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单词 greatness
释义

greatness

noun

great·​ness ˈgrāt-nəs How to pronounce greatness (audio)
: the quality or state of being great (as in size, skill, achievement, or power)
Today, many Inca buildings still stand—all witnesses to an empire of unforgettable greatness. Michelle Laliberte
An understanding of the visible world became a better way of understanding the greatness of God. Mario Salvadori
I came back convinced that bourbon and its cousins are America's contribution to world distillery, with as strong a claim to greatness as anything from Scotland, Ireland, or Canada. Corby Kummer
… young team that came within a game of reaching the World Series, a team on the verge of greatness. Barry Rozner
Tyson, 33, has long since abandoned any claim to boxing greatness, having squandered his promise in two jail sentences, a suspension and several gory defeats. Richard Hoffer

Synonyms

  • choiceness
  • distinction
  • excellence
  • excellency
  • first-rateness
  • perfection
  • preeminence
  • primeness
  • superbness
  • superiority
  • supremacy
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Word History

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above

greatness

noun

1
as in excellence
exceptionally high quality a poet whose work is of enduring greatness

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • excellence
  • excellency
  • perfection
  • superiority
  • supremacy
  • importance
  • preeminence
  • flawlessness
  • perfectness
  • goodness
  • primeness
  • superbness
  • faultlessness
  • choiceness
  • first-rateness
  • impeccability
  • value
  • distinction
  • worth
  • notability
  • consequence

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • mediocrity
  • badness
  • inferiority
  • worthlessness
  • ordinariness
  • averageness
  • crumminess
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2
as in bigness
the quality or state of being large in size the overwhelming greatness of the canyon is what visitors first notice

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • bigness
  • largeness
  • generosity
  • bountifulness
  • grandness
  • abundance
  • magnitude
  • voluminousness
  • substantiality
  • vastness
  • prodigiousness
  • immensity
  • hugeness
  • immenseness
  • bulkiness
  • extremeness
  • excessiveness
  • extensiveness
  • healthiness
  • massiveness
  • enormousness
  • stupendousness
  • enormity
  • extravagance
  • liberality
  • heftiness
  • mightiness
  • adequacy
  • mountainousness
  • sufficiency
  • copiousness
  • handsomeness
  • grossness
  • ampleness
  • muchness
  • immoderacy
  • weightiness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • smallness
  • littleness
  • fineness
  • puniness
  • minuteness
  • scarcity
  • inadequacy
  • meagerness
  • slightness
  • deficiency
  • slenderness
  • tininess
  • diminutiveness
  • slimness
  • sparseness
  • sparsity
  • stinginess
  • spareness
  • scantiness
  • poorness
  • inadequateness
  • skimpiness
  • scarceness
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