grandeur
noun/ˈɡrændjər/
Frequency rank: #10,385 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
impressiveness or magnificence, especially of appearance or scale.
Example sentence
Tourists were speechless when they first witnessed the grandeur of the Grand Canyon.
Synonyms & related words
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