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==English==
 
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===Thesaurus===
 
===Thesaurus===
[[Babylonian]], [[C]], [[C-note]], [[Corinthian]], [[G]], [[G-note]], [[Klavier]], [[M]], [[Steinway]], [[admirable]], [[advantageous]], [[aggrandized]], [[all-inclusive]], [[apotheosized]], [[aristocratic]], [[august]], [[auspicious]], [[awe-inspiring]], [[awesome]], [[awful]], [[baby grand]], [[barbaric]], [[baronial]], [[beatified]], [[beneficial]], [[benevolent]], [[big]], [[big-league]], [[big-name]], [[big-time]], [[bigwig]], [[bigwigged]], [[bon]], [[bonny]], [[braw]], [[buck]], [[bueno]], [[bumper]], [[canonized]], [[capital]], [[cartwheel]], [[celebrated]], [[cembalo]], [[cent]], [[century]], [[chief]], [[chiliad]], [[chiliagon]], [[chiliahedron]], [[chiliarch]], [[chiliarchia]], [[clarichord]], [[clavicembalo]], [[clavichord]], [[clavicittern]], [[clavicymbal]], [[clavicytherium]], [[clavier]], [[cogent]], [[commendable]], [[complete]], [[comprehensive]], [[concert grand]], [[consequential]], [[considerable]], [[copper]], [[cottage piano]], [[couched harp]], [[courtly]], [[deep]], [[deified]], [[deluxe]], [[dignified]], [[dime]], [[distinguished]], [[dollar]], [[dollar bill]], [[double-barreled]], [[dulcimer harpsichord]], [[earthshaking]], [[elaborate]], [[elegant]], [[elevated]], [[eminent]], [[ennobled]], [[enormous]], [[enshrined]], [[enthroned]], [[estimable]], [[exalted]], [[excellent]], [[exhaustive]], [[expedient]], [[extravagant]], [[fabulous]], [[fair]], [[famous]], [[fancy]], [[fantastic]], [[favorable]], [[fifty cents]], [[fin]], [[fine]], [[first-class]], [[first-rate]], [[fish]], [[five cents]], [[five hundred dollars]], [[five-dollar bill]], [[five-hundred-dollar bill]], [[five-spot]], [[fiver]], [[flamboyant]], [[flashy]], [[foremost]], [[four bits]], [[frogskin]], [[full]], [[garish]], [[gaudy]], [[glorified]], [[glorious]], [[good]], [[goodly]], [[gorgeous]], [[grand piano]], [[grandiose]], [[grave]], [[great]], [[half G]], [[half a C]], [[half dollar]], [[half grand]], [[hammer dulcimer]], [[harmonichord]], [[harpsichord]], [[head]], [[healthy]], [[heavy]], [[heavyweight]], [[held in awe]], [[helpful]], [[high]], [[high and mighty]], [[high-powered]], [[highest]], [[histrionic]], [[huge]], [[hundred-dollar bill]], [[illustrious]], [[immense]], [[immortal]], [[immortalized]], [[important]], [[imposing]], [[impressive]], [[inspiring]], [[intense]], [[iron man]], [[irresistible]], [[kilo]], [[kilocycle]], [[kilogram]], [[kilohertz]], [[kiloliter]], [[kilometer]], [[kind]], [[kingly]], [[lakh]], [[large]], [[large-scale]], [[laudable]], [[lavish]], [[leading]], [[legendary]], [[lofty]], [[lordly]], [[luxurious]], [[magisterial]], [[magnificent]], [[magnified]], [[main]], [[majestic]], [[major]], [[man-sized]], [[manichord]], [[manichordon]], [[marvy]], [[material]], [[maximum]], [[melodion]], [[melopiano]], [[mighty]], [[mill]], [[millennium]], [[millepede]], [[milligram]], [[milliliter]], [[momentous]], [[monochord]], [[monumental]], [[moving]], [[myriad]], [[name]], [[nice]], [[nickel]], [[noble]], [[notable]], [[numerous]], [[one