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Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
grand (adjective)
1.
a) having more importance than others - foremost
b) having higher rank than others bearing the same general designation - the grand champion
2.
a) - inclusive comprehensive the grand total of all money paid out
b) - definitive incontrovertible grand example
3.
- chief principal
4.
large and striking in size, scope, extent, or conception - grand design
5.
a) - lavish sumptuous a grand celebration
b) marked by a regal form and dignity
c) fine or imposing in appearance or impression
d) - lofty sublime writing in the grand style
6.
a) pretending to social superiority - supercilious
b) intended to impress - a person of grand gestures
7.
very good - wonderful a grand time
grand (noun)
1.
- grand piano
2.
slang a thousand dollars
Grand (geographical name)
1.
river 260 (418 ) Michigan flowing & into Lake Michigan - miles kilometers SW N W
2.
river 300 (483 ) Missouri flowing into Missouri River - miles kilometers NW SE
3.
river 200 (322 ) South Dakota flowing into Missouri River - miles kilometers N E
4.
the Colorado River from its source to junction with Green River in Utah - SE a former name
5.
- see neosho
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
grand (adjective)
1.
large and impressive in size, grandeur, extent, or conception
SYNONYMS:
august, baronial, epic, gallant, glorious, grandiose, heroic ( heroical), Homeric, imperial, imposing, magnific, magnificent, majestic, massive, monumental, noble, proud, regal, royal, splendid, stately
RELATED WORDS:
colossal, monstrous, prodigious, stupendous, tremendous; kingly, lordly, princely, queenly; awesome, awful, cosmic ( cosmical), sublime, wondrous; formidable, impressive, prepossessing, redoubtable; apocalyptic ( apocalyptical), inflated, operatic, overblown, pompous; marvelous ( marvellous), superb, terrific, wonderful; extravagant, lavish, luxurious, opulent, palatial, palatine, sumptuous; gorgeous, resplendent, splendiferous; extraordinary, killer, remarkable, sensational, striking; celestial, divine, heavenly
NEAR ANTONYMS:
lowly, modest, unprepossessing; average, common, mediocre, ordinary, run-of-the-mill, second-rate; abject, mean, meretricious, shabby, sordid; insignificant, measly, paltry, petty, puny, trifling, trivial
humble, unheroic, unimposing, unimpressive
grand (adjective)
2.
coming before all others in importance
SYNONYMS:
arch, big, capital, cardinal, central, chief, dominant, first, grand, great, greatest, highest, key, leading, main, master, number one ( No. 1), numero uno, overbearing, overmastering, overriding, paramount, predominant, preeminent, premier, primal, primary, principal, prior, sovereign ( sovran), supreme
RELATED WORDS:
distinguished, eminent, illustrious, noble, notable, noteworthy, outstanding, prestigious, signal, star, stellar, superior; high-level, senior, top; important, influential, major, mighty, momentous, significant; incomparable, matchless, unequaled ( unequalled), unparalleled, unsurpassed; celebrated, famed, famous, renowned
NEAR ANTONYMS:
inconsequential, inconsiderable, insignificant, minor, negligible, slight, trifling, trivial, unimportant; collateral, inferior, secondary, subordinate, subsidiary
last, least
grand (adjective)
3.
not lacking any part or member that properly belongs to it
SYNONYMS:
compleat, comprehensive, entire, full, grand, intact, integral, perfect, plenary, total, whole
RELATED WORDS:
unabridged, uncut, undiminished; all-out, exhaustive, extensive, maximal; full-blooded, full-blown, full-bore, full-fledged, full-on, full-out, full-scale
NEAR ANTONYMS:
abbreviated, abridged, cut, diminished, reduced
imperfect, incomplete, partial
grand (adjective)
4.
