Word Meanings - AUGUST - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Of a quality inspiring mingled admiration and reverence; having an aspect of solemn dignity or grandeur; sublime; majestic; having exalted birth, character, state, or authority. "Forms august." Pope. "August in visage." Dryden. "To shed that august
Additional info about word: AUGUST
Of a quality inspiring mingled admiration and reverence; having an aspect of solemn dignity or grandeur; sublime; majestic; having exalted birth, character, state, or authority. "Forms august." Pope. "August in visage." Dryden. "To shed that august blood." Macaulay. So beautiful and so august a spectacle. Burke. To mingle with a body so august. Byron. Syn. -- Grand; magnificent; majestic; solemn; awful; noble; stately; dignified; imposing. (more info) language of religion, to honor by offerings: cf. F. auguste. See
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of AUGUST)
- Grand
- Large
- dignified
- imposing
- important
- eventful
- magnificent
- grandly
- majestic
- august
- exalted
- stately
- splendid
- lofty
- elevated
- pompous
- gorgeous
- sublime
- superb
- Great
- Big
- wide
- huge
- numerous
- protracted
- excellent
- large
- immense
- bulky
- gigantic
- vast
- grand
- eminent
- magnanimous
- noble
- powerful
- noticeable
- Imposing
- Striking
- effective
- impressive
- commanding
- Princely
- Imperial
- munificent
- regal
- royal
- supreme
Related words: (words related to AUGUST)
- MAGNIFICENTLY
In a Magnificent manner. - IMPOSABLE
Capable of being imposed or laid on. Hammond. - SPLENDIDIOUS
Splendid. - GRANDEUR
The state or quality of being grand; vastness; greatness; splendor; magnificence; stateliness; sublimity; dignity; elevation of thought or expression; nobility of action. Nor doth this grandeur and majestic show Of luxury . . . allure mine eye. - GORGEOUS
Imposing through splendid or various colors; showy; fine; magnificent. Cloud-land, gorgeous land. Coleridge. Gogeous as the sun at midsummer. Shak. -- Gor"geous*ly, adv. -- Gor"geous*ness, n. (more info) luxurious; cf. OF. gorgias ruff, - BULKY
Of great bulk or dimensions; of great size; large; thick; massive; as, bulky volumes. A bulky digest of the revenue laws. Hawthorne. - GREAT-HEARTED
1. High-spirited; fearless. Clarendon. 2. Generous; magnanimous; noble. - GREAT-GRANDFATHER
The father of one's grandfather or grandmother. - GRANDEESHIP
The rank or estate of a grandee; lordship. H. Swinburne. - POWERFUL
Large; capacious; -- said of veins of ore. Syn. -- Mighty; strong; potent; forcible; efficacious; energetic; intense. -- Pow"er*ful*ly, adv. -- Pow"er*ful*ness, n. (more info) 1. Full of power; capable of producing great effects of any - IMMENSENESS
The state of being immense. - GRANDMA; GRANDMAMMA
A grand mother. - SUPREME
Situated at the highest part or point. The Supreme, the Almighty; God. (more info) above, upper, fr. super above: cf. F. suprême. See Super-, and cf. 1. Highest in authority; holding the highest place in authority, government, or power. He that - COMMANDING
1. Exercising authority; actually in command; as, a commanding officer. 2. Fitted to impress or control; as, a commanding look or presence. 3. Exalted; overlooking; having superior strategic advantages; as, a commanding position. Syn. - ROYALIZE
to make royal. Shak. - GRANDUNCLE
father's or mother's uncle. - REGALIAN
Pertaining to regalia; pertaining to the royal insignia or prerogatives. Hallam. - NOBLEWOMAN
A female of noble rank; a peeress. - IMPOSINGNESS
The quality of being imposing. - REGALIA
1. That which belongs to royalty. Specifically: The rights and prerogatives of a king. Royal estates and revenues. Ensings, symbols, or paraphernalia of royalty. 2. Hence, decorations or insignia of an office or order, as of Freemasons, Odd - SUPERROYAL
Larger than royal; -- said of a particular size of printing and writing paper. See the Note under Paper, n. - INGREAT
To make great; to enlarge; to magnify. Fotherby. - INNUMEROUS
Innumerable. Milton. - MEDREGAL
See 3 - ENLARGEMENT
1. The act of increasing in size or bulk, real or apparent; the state of being increased; augmentation; further extension; expansion. 2. Expansion or extension, as of the powers of the mind; ennoblement, as of the feelings and character; as, an