hundred thousand]], [[opulent]], [[ornate]], [[ostentatious]], [[outstanding]], [[overdone]], [[pair of virginals]], [[palatial]], [[parlor grand]], [[penny]], [[pianette]], [[pianino]], [[piano]], [[piano-violin]], [[pianoforte]], [[pleasant]], [[plenary]], [[plush]], [[posh]], [[powerful]], [[pretentious]], [[princely]], [[principal]], [[prodigious]], [[profitable]], [[proud]], [[quarter]], [[queenly]], [[red cent]], [[regal]], [[renowned]], [[respected]], [[revered]], [[ritzy]], [[royal]], [[sainted]], [[sanctified]], [[sawbuck]], [[sedate]], [[self-important]], [[serious]], [[showy]], [[shrined]], [[significant]], [[silver dollar]], [[sizable]], [[skillful]], [[skin]], [[smacker]], [[smashing]], [[sober]], [[solemn]], [[sostinente pianoforte]], [[sound]], [[spinet]], [[splendacious]], [[splendid]], [[splendiferous]], [[square piano]], [[stately]], [[statuesque]], [[strong]], [[stupendous]], [[sublime]], [[substantial]], [[sum]], [[sumptuous]], [[super]], [[superb]], [[supereminent]], [[superfancy]], [[superfine]], [[superior]], [[swank]], [[swanky]], [[swell]], [[tall]], [[ten cents]], [[ten thousand]], [[ten-spot]], [[tenner]], [[terrific]], [[thou]], [[thousand]], [[thousand dollars]], [[thousand-dollar bill]], [[throned]], [[tidy]], [[total]], [[towering]], [[tremendous]], [[twenty-dollar bill]], [[twenty-five cents]], [[two bits]], [[two-dollar bill]], [[two-spot]], [[upright]], [[upright piano]], [[useful]], [[valid]], [[venerable]], [[very good]], [[violin piano]], [[virginal]], [[virtuous]], [[weighty]], [[wonderful]], [[world-shaking]], [[worthy]], [[yard]]
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[[aristocratic]], [[august]], [[auspicious]], [[awe-inspiring]], [[awesome]], [[awful]], [[baby grand]], [[barbaric]], [[baronial]], [[beatified]], [[beneficial]], [[benevolent]], [[big]], [[big-league]], [[big-name]], [[big-time]], [[bigwig]], [[bigwigged]], [[bon]], [[bonny]], [[braw]], [[buck]], [[bueno]], [[bumper]], [[canonized]], [[capital]], [[cartwheel]], [[celebrated]], [[cembalo]], [[cent]], [[century]], [[chief]], [[clavichord]], [[clavicittern]], [[clavicymbal]], [[clavicytherium]], [[clavier]], [[cogent]], [[commendable]], [[complete]], [[comprehensive]], [[concert grand]], [[consequential]], [[considerable]], [[copper]], [[cottage piano]], [[couched harp]], [[courtly]], [[deep]], [[deified]], [[deluxe]], [[dignified]], [[dime]], [[distinguished]], [[dollar]], [[dollar bill]], [[double-barreled]], [[dulcimer harpsichord]], [[earthshaking]], [[elaborate]], [[elegant]], [[elevated]], [[eminent]], [[ennobled]], [[enormous]], [[enshrined]], [[enthroned]], [[estimable]], [[exalted]], [[excellent]], [[exhaustive]], [[expedient]], [[extravagant]], [[fabulous]], [[fair]], [[famous]], [[fancy]], [[fantastic]], [[favorable]], [[fifty cents]], [[fin]], [[fine]], [[first-class]], [[first-rate]], [[fish]], [[five cents]], [[five hundred