms of splendor
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impressiveness of beauty on a large scale
- the splendor of the ancient monument awed us into silence
augustness, brilliance, gloriousness, glory, gorgeousness, grandeur, grandness, magnificence, majesty, nobility, nobleness, resplendence, resplendency, splendidness, splendiferousness, stateliness, stupendousness, sublimeness, superbness
awesomeness, formidability, marvelousness, wonderfulness, wondrousness
dignity, elegance, grace
lavishness, luxuriance, luxuriousness, luxury, opulence, princeliness, richness, sumptuousness
grandiosity, ostentation, pretentiousness
elaborateness, flashiness, gaudiness, ornateness, poshness, ritziness, showiness, swankiness
extraordinariness, remarkableness
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the quality or state of having or giving off light
- the splendor of the huge diamond can scarcely be described
brightness, brilliance, brilliancy, candor, dazzle, effulgence, illumination, lambency, lightness, luminance, luminosity, luminousness, luster (or lustre), lustrousness, radiance, refulgence
blaze, flare, flash, flicker, light
fluorescence, incandescence, luminescence
burnish, gloss, polish, sheen, shine, shininess
fire, flame, glare, glow
flash, gleam, glimmer, glint, glisten, glitter, scintillation, shimmer, sparkle, twinkle
dimness, gloominess, somberness
cloudiness, haziness, murkiness, obscureness, obscurity
colorlessness, grayness, lackluster, paleness, shadiness, shadowiness
3
something extraordinary or surprising
- some of the many splendors of the reign of Tutankhamen are on display in this new travelling exhibition
