grand
adjective
1. of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope
- in the grand manner
- collecting on a grand scale
Similar word(s): impressive, expansive, heroic
2. of or befitting a lord
Similar word(s): noble, august, lordly
3. ostentatiously rich and superior in quality
Similar word(s): rich, deluxe, gilded, lush, luxurious, opulent, princely, sumptuous
4. extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
Similar word(s): extraordinary, fantastic, howling, marvellous, marvelous, rattling, terrific, tremendous, wonderful, wondrous, raging
5. of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style
- a grand purpose
Similar word(s): noble, elevated, exalted, idealistic, lofty, rarefied, rarified, sublime
6. large and impressive in physical size or extent
- the bridge is a grand structure
7. the most important and magnificent in adornment
- grand ballroom
- grand staircase
Similar word(s): important
8. used of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person
Similar word(s): dignified, distinguished, imposing, magisterial
Sentences with grand as an adjective:
- a grand mountain
- a grand army
- a grand mistake
- a grand monarch
- a grand view
- a grand conception
- His simple vision has transformed into something far more grand.
- a grand lodge
- a grand vizier
- a grand piano
- A cup of tea? That'd be grand.