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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | radiance, glory |
| Synonyms: | brightness, brilliance, ceremony, dazzle, display, effulgence, gorgeousness, grandeur, luster, magnificence, majesty, pageant, pomp, refulgence, renown, resplendence, richness, show, solemnity, spectacle, stateliness, sumptuousness |
| Antonyms: | dullness, insignificance, ordinariness, poorness |
| Main Entry: | display |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | public showing; spectacle |
| Synonyms: | act, affectation, arrangement, array, arrayal, blaze, bravura, dash, demonstration, example, exhibit, exhibition, expo, exposition, exposure, fanfare, flourish, for show, frame-up, frippery, front, grandstand play, layout, manifestation, ostentation, ostentatiousness, pageant, panorama, parade, pedantry, pomp, presentation, pretension, pretentiousness, revelation, sample, scheme, shine, showboat, splash, splendor, splurge, spread, unfolding, vanity |
| Antonyms: | hiding |
| Main Entry: | elegance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cultivated beauty, taste |
| Synonyms: | breeding, charm, class, courtliness, cultivation, culture, delicacy, dignity, discernment, distinction, exquisiteness, felicity, gentility, good taste, grace, gracefulness, grandeur, hauteur, lushness, luxury, magnificence, nicety, nobility, noblesse, ornateness, polish, politeness, poshness, propriety, purity, refinement, restraint, rhythm, sophistication, splendor, style, sumptuousness, symmetry, tastefulness |
| Antonyms: | crudeness, inelegance, poor taste, roughness, ugliness |
| Main Entry: | fame |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | celebrity |
| Synonyms: | acclaim, acclamation, account, acknowledgment, character, credit, dignity, distinction, elevation, eminence, esteem, estimation, exaltation, favor, glory, greatness, heyday, honor, illustriousness, immortality, kudos, laurels, luster, majesty, name, nobility, note, notoriety, place, popularity, position, preeminence, prominence, public esteem, rank, recognition, regard, renown, rep, report, reputation, repute, splendor, standing, stardom, station, superiority, éclat |
| Main Entry: | finery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | best clothing |
| Synonyms: | Sunday best trappings, apparel, bib and tucker, caparison, decoration, fancy dress, formals, frippery, full dress, gear, regalia, splendor, suit, trimmings, trinkets |
| Antonyms: | rags |
| Main Entry: | fire |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | animation, vigor |
| Synonyms: | ardor, brio, calenture, dash, drive, eagerness, energy, enthusiasm, excitement, exhilaration, fervency, fervor, force, ginger, gusto, heartiness, heat, impetuosity, intensity, life, light, liveliness, luster, passion, pep, punch*, radiance, red heat, scintillation, snap*, sparkle, spirit, splendor, starch, verve, vim, virtuosity, vivacity, white heat, zeal, zing, zip, élan |
| Antonyms: | apathy, dullness, lethargy, spiritlessness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gleam |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | brightness, sparkle |
| Synonyms: | beam, brilliance, coruscation, flash, flicker, glance, glim, glimmer, glint, glitz, gloss, glow, luster, ray, scintillation, sheen, shimmer, splendor, twinkle |
| Antonyms: | dullness |
| Main Entry: | glitter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | brilliance, sparkle |
| Synonyms: | beam, brightness, coruscation, display, flash, gaudiness, glamour, glare, gleam, glint, glisten, glister, glitz, luster, pageantry, radiance, scintillation, sheen, shimmer, shine, show, showiness, splendor, tinsel, twinkle, zap |
| Antonyms: | dullness |
| Main Entry: | glory |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fame, importance |
| Synonyms: | celebrity, dignity, distinction, eminence, exaltation, grandeur, greatness, honor, illustriousness, immortality, kudos, magnificence, majesty, nobility, praise, prestige, renown, reputation, splendor, sublimity, triumph |
| Antonyms: | unimportance, unknown |
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