dollars]], [[five-dollar bill]], [[five-hundred-dollar bill]], [[five-spot]], [[fiver]], [[flamboyant]], [[flashy]], [[foremost]], [[four bits]], [[frogskin]], [[full]], [[garish]], [[gaudy]], [[glorified]], [[glorious]], [[good]], [[goodly]], [[gorgeous]], [[grand piano]], [[grandiose]], [[grave]], [[great]], [[half G]], [[half a C]], [[half dollar]], [[half grand]], [[hammer dulcimer]], [[harmonichord]], [[harpsichord]], [[head]], [[healthy]], [[heavy]], [[heavyweight]], [[held in awe]], [[helpful]], [[high]], [[high and mighty]], [[high-powered]], [[highest]], [[histrionic]], [[huge]], [[hundred-dollar bill]], [[illustrious]], [[immense]], [[immortal]], [[immortalized]], [[important]], [[imposing]], [[impressive]], [[inspiring]], [[intense]], [[iron man]], [[irresistible]], [[kilo]], [[kilocycle]], [[kilogram]], [[kilohertz]], [[kiloliter]], [[kilometer]], [[kind]], [[kingly]], [[lakh]], [[large]], [[large-scale]], [[laudable]], [[lavish]], [[leading]], [[legendary]], [[lofty]], [[lordly]], [[luxurious]], [[magisterial]], [[magnificent]], [[magnified]], [[main]], [[majestic]], [[major]], [[man-sized]], [[manichord]], [[manichordon]], [[marvy]], [[material]], [[maximum]], [[melodion]], [[melopiano]], [[mighty]], [[mill]], [[millennium]], [[millepede]], [[milligram]], [[milliliter]], [[momentous]], [[monochord]], [[monumental]], [[moving]], [[myriad]], [[name]], [[nice]], [[nickel]], [[noble]], [[notable]], [[numerous]], [[one hundred thousand]], [[opulent]], [[ornate]], [[ostentatious]], [[outstanding]], [[overdone]], [[pair of virginals]], [[palatial]], [[parlor grand]], [[penny]], [[pianette]], [[pianino]], [[piano]], [[piano-violin]], [[pianoforte]], [[pleasant]], [[plenary]], [[plush]], [[posh]], [[powerful]], [[pretentious]], [[princely]], [[principal]], [[prodigious]], [[profitable]], [[proud]], [[quarter]], [[queenly]], [[red cent]], [[regal]], [[renowned]], [[respected]], [[revered]], [[ritzy]], [[royal]], [[sainted]], [[sanctified]], [[sawbuck]], [[sedate]], [[self-important]], [[serious]], [[showy]], [[shrined]], [[significant]], [[silver dollar]], [[sizable]], [[skillful]], [[skin]], [[smacker]], [[smashing]], [[sober]], [[solemn]], [[sostinente pianoforte]], [[sound]], [[spinet]], [[splendacious]], [[splendid]], [[splendiferous]], [[square piano]], [[stately]], [[statuesque]], [[strong]], [[stupendous]], [[sublime]], [[substantial]], [[sum]], [[sumptuous]], [[super]], [[superb]], [[supereminent]], [[superfancy]], [[superfine]], [[superior]], [[swank]], [[swanky]], [[swell]], [[tall]], [[ten cents]], [[ten thousand]], [[ten-spot]], [[tenner]], [[terrific]], [[thou]], [[thousand]], [[thousand dollars]], [[thousand-dollar bill]], [[throned]], [[tidy]], [[total]], [[towering]], [[tremendous]], [[twenty-dollar bill]], [[twenty-five cents]], [[two bits]], [[two-dollar bill]], [[two-spot]], [[upright]], [[upright piano]], [[useful]], [[valid]], [[venerable]], [[very good]], [[violin piano]], [[virginal]], [[virtuous]], [[weighty]], [[wonderful]], [[world-shaking]], [[worthy]], [[yard]]
 
