splendid
Americanadjective
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gorgeous; magnificent; sumptuous.
- Antonyms:
- squalid
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grand; superb, as beauty.
- Synonyms:
- first-rate, elegant, majestic
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distinguished or glorious, as a name, reputation, victory, etc.
- Synonyms:
- noble, brilliant, remarkable, celebrated, conspicuous, eminent, illustrious, famous, famed, renowned
- Antonyms:
- ignoble, mediocre, unremarkable, ordinary
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strikingly admirable or fine.
splendid talents.
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excellent, fine, or very good.
to have a splendid time.
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brilliant in appearance, color, etc.
adjective
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brilliant or fine, esp in appearance
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characterized by magnificence; imposing
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glorious or illustrious
a splendid reputation
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brightly gleaming; radiant
her splendid face
splendid colours
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very good or satisfactory
a splendid time
Related Words
See magnificent ( def. ).
Other Word Forms
- splendidly adverb
- splendidness noun
- unsplendid adjective
- unsplendidly adverb
- unsplendidness noun
Etymology
Origin of splendid
First recorded in 1615–25; from Latin splendidus “brilliant,” equivalent to splend(ēre) “to shine” + -idus adjective suffix; -id 4
Example Sentences
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We buried the old clockmaker in the splendid suit and vest he had worn to the Hundredth Birthday Party, six years and another lifetime ago.
From Literature
“I was really hoping to create some splendid work for us.”
From Literature
His splendid book is devoted to a topic—the health benefits derived from exposure to high temperatures—that could be tedious in the wrong hands.
The museum gathers a splendid array of portraits to highlight the many meanings of fashion in the English painter’s work.
Aimee Ng, chief curator at the Frick, has brought together 25 splendid portraits by Gainsborough—three of them from the museum’s holdings, the rest from collections in North America and the U.K.
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