grand

grand is a 5-letter English word with 14 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Of large size or extent; great; extensive; hence, relatively great; greatest; chief; principal; as, a grand mountain; a grand army; a grand mistake. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 9 · 14 senses

Definitions

1. superlative. Of large size or extent; great; extensive; hence, relatively great; greatest; chief; principal; as, a grand mountain; a grand army; a grand mistake.
2. superlative. 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. superlative. 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. superlative. Standing in the second or some more remote degree of parentage or descent; -- generalIy used in composition; as, grandfather, grandson, grandchild, etc.
5. noun. a piano with the strings on a horizontal harp-shaped frame; usually supported by three legs
6. noun. the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100

   Synonyms: chiliad, thou, thousand, yard

7. adjective. used of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person

   "his distinguished bearing"

   "the monarch's imposing presence"

   Synonyms: distinguished, imposing, magisterial

8. adjective. the most important and magnificent in adornment

   "grand ballroom"

   "grand staircase"

9. adjective. of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope

   "an expansive lifestyle"

   "in the grand manner"

   Synonyms: expansive, heroic

10. adjective. large and impressive in physical size or extent

    "the bridge is a grand structure"

11. adjective. of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style- Oliver Franks

    "an exalted ideal"

    "argue in terms of high-flown ideals"

    Synonyms: elevated, exalted, idealistic, lofty, rarefied, rarified, sublime

12. adjective. of or befitting a lord

    "heir to a lordly fortune"

    "of august lineage"

    Synonyms: august, lordly

13. adjective. extraordinarily good or great ; used especially as intensifiers

    "a fantastic trip to the Orient"

    "the film was fantastic!"

    Synonyms: fantastic, howling, marvellous, marvelous, rattling, terrific, tremendous, wonderful, wondrous

14. adjective. rich and superior in quality

    "a princely sum"

    "gilded dining rooms"

    Synonyms: deluxe, gilded, luxurious, opulent, princely, sumptuous

Synonyms

chiliad, thou, thousand, yard, distinguished, imposing, magisterial, expansive, heroic, elevated, exalted, idealistic, lofty, rarefied, rarified, sublime, august, lordly, fantastic, howling, marvellous, marvelous, rattling, terrific

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in grand:

drang

Common word forms

grands, grander, grandly, grandest, grandity, grandness

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