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===Etymology===
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{{etyl|enm}}, from {{etyl|xno}} {{term|graunt|lang=xno}}, from {{etyl|fro}} {{term|grant|lang=fro}}, from {{etyl|la}} {{term|grandis|lang=la}}.
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===Pronunciation===
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* {{IPA|/ɡɹænd/}}
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* {{audio|en-us-grand.ogg|Audio (US)}}
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* {{rhymes|ænd}}
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==Translations==
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====Adjective====
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{{trans-top|Of large size or extent}}
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* Croatian: {{t+|hr|velik}}
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* Finnish: {{t+|fi|mahtava}}, {{t+|fi|suuri}}
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* Japanese: {{t+|ja|壮麗|alt=壮麗な|tr=そうれいな, sōrei na}}
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{{trans-mid}}
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* Russian: {{t+|ru|великий|tr=v'elíkij}}
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* Spanish: {{t+|es|grande}}
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{{trans-bottom}}
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{{trans-top|Great in size, and fine or imposing in appearance or impression}}
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* Armenian: {{t-|hy|վեհ|tr=veh}}
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* Croatian: [[veličanstven]]
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* Finnish: {{t+|fi|suuri}}, {{t+|fi|mahtava}}
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{{trans-mid}}
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* Polish: {{t+|pl|wielki|m}}
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* Russian: {{t+|ru|великий|tr=v'elíkij}}
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* Spanish: {{t+|es|grande}}
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{{trans-bottom}}
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{{trans-top|Having higher rank or more dignity, size, or importance than other persons or things of the same name}}
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* Croatian: {{t-|hr|nad-}}
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* Dutch: {{t|nl|grandieus}}
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* Finnish: [[suur]]-
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{{trans-mid}}
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* Russian: {{t+|ru|великий|tr=v'elíkij}}
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* Spanish: {{t+|es|majestuoso|m}}, {{t-|es|majestuosa|f}}
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{{trans-bottom}}
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{{trans-top|Standing in the second or some more remote degree of parentage or descent}}
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* Croatian: [[pra-]], [[šukun-]], [[čukun-]]
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* Finnish: [[iso]]-
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{{trans-mid}}
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* Polish: {{t|pl|pra-}}
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* Russian: {{t+|ru|пра-|tr=pra-}}
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* Serbian: [[pra-]], [[šukun-]], [[čukun-]]
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{{trans-bottom}}
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====Noun====
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{{trans-top|one thousand dollars}}
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* Finnish: [[tonni]] {{qualifier|colloquial}}, [[tonttu]] {{qualifier|slang}}
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* Russian: {{t+|ru|штука|f|tr=štúka}}, {{t+|ru|тонна|f|tr=tónna}}, {{t+|ru|кусок|m|tr=kusók}}, {{t|ru|косая|f|tr=kosája}}
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{{trans-mid}}
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* Spanish: {{t|es|un mil}}
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{{trans-top|one thousand pounds sterling}}
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* Finnish: [[tonni]] {{qualifier|colloquial}}, [[tonttu]] {{qualifier|slang}}
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* Russian: {{t+|ru|штука|f|tr=štúka}}, {{t+|ru|тонна|f|tr=tónna}}, {{t+|ru|кусок|m|tr=kusók}}, {{t|ru|косая|f|tr=kosája}}
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{{trans-mid}}
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* Spanish: {{t|es|un mil}}
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===Related terms===
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* [[grandeur]]
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* [[grandiose]]
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* [[grandiosity]]
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* [[grandioso]]
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===External links===
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* {{R:Webster 1913}}
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===Anagrams===
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* [[DRAGN#English|DRAGN]]
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==French==
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===Etymology===
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{{etyl|frm|fr}} {{term|grand|lang=frm}} < {{etyl|fro|fr}} {{term|grant|lang=fro}} < {{etyl|la|fr}} {{term|grandis|lang=la}}.
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===Pronunciation===
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* {{audio|Fr-grand.ogg|audio}}
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* {{IPA|/ɡʁɑ̃/|lang=fr}}, {{SAMPA|/gRA~/}}
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====Adjective====
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{{fr-adj}}
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# [[big]], [[great]], [[#English|grand]]
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# [[tall]]
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===See also===
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* [[grand-mère]]
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* [[grand-père]]
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* [[grand chose]]
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==Swedish==
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====Noun====
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{{sv-noun|g=n}}
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# a [[mote]], a [[speck]], something very [[small]] and unimportant
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#: ''Huru kommer det till, att du ser '''grandet''' i din broders öga, men icke bliver varse bjälken i ditt eget öga?''
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#:: And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? (Matthew 7:3)
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====Declension====
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{{sv-noun-n-zero}}
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===Notes===
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* The form ''[[grann]]'' is used in the adverb {{term|lang=sv|litegrann||a bit}}, which in older texts can be written ''litet grand''.
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* Phrases like ''vi åt lunch på Grand'', refer to a "Grand Hotel" available in several towns
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Latest revision as of 05:44, 14 October 2014

English

Adjective

Grand (comparative Grander, superlative Grandest)

  1. Of large size or extent; great; extensive; hence, relatively great; greatest; chief; principal; as, a grand mountain; a grand army; a grand mistake.
  2. Great in size, and fine or imposing in appearance or impression; illustrious, dignified, 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. 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. Standing in the second or some more remote degree of parentage or descent; -- generally used in composition; as, grandfather, grandson, grandchild, etc.

Noun

Grand (plural grand)
  1. (US, colloquial) One thousand dollars.
  2. (UK) One thousand pounds sterling.

Adverbs for Grand

impressively; imposingly; magnificently; infinitely; sublimely; majestically; augustly; eminently; superbly; illustriously; ineffably; essentially; fundamentally; resplendently; remarkably; transcendently.

Synonyms for Grand

majestic, stately, dignified, exalted, lofty, splendid, gorgeous, superb, pompous, sublime, magnificent, grandiose, august, large, great, illustrious, imposing, ostentatious, striking, elegant, pretentious, showy, brilliant, impressive.

Antonyms for Grand

inferior, low, ragged, tattered, threadbare, mean, menial, humble, pitiful, contemptible, poor, paltry, unpretentious, petty, trivial, trifling, insignificant, little, unimposing, ordinary, common, commonplace.

Thesaurus

aristocratic, august, auspicious, awe-inspiring, awesome, awful, baby grand, barbaric, baronial, beatified, beneficial, benevolent, big, big-league, big-name, big-time, bigwig, bigwigged, bon, bonny, braw, buck, bueno, bumper, canonized, capital, cartwheel, celebrated, cembalo, cent, century, chief, clavichord, clavicittern, clavicymbal, clavicytherium, clavier, cogent, commendable, complete, comprehensive, concert grand, consequential, considerable, copper, cottage piano, couched harp, courtly, deep, deified, deluxe, dignified, dime, distinguished, dollar, dollar bill, double-barreled, dulcimer harpsichord, earthshaking, elaborate, elegant, elevated, eminent, ennobled, enormous, enshrined, enthroned, estimable, exalted, excellent, exhaustive, expedient, extravagant, fabulous, fair, famous, fancy, fantastic, favorable, fifty cents, fin, fine, first-class, first-rate, fish, five cents, five hundred dollars, five-dollar bill, five-hundred-dollar bill, five-spot, fiver, flamboyant, flashy, foremost, four bits, frogskin, full, garish, gaudy, glorified, glorious, good, goodly, gorgeous, grand piano, grandiose, grave, great, half G, half a C, half dollar, half grand, hammer dulcimer, harmonichord, harpsichord, head, healthy, heavy, heavyweight, held in awe, helpful, high, high and mighty, high-powered, highest, histrionic, huge, hundred-dollar bill, illustrious, immense, immortal, immortalized, important, imposing, impressive, inspiring, intense, iron man, irresistible, kilo, kilocycle, kilogram, kilohertz, kiloliter, kilometer, kind, kingly, lakh, large, large-scale, laudable, lavish, leading, legendary, lofty, lordly, luxurious, magisterial, magnificent, magnified, main, majestic, major, man-sized, manichord, manichordon, marvy, material, maximum, melodion, melopiano, mighty, mill, millennium, millepede, milligram, milliliter, momentous, monochord, monumental, moving, myriad, name, nice, nickel, noble, notable, numerous, one hundred thousand, opulent, ornate, ostentatious, outstanding, overdone, pair of virginals, palatial, parlor grand, penny, pianette, pianino, piano, piano-violin, pianoforte, pleasant, plenary, plush, posh, powerful, pretentious, princely, principal, prodigious, profitable, proud, quarter, queenly, red cent, regal, renowned, respected, revered, ritzy, royal, sainted, sanctified, sawbuck, sedate, self-important, serious, showy, shrined, significant, silver dollar, sizable, skillful, skin, smacker, smashing, sober, solemn, sostinente pianoforte, sound, spinet, splendacious, splendid, splendiferous, square piano, stately, statuesque, strong, stupendous, sublime, substantial, sum, sumptuous, super, superb, supereminent, superfancy, superfine, superior, swank, swanky, swell, tall, ten cents, ten thousand, ten-spot, tenner, terrific, thou, thousand, thousand dollars, thousand-dollar bill, throned, tidy, total, towering, tremendous, twenty-dollar bill, twenty-five cents, two bits, two-dollar bill, two-spot, upright, upright piano, useful, valid, venerable, very good, violin piano, virginal, virtuous, weighty, wonderful, world-shaking, worthy, yard