'Splendor' definitions:
Definition of 'splendor'
(from WordNet)
noun
noun
The quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand; "for magnificence and personal service there is the Queen's hotel"; "his `Hamlet' lacks the brilliance that one expects"; "it is the university that gives the scene its stately splendor"; "an imaginative mix of old-fashioned grandeur and colorful art"; "advertisers capitalize on the grandness and elegance it brings to their products" [syn: magnificence, brilliance, splendor, splendour, grandeur, grandness]
Definition of 'Splendor'
From: GCIDE
- Splendor \Splen"dor\, n.[L. fr. splendere to shine: cf. F. splendeur.]
- 1. Great brightness; brilliant luster; brilliancy; as, the splendor ot the sun. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Magnifience; pomp; parade; as, the splendor of equipage, ceremonies, processions, and the like. "Rejoice in splendor of mine own." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Brilliancy; glory; as, the splendor of a victory. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Luster; brilliancy; magnifience; gorgeousness; display; showiness; pomp; parade; grandeur. [1913 Webster] Splendrous
Synonyms of 'splendor'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aura,
- Babylonian splendor,
- beauty,
- blare,
- blaze,
- blaze of glory,
- blazing light,
- blinding light,
- bright light,
- brightness,
- brilliance,
- brilliancy,
- brilliant light,
- burst of light,
- charisma,
- dazzle,
- dazzling light,
- display,
- effulgence,
- elaborateness,
- elegance,
- envelope,
- exquisiteness,
- flamboyance,
- flood of light,
- fulgor,
- glamour,
- glare,
- glaring light,
- glitter,
- gloriousness,
- glory,
- gloss,
- gorgeousness,
- grandeur,
- grandiosity,
- grandness,
- halo,
- heavenliness,
- illustriousness,
- imposingness,
- impressiveness,
- lavishness,
- light,
- luminosity,
- luminousness,
- luster,
- luxuriousness,
- luxury,
- magic,
- magnificence,
- majesty,
- mystique,
- nimbus,
- nobility,
- numinousness,
- panoply,
- plushness,
- pomp,
- poshness,
- proudness,
- radiance,
- radiancy,
- radiant splendor,
- ravishingness,
- refulgence,
- refulgency,
- resplendence,
- resplendency,
- richness,
- ritziness,
- shine,
- show,
- spectacle,
- splendidness,
- splendiferousness,
- splendorousness,
- splendrousness,
- state,
- stateliness,
- streaming light,
- sublimity,
- sumptuousness,
- swank,
- vividness