Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Greatness

Nouns
  • greatness etc. adj.
  • magnitude
  • size etc. (dimensions) Size
  • multitude etc. (number) Multitude
  • immensity
  • enormity
  • infinity etc. Infinity
  • might, strength, intensity, fullness
  • importance etc. Importance. great quantity, quantity, deal, power, sight, pot, volume, world
  • mass, heap etc. (assemblage) Assemblage
  • stock etc. (store) Store
  • peck, bushel, load, cargo
  • cartload, wagonload, shipload
  • flood, spring tide
  • abundance etc. (sufficiency) Sufficiency. principal part, chief part, main part, greater part, major part, best part, essential part
  • bulk, mass etc. (whole) [Principal part.] Whole.
Verbs
  • be great etc. adj.
  • run high, soar, tower, transcend
  • rise to a great height, carry to a great height
  • know no bounds
  • ascend, mount. enlarge etc. (increase) Increase, (expand) Expansion.
Adjectives
  • great
  • greater etc. [Supremacy.] Superiority
  • large, considerable, fair, above par
  • big, huge etc. (large in size) Size
  • Herculean, cyclopean
  • ample
  • abundant
  • c. (enough) Sufficiency full, intense, strong, sound, passing, heavy, plenary, deep, high
  • signal, at its height, in the zenith. world-wide, widespread, far-famed, extensive
  • wholesale
  • many etc. Multitude. goodly, noble, precious, mighty
  • sad, grave, heavy, serious
  • far gone, arrant, downright
  • utter, uttermost
  • crass, gross, arch, profound, intense, consummate
  • rank, uninitiated, red-hot, desperate
  • glaring, flagrant, stark staring
  • thorough-paced, thoroughgoing
  • roaring, thumping
  • extraordinary.
  • important etc. Importance
  • unsurpassed etc. (supreme) [Supremacy.] Superiority
  • complete etc. Completeness. august, grand, dignified, sublime, majestic etc. (repute) Repute. vast, immense, enormous, extreme
  • inordinate, excessive, extravagant, exorbitant, outrageous, preposterous, unconscionable, swinging, monstrous, overgrown
  • towering, stupendous, prodigious, astonishing, incredible
  • marvelous etc. Wonder. unlimited etc. (infinite) Infinity
  • unapproachable, unutterable, indescribable, ineffable, unspeakable, inexpressible, beyond expression, fabulous. undiminished, unabated, unreduced, unrestricted. absolute, positive, stark, decided, unequivocal, essential, perfect, finished. remarkable, of mark, marked, pointed, veriest
  • noteworthy
  • renowned.
Adverbs
  • truly etc. (truth) [Object of knowledge.] Truth [in a positive degree]
  • decidedly, unequivocally, purely, absolutely, seriously, essentially, fundamentally, radically, downright, in all conscience
  • for the most part, in the main. [in a complete degree] entirely etc. (completely) Completeness
  • abundantly etc. (sufficiently) Sufficiency
  • widely, far and wide. [in a great or high degree] greatly etc. adj.
  • much, muckle, well, indeed, very, very much, a deal, no end of, most, not a little
  • pretty, pretty well
  • enough, in a great measure, richly
  • to a large extent, to a great extent, to a gigantic extent
  • on a large scale
  • so
  • never so, ever so
  • ever so dole
  • scrap, shred, tag, splinter, rag, much
  • by wholesale
  • mighty, powerfully
  • with a witness, in the extreme, extremely, exceedingly, intensely, exquisitely, acutely, indefinitely, immeasurably
  • beyond compare, beyond comparison, beyond measure, beyond all bounds
  • incalculably, infinitely. [in a supreme degree] preeminently, superlatively etc. (superiority) [Supremacy.] Superiority. [in a too great degree] immoderately, monstrously, preposterously, inordinately, exorbitantly, excessively, enormously, out of all proportion, with a vengeance. [in a marked degree] particularly, remarkably, singularly, curiously, uncommonly, unusually, peculiarly, notably, signally, strikingly, pointedly, mainly, chiefly
  • famously, egregiously, prominently, glaringly, emphatically, strangely, wonderfully, amazingly, surprisingly, astonishingly, incredibly, marvelously, awfully, stupendously. [in an exceptional degree] peculiarly etc. (unconformity) Unconformity. [in a violent degree] furiously etc. (violence) Violence
  • severely, desperately, tremendously, extravagantly, confoundedly, deucedly, devilishly, with a vengeance
  • a outrance, sadly, grossly, sorely, bitterly, piteously, grievously, miserably, cruelly, woefully, lamentably, shockingly, frightfully, dreadfully, fearfully, terribly, horribly.
Phrases
  • greatness knows itself" [Henry IV]
  • mightiest powers by deepest calms are mightiest powers by deepest calms are fