Definition for Grandiose:

• Impressive in reality or pretense.

Synonyms for Grandiose:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • grandiose.
  •ambitious (adjective)
  • impressive,
  • bold,
  • hard,
  • challenging,
  • industrious,
  • severe,
  • difficult,
  • energetic,
  • elaborate,
  • demanding,
  • strenuous,
  • formidable,
  • visionary,
  • exacting,
  • arduous.
  •august (adjective)
  • honorable,
  • high-minded,
  • brilliant,
  • exalted,
  • glorious,
  • resplendent,
  • eminent,
  • venerable,
  • high-ranking.
  •baronial (adjective)
  • princely.
  •bombastic (adjective)
  • orotund,
  • wordy,
  • aureate,
  • overblown,
  • rhapsodic,
  • sonorous,
  • tumid,
  • windy,
  • swollen,
  • loudmouthed,
  • flowery,
  • windbag,
  • verbose,
  • histrionic,
  • balderdash,
  • ranting,
  • stuffed shirt,
  • magniloquent,
  • inflated.
  •ceremonious (adjective)
  • seemly,
  • dignified,
  • punctilious,
  • exact,
  • decorous,
  • starchy,
  • solemn,
  • courteous,
  • proper,
  • striking,
  • deferential,
  • courtly,
  • precise,
  • stiff,
  • moving,
  • civil.
  •chichi (adjective)
  • frilliest,
  • frillier.
  •cosmic (adjective)
  • measureless,
  • Cosmogonal,
  • immense,
  • empyrean,
  • infinite,
  • global,
  • planetary,
  • catholic,
  • worldwide,
  • cosmopolitan,
  • huge,
  • cosmogonic,
  • ecumenical.
  •extravagant (adjective)
  • spendthrift,
  • unconscionable,
  • imprudent,
  • garish,
  • fanciful,
  • fancy,
  • immoderate,
  • reckless,
  • gaudy,
  • excessive,
  • prodigal,
  • outrageous,
  • improvident,
  • steep,
  • inordinate,
  • fantastic,
  • flashy,
  • ludicrous,
  • foolish,
  • crazy,
  • exorbitant,
  • profligate,
  • silly,
  • bizarre,
  • implausible,
  • expensive,
  • lavish,
  • ornate,
  • exaggerated,
  • unrestrained,
  • preposterous,
  • costly,
  • unbalanced,
  • nonsensical,
  • extortionate.
  •grand (adjective)
  • first-rate,
  • very good,
  • admirable,
  • haughty,
  • marvelous,
  • opulent,
  • smashing,
  • unreal,
  • rich,
  • first-class,
  • dynamite,
  • terrific,
  • super,
  • elevated,
  • awe-inspiring,
  • illustrious,
  • outstanding,
  • fine,
  • excellent.
  •grandiose (adjective)
  • splashy,
  • high-falutin',
  • pretentious,
  • monumental,
  • showy,
  • ostentatious,
  • unfathomable,
  • affected,
  • vast,
  • fustian,
  • overwhelming,
  • flamboyant,
  • lofty.
  •heroic (adjective)
  • stouthearted,
  • fearless,
  • mythological,
  • gallant,
  • dauntless,
  • undaunted,
  • unafraid,
  • courageous,
  • intrepid,
  • valorous,
  • doughty,
  • daring,
  • gutsy,
  • valiant,
  • gritty,
  • classic.
  •high-flown (adjective)
  • highflown,
  • high flown.
  •highfalutin (adjective)
  • uppity,
  • conceited,
  • boastful,
  • swanky,
  • vain,
  • puffed up,
  • stuck-up,
  • Flaunting,
  • arrogant,
  • high and mighty,
  • self-centered,
  • presumptuous,
  • important,
  • overbearing.
  •ostentatious (adjective)
  • forced,
  • uptown,
  • blatant,
  • formal,
  • jaunty,
  • rakish,
  • snazzy,
  • tinsel,
  • shameless,
  • peacocky,
  • dramatic,
  • glittery,
  • stilted,
  • exhibitionistic,
  • dashing,
  • fussy,
  • sensational,
  • flourishing,
  • flagrant.
  •pompous (adjective)
  • self important,
  • selfimportant,
  • portentous.
  •pretentious (adjective)
  • too-too,
  • overambitious.
  •puffed-up (adjective)
  • hoitytoity,
  • puffedup,
  • hoity toity.
  •rhetorical (adjective)
  • over done,
  • most embellished,
  • embellished,
  • more embellished,
  • more hyperbolic,
  • silver tongued,
  • mouthy,
  • silvertongued,
  • most hyperbolic.
  •ritzy (adjective)
  • most ornamented,
  • re fined,
  • more ornamented.
  •royal (adjective)
  • queenlier,
  • queenly.
  •splendid (adjective)
  • most splendrous,
  • re-fulgent,
  • more splendiferous,
  • more splendrous,
  • most magnifico,
  • most splendiferous,
  • more magnifico.
  •stately (adjective)
  • de-liberate,
  • de liberate.
  •sumptuous (adjective)
  • pro-fuse,
  • pro fuse.
  •utopian (adjective)
  • most pie in the sky,
  • un-feasible,
  • most idealist,
  • more pie in the sky,
  • most ideological,
  • more pie-in-the-sky,
  • most pie-in-the-sky,
  • dreamest,
  • un feasible,
  • more idealist,
  • most fantasy,
  • more fantasy,
  • more ideological.
  •visionary (adjective)
  • in the clouds,
  • in clouds,
  • introspective.

• n.

  •
  • baroque,
  • artsy-craftsy,
  • abstract,
  • aesthetic,
  • artistic,
  • camp,
  • accessible,
  • campy,
  • avant-garde.
  •
  • ridiculous,
  • wrong,
  • noble,
  • hysterical,
  • perverse,
  • irrational,
  • superb,
  • absurd,
  • unreasonable,
  • extreme,
  • irresponsible,
  • childish,
  • good.
  •
  • plain.
  •grand (noun)
  • study at grand,
  • theatrical.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • self-important,
  • regal,
  • sublime,
  • puffy,
  • egotistic.
  •heroic
  • epic.

Paraphrases for Grandiose:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    splendid.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    awesome, lofty, spectacular, brilliant, marvellous, big, beautiful.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    grand, pompous, magnificent, great, wonderful, pretentious, superb, large, tremendous.

Antonyms for Grandiose:

• adj.

  • ambitious
    facile, easy.
  • august
    undignified.
  • bombastic
    restrained, humble, quiet, reserved.
  • ceremonious
    unobserved, informal, relaxed, unceremonious.
  • cosmic
    limited, bounded.
  • extravagant
    stingy, thrifty, economical, provident, reasonable, saving, close.
  • grand
    unimpressive, bad, paltry, low, poor, common.
  • grandiose
    unpretentious, calm, moderate, small.
  • heroic
    meek, fearful, timid, cowardly, afraid.
  • Other antonyms:
    mean, ordinary, retiring, trivial, average, petty, puny, measly, insignificant, bashful, unimposing, abject, modest, second-rate, shy, demure, trifling, unheroic, run-of-the-mill, mousy, overmodest, down-to-earth, sordid, lowly, homely, unprepossessing, unassuming, passive, diffident, shabby, mediocre, unassertive, meretricious.

Grandiose Sentence Examples:

• It used to stand there until a year or two ago, when the present generation carried it bodily away - a melancholy, stately, grandiose old pile, filling one with no little respect for the people who raised so stately a mausoleum to rest in for a moment.

• He then established himself in New York, and proceeded to visit the four corners of the earth in search for grandiose scenes.