impressiveness

noun

Definition of impressivenessnext
as in magnificence

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Recent Examples of impressiveness Their impressiveness came from their straightforwardness, their precision and generosity of flavor, without needless curlicues or misguided deconstruction. — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026 The impressiveness of this UM victory cannot be overstated. — Miami Herald, 1 Jan. 2026 Despite the demo’s impressiveness, some remain sceptical. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 1 Dec. 2025 Beyond the impressiveness of the feat, Kittredge’s inning of perfection was a needed bounce-back outing after Cubs fans’ boos followed him off the mound the night before. — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impressiveness
  1. magnificence
  2. grandeur
  3. greatness
  4. splendor
  5. grandness
  6. dignity
  7. elegance
Noun
  • Yedikule Fortress, a former prison and imperial treasury whose origins go back to the fourth-century Walls of Constantinople, is returning to its former magnificence as the result of a multi-stage restoration project.
    — Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2026
  • The magnificence of the AI renaissance has blinded our society to its pernicious creep into the arts.
    — David Barber, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of magnificence
Noun
  • Its best parts have a grandeur that surpasses its industrial settings and gets at something eerie and transcendent.
    — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2026
  • This historic, palatial site has epitomized grandeur for more than 250 years.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of grandeur
Noun
  • But what an imaginative launching pad to interrogate the nature of greatness, the unsatisfactory acknowledgements of one’s own mediocrity, the seemingly unjust parceling out of genius from God.
    — Doni Wilson, Houston Chronicle, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Ohtani sealed his reputation for greatness in October in the World Series and will try to replicate that when the Dodgers begin their bid for a three-peat.
    — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of greatness
Noun
  • The hotel is a five-minute walk from downtown Callicoon, which is lined with antique and home goods stores, community art, restaurants, bars, and the natural splendor of the Delaware River.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Change is hard for everyone, from people living at subsistence level in sub-Saharan Africa to those living in relative splendor on the California coast.
    — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of splendor
Noun
  • His relaxed point of view is a far cry from the grandness or the grittiness that marked the work of Western painters past like Frederic Remington or Albert Bierstadt.
    — Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 30 Mar. 2026
  • But the grandness of these dreams butts up against the precarity that their dreamers are facing.
    — Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2026
Definition of grandness
Noun
  • The safety and dignity of more than two million civilians cannot continue to be held hostage to the decisions of Hamas, much less the machinations of internal Israeli politics.
    — KHALED ELGINDY, Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2026
  • That doesn't stop him from treating the situation with dignity and empathy and respect.
    — Lilia Luciano, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of dignity
Noun
  • Capturing the whole of the set-up, a Mediterranean pile on the north-west coast of Cyprus, framing its splendid size, its weighty elegance, its thrilling solidity, is challenging.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Mosaku’s dress was formfitting and merged timeless elegance with a scintillating, sensual appeal by contemporary standards.
    — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of elegance

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“Impressiveness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impressiveness. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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