Word Meanings - EXCITER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

One who, or that which, excites. Hope is the grand exciter of industry. Dr. H. More.

Related words: (words related to EXCITER)

• 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.
• GRANDEESHIP
  The rank or estate of a grandee; lordship. H. Swinburne.
• GRANDMA; GRANDMAMMA
  A grand mother.
• GRANDUNCLE
  father's or mother's uncle.
• GRANDIFIC
  Making great. Bailey.
• GRANDILOQUENT
  Speaking in a lofty style; pompous; bombastic.
• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• GRANDNESS
  Grandeur. Wollaston.
• GRANDILOQUENCE
  The use of lofty words or phrases; bombast; -- usually in a bad sense. The sin of grandiloquence or tall talking. Thackeray,
• GRANDILOQUOUS
  Grandiloquent.
• GRANDNEPHEW
  The grandson of one's brother or sister.
• GRANDEE
  A man of elevated rank or station; a nobleman. In Spain, a nobleman of the first rank, who may be covered in the king's presence.
• WHICH
  the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
• INDUSTRY
  Human exertion of any kind employed for the creation of value, and regarded by some as a species of capital or wealth; labor. Syn. -- Diligence; assiduity; perseverance; activity; laboriousness; attention. See Diligence. (more info) 1. Habitual
• GRANDSON
  A son's or daughter's son.
• GRANDSIRE
  Specifically, a grandfather; more generally, any ancestor.
• GRANDMOTHERLY
  Like a grandmother in age or manner; kind; indulgent.
• GRANDPA; GRANDPAPA
  A grandfather.
• GRANDINOUS
  Consisting of hail; abounding in hail. Bailey.
• GRAND MERCY
  See GRAMERCY
• GREAT-GRANDFATHER
  The father of one's grandfather or grandmother.
• SELF-AGGRANDIZEMENT
  The aggrandizement of one's self.
• GREAT-GRANDSON
  A son of one's grandson or granddaughter.
• GREAT-GRANDMOTHER
  The mother of one's grandfather or grandmother.
• AGGRANDIZE
  1. To make great; to enlarge; to increase; as, to aggrandize our conceptions, authority, distress. 2. To make great or greater in power, rank, honor, or wealth; -- applied to persons, countries, etc. His scheme for aggrandizing his son. Prescott.