of a size greater than average of its kind
SYNONYMS:
big, biggish, boxcar, bulky, considerable, goodly, grand, great, handsome, hefty, hulking, husky, largish, outsize ( outsized), oversize ( oversized), sizable ( sizeable), substantial, tidy, voluminous
RELATED WORDS:
astronomical ( astronomic), Brobdingnagian, bumper, Bunyanesque, cavernous, colossal, cosmic ( cosmical), cyclopean, elephantine, enormous, galactic, gargantuan, gigantic, gross, hellacious, herculean, heroic ( heroical), Himalayan, huge, humongous ( humungous), immense, jumbo, king-size ( king-sized), leviathan, major, mammoth, massive, monolithic, monstrous, monumental, mountainous, pharaonic, prodigious, staggering, stupendous, super, super-duper, supersized, titanic, tremendous, vast, vasty, walloping, whacking, whopping; excessive, exorbitant, extravagant, extreme, immoderate, inordinate; abundant, ample, appreciable, copious, plentiful; fat, thick; capacious, commodious, roomy, spacious
NEAR ANTONYMS:
diminutive, half-pint, infinitesimal, Lilliputian, little-bitty, microminiature, microscopic ( microscopical), mini, miniature, minuscule, minute, pint-size ( pint-sized), pocket-size ( pocket-sized), pygmy, teensy, teensy-weensy, teeny, teeny-weeny, tiny, wee; petite, slender, slight, slim, thin
bantam, dinky, dwarf, dwarfish, little, puny, shrimpy, small, smallish, undersized ( undersize)
grand (adjective)
5.
of high birth, rank, or station
SYNONYMS:
aristocratic, blue-blooded, genteel, gentle, grand, great, highborn, highbred, patrician, silk-stocking, upper-class, upper-crust, wellborn
RELATED WORDS:
high, lofty, superior; elevated, ennobled, exalted; gentlemanly, kingly, knightly, ladylike, lordly, princely, queenly, regal, royal; high-level, senior
NEAR ANTONYMS:
inferior, knavish; bastard, illegitimate; ordinary, plain; abased, degraded; junior, subordinate
baseborn, common, humble, ignoble, low, lower-class, lowly, mean, nonaristocratic, plebeian, ungenteel
grand (adjective)
6.
of the very best kind
SYNONYMS:
A-OK, A1, awesome, bang-up, banner, beautiful, blue-chip, blue-ribbon, boffo, bonny ( bonnie), boss, brag, brave, bully, bumper, capital, choice, classic, cool, corking, crackerjack, cracking, dandy, divine, dope, down, dynamite, fab, fabulous, famous, fantabulous, fantastic, fine, first-class, first-rate, first-string, five-star, four-star, frontline, gangbusters ( gangbuster), gilt-edged ( gilt-edge), gone, grand, great, groovy, heavenly, high-class, hot, hype, immense, jim-dandy, keen, lovely, marvelous ( marvellous), mean, neat, nifty, noble, number one ( No. 1), numero uno, out-of-sight, par excellence, peachy, peachy keen, phat, prime, primo, prize, prizewinning, quality, radical, righteous, sensational, slick, splendid, stellar, sterling, superb, superior, superlative, supernal, swell, terrific, tip-top, top, top-flight, top-notch, top-of-the-line, topping, top-shelf, unsurpassed, wizard, wonderful
RELATED WORDS:
acceptable, adequate, all right, decent, good, OK ( okay), passable, satisfactory, tolerable; better, exceptional, fancy, high-grade, high-test, premium, select, special, superfine; classical, standard, traditional
NEAR ANTONYMS:
bad, inferior, low-grade, substandard, unsatisfactory; mediocre, middling, second-class, second-rate
atrocious, awful, execrable, lousy, pathetic, poor, rotten, terrible, vile, wretched
grand (adjective)
7.
unusually large
SYNONYMS:
astronomical ( astronomic), Brobdingnagian, bumper, colossal, cosmic ( cosmical), cyclopean, elephantine, enormous, galactic, gargantuan, giant, gigantesque, gigantic, grand, herculean, heroic ( heroical), Himalayan, humongous ( humungous), immense, jumbo, king-size ( king-sized), leviathan, mammoth, massive, mega, mighty, monster, monstrous, monumental, mountainous, oceanic, pharaonic, planetary, prodigious, super, super-duper, supersize, supersized, titanic, tremendous, vast, vasty, walloping, whacking, whopping
RELATED WORDS:
big, bulky, considerable, extensive, good, goodly, great, gross, handsome, hefty, hulking, largish, major, outsize ( outsized), overgrown, oversize ( oversized), sizable ( sizeable), substantial, tidy, voluminous; august, formidable, grandiose, imposing, lofty, majestic; cavernous, monolithic, overwhelming, staggering, stupendous, towering; boundless, immeasurable, infinite
NEAR ANTONYMS:
little, mini, petite, pint-size ( pint-sized), puny, small, smallish, undersized ( undersize); dinky, dwarfish, half-pint
bantam, bitty, diminutive, infinitesimal, Lilliputian, little bitty, micro, microminiature, microscopic ( microscopical), midget, miniature, minuscule, minute, pocket, pygmy, teensy, teensy-weensy, teeny, teeny-weeny, tiny, wee

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