greatness [greyt]
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greatness [greyt]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: large size
Synonyms: abundance, amplitude, bigness, bulk, enormity, force, high degree, hugeness, immensity, infinity, intensity, length, magnitude, mass, might, potency, power, prodigiousness, sizableness, strength, vastness
Antonyms: littleness, smallness, tininess
Concept Thesaurus
Concept: Greatness.
Category: 2. COMPARATIVE QUANTITY; QUANTITY BY COMPARISON WITH A STANDARD
Synonyms:
-nouns
greatness; magnitude; size (dimensions); multitude (number); immensity; enormity; infinity; might, strength, intensity, fullness; importance., great quantity, quantity, deal, power, sight, pot, volume, world; mass, heap (assemblage); stock (store); peck, bushel, load, cargo; cartload, wagonload, shipload; flood, spring tide; abundance (sufficiency)., principal part, chief part, main part, greater part, major part, best part, essential part; bulk, mass (whole).
-verbs
be great; run high, soar, tower, transcend; rise to a great height, carry to a great height; know no bounds; ascend, mount., enlarge (increase), (expand) [more].
-adjectives
great; greater; large, considerable, fair, above par; big, huge (large in size); Herculean, cyclopean; ample; abundant (enough) full, intense, strong, sound, passing, heavy, plenary, deep, high; signal, at its height, in the zenith., world-wide, widespread, far-famed, extensive; wholesale; many., goodly, noble, precious, mighty; sad, grave, heavy, serious; far gone, arrant, downright; utter, uttermost; crass, gross, arch, profound, intense, consummate; rank, uninitiated, red-hot, desperate; glaring, flagrant, stark, staring; thorough-paced, thoroughgoing; roaring, thumping; extraordinary; important; unsurpassed (supreme); complete., august, grand, dignified, sublime, majestic (repute)., vast, immense, enormous, extreme; inordinate, excessive, extravagant, exorbitant, outrageous, preposterous, unconscionable, swinging, monstrous, overgrown; towering, stupendous, prodigious, astonishing, incredible; marvelous., unlimited (infinite); unapproachable, unutterable, indescribable, ineffable, unspeakable, inexpressible, beyond expression, fabulous., undiminished, unabated, unreduced, unrestricted.
-adverbs
[in a positive degree] truly (truth) [more]; decidedly, unequivocally, purely, absolutely, seriously, essentially, fundamentally, radically, downright, in all conscience; for the most part, in the main., [in a complete degree] entirely (completely) [more]; abundantly (sufficiently); widely, far and wide., [in a great or high degree] greatly; much, muckle, well, indeed, very, very much, a deal, no end of, most, not a little; pretty, pretty well; enough, in a great measure, richly; to a large extent, to a great extent, to a gigantic extent; on a large scale; so; never so, ever so; ever so dole; scrap, shred, tag, splinter, rag, much; by wholesale; mighty, powerfully; with a witness, ultra, in the extreme, extremely, exceedingly, intensely, exquisitely, acutely, indefinitely, immeasurably; beyond compare, beyond comparison, beyond measure, beyond all bounds; incalculably, infinitely., [in a supreme degree] preeminently, superlatively (superiority) [more]., [in a too great degree] immoderately, monstrously, preposterously, inordinately, exorbitantly, excessively, enormously, out of all proportion, with a vengeance., [in a marked degree] particularly, remarkably, singularly, curiously, uncommonly, unusually, peculiarly, notably, signally, strikingly, pointedly, mainly, chiefly; famously, egregiously, prominently, glaringly, emphatically, strangely, wonderfully, amazingly, surprisingly, astonishingly, incredibly, marvelously, awfully, stupendously., [in an exceptional degree] peculiarly (unconformity) [more]., [in a violent degree] furiously (violence) [more]; severely, desperately, tremendously, extravagantly, confoundedly, deucedly, devilishly, with a vengeance; a outrance, a toute outrance., [in a painful degree] painfully, sadly, grossly, sorely, bitterly, piteously, grievously, miserably, cruelly, woefully, lamentably, shockingly, frightfully, dreadfully, fearfully, terribly, horribly.
-phrases
a maximis ad minima; "greatness knows itself" [Henry IV]; "mightiest powers by deepest calms are fed" [B. Cornwall]; minimum decet libere cui multum licet [Seneca]; "some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some
Antonyms: smallness
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Main Entry: breadth
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: extent
Synonyms: amplitude, area, compass, comprehensiveness, dimension, expanse, extensiveness, fullness, gamut, greatness, inclusiveness, largeness, magnitude, measure, orbit, range, reach, scale, scope, size, space, spread, stretch, sweep, vastness
Main Entry: dignity
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: excellence, nobility
Synonyms: address, cachet, character, consequence, courtliness, culture, decency, decorum, distinction, elevation, eminence, ethics, etiquette, glory, grace, grandeur, gravity, greatness, hauteur, honor, importance, loftiness, majesty, merit, morality, nobleness, perfection, poise, prestige, propriety, quality, rank, regard, renown, respectability, seemliness, self-respect, significance, solemnity, splendor, standing, state, stateliness, station, stature, status, sublimity, virtue, worth, worthiness
Antonyms: lowliness
Main Entry: dimensions/dimension
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: proportions; range
Synonyms: admeasurement, ambit, amplitude, bigness, bulk, capacity, compass, depth, dimensionality, extension, extensity, extent, greatness, height, importance, largeness, length, magnitude, measure, measurement, reach, scale, scope, size, volume, width
Main Entry: distinction
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: prominence; achievement
Synonyms: accolade, account, award, badge, bays, celebrity, consequence, credit, decoration, eminence, excellence, fame, flair, greatness, illustriousness, importance, kudos, laurels, manner, merit, name, note, perfection, preeminence, prestige, quality, rank, renown, reputation, repute, style, superiority, worth
Antonyms: insignificance, lowliness, mediocrity, unimportance
Main Entry: eminence
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: importance, fame
Synonyms: authority, celebrity, credit, dignity, distinction, esteem, famousness, glory, greatness, honor, illustriousness, influence, kudos, loftiness, notability, note, power, preeminence, prepotency, prestige, prominence, prominency, rank, renown, reputation, repute, significance, standing, superiority, weight
Antonyms: inferiority, unimportance
Main Entry: enormity
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: extreme largeness
Synonyms: bigness, bulk, enormousness, greatness, hugeness, immensity, magnitude, massiveness, size, tremendousness, vastness
Notes: enormity is the quality of extreme wickedness while enormousness is unusual largeness in size or extent
Antonyms: smallness, tininess, triviality
Main Entry: excellence
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: superiority
Synonyms: arete, class, distinction, eminence, excellency, fineness, goodness, greatness, high quality, merit, perfection, preeminence, purity, quality, superbness, supremacy, transcendence, virtue, worth, éclat
Antonyms: failure, imperfection, inferiority
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