Thesaurus: grand

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1. superl. Of large size or extent; great; extensive; hence, relatively great; greatest; chief; principal; as, a grand mountain; a grand army; a grand mistake.
2. superl. Great in size, and fine or imposing in appearance or impression; illustrious, dignifled, or noble (said of persons); majestic, splendid, magnificent, or sublime (said of things); as, a grand monarch; a grand lord; a grand general; a grand view; a grand conception.
3. superl. Having higher rank or more dignity, size, or importance than other persons or things of the same name; as, a grand lodge; a grand vizier; a grand piano, etc.
4. superl. Standing in the second or some more remote degree of parentage or descent; -- generalIy used in composition; as, grandfather, grandson, grandchild, etc.
5. adj. of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope
6. adj. of or befitting a lord
7. adj. ostentatiously rich and superior in quality
8. adj. extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
9. adj. of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style
10. adj. large and impressive in physical size or extent
11. adj. the most important and magnificent in adornment
12. adj. used of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person