Synonyms

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expansion; intensification, enhancement, heightening, deepening, strengthening; exaggeration, hyperbole, overstatement, overemphasis; glorification, ennoblement, elevation, aggrandizement; exaltation, lioniza-tion, deification, apotheosis.

magnificence, n. 1. splendor, resplendence, grandeur, glory, majesty, nobility; grandiosity, sublimity, imposingness, impressiveness; exquisiteness, superbness, splendidness, Inf. splendiferousness; state, stateliness, pomp, circumstance, pomp and circumstance, solemnity.
2. luxury, luxuriousness, sumptuousness, lavishness, gorgeousness; brilliance, radiance; grace, elegance;/!// Inf. ritziness, plushness, poshness, swankness.

magnificent, adj. 1. splendid, Inf. splendiferous, resplendent, superb, glorious, brilliant, radiant; luxurious, lavish, sumptuous, gorgeous, Sl. out of this world; All Inf. posh, plush, swank, ritzy.
2. noble, sublime, majestic, august, stately; imposing, impressive, commanding, awe-inspiring, Archaic. magnific; grand, distinguished, royal, regal, kingly, princely; elegant, graceful, handsome.

magnifico, n. 1. grandee, hidalgo, seignior, don; nobleman, patrician, lord, peer, Brahman, silk-stocking, blue blood, Sl. swell.
2. personage, great man, person of consequence, man of mark or note, somebody, name, nabob, mogul, magnate, Inf big name, Inf. bigwig, Inf. VIP, Inf. bashaw; All Sl. big shot, big gun, big wheel, high-muck-a-muck.

magnify, v. 1. increase, enlarge, expand, aggrandize, greaten, amplify; augment, add to, build up; widen, broaden, distend, develop.
2. exaggerate, hyperbolize, overstate, overemphasize; color, embroider, enlarge upon; overreact, blow up, blow out of proportion, Inf. make a mountain out of a molehill, Inf. make a big thing out of nothing, make much ado about nothing.
3. intensify, dramatize, deepen, heighten; enhance, strengthen, Inf. beef up; concentrate, condense, consolidate; aggravate, worsen, make worse, exacerbate, rub salt in the wound, add insult to injury, pour oil on the fire.

magniloquence, n. bombast, fustian, pomposity, orotundity; grandiloquence, high-soundingness, pretentiousness, grandiosity, A rchaic. magnisonance; tur-gidity, tumidity, tumescence; boastfulness, braggadocio, fanfaronade, gasconade; (all of speech) vanity, pride, vaingloriousness, vainglory, arrogance, haughtiness.

magniloquent, adj. pompous, bombastic, fustian, orotund; grandiloquent, high-sounding, high-flown, Inf. highfalutin, pretentious, stilted, grandiose, Archaic. magnisonant; turgid, tumid, inflated, puffed-up; boastful, thrasonical, bragging, braggart, crowing, vaunting, fanfaronading; (all of speech) proud, vain, vainglorious, arrogant, haughty, Inf. high-hat.

magnitude, n. 1. size, extent, measure, proportions, dimensions; amplitude, volume, mass, bulk.
2. greatness, largeness, bigness; immensity, vastness, enormousness, tremendousness; expanse, boundlessness, infinity.
3. abundance, superabundance, plenitude, plenty, profusion, much, copiousness; quantity, good or great deal, Inf heap, Inf. pile, Inf. mess; quantities, bags, barrels, tons.
4. importance, consequence, note, mark, distinction; eminence, loftiness, sublimity; fame, glory, renown.