English noun: splendour | |||
| 1. | splendour (attribute) a quality that outshines the usual | ||
| Synonyms | brilliancy, luster, lustre, splendor | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | brightness | ||
| 2. | splendour (attribute) the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Synonyms | brilliance, grandeur, grandness, magnificence, splendor | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | elegance | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | eclat | ||