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View synonyms for splendid

splendid

[ splen-did ]

adjective

  1. Synonyms: imposing, luxurious

    Antonyms: squalid

  2. grand; superb, as beauty.

    Synonyms: first-rate, elegant, majestic

  3. distinguished or glorious, as a name, reputation, victory, etc.

    Synonyms: remarkable, celebrated, conspicuous, eminent, illustrious, famous, famed, renowned, noble, brilliant

    Antonyms: unremarkable, ignoble, mediocre, ordinary

  4. strikingly admirable or fine:

    splendid talents.

    Antonyms: poor, modest

  5. excellent, fine, or very good:

    to have a splendid time.

  6. brilliant in appearance, color, etc.

    Antonyms: drab, dull



splendid

/ ˈsplɛndɪd /

adjective

  1. brilliant or fine, esp in appearance
  2. characterized by magnificence; imposing
  3. glorious or illustrious

    a splendid reputation

  4. brightly gleaming; radiant

    splendid colours

    her splendid face

  5. very good or satisfactory

    a splendid time



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Derived Forms

  • ˈsplendidness, noun
  • ˈsplendidly, adverb

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Other Words From

  • splendid·ly adverb
  • splendid·ness noun
  • un·splendid adjective
  • un·splendid·ly adverb
  • un·splendid·ness noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of splendid1

First recorded in 1615–25; from Latin splendidus “brilliant,” equivalent to splend(ēre) “to shine” + -idus adjective suffix; -id 4

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Word History and Origins

Origin of splendid1

C17: from Latin splendidus, from splendēre to shine

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Example Sentences

In any case, culling a manageable array from the totality of splendid volumes has with each year become more difficult.

One remaining letter thanks a friend for sending some grouse and a book, the former described as “splendid.”

You could hardly find a vestige of the splendid railroad depots, warehouses, etc.

But Daniel Day-Lewis is splendid as Lincoln, and Sally Field almost as good as the cunning, half-mad Mary.

What happened to the formerly addictive, splendid, elegant costume drama?

A splendid grand piano stands in one window (he receives a new one every year).

He had five girls by his first wife; there is no reason why this splendid cow I have picked out should not produce a dozen boys.

Adjoining the engine-house on the other side, is the stable, where five splendid horses are kept.

Dinner was spread in the cabin of that peerless steamer, the New World, and a splendid company were assembled about the table.

In the splendid woman that entered, Monsieur de Garnache saw a wonderful likeness to the boy who stood beside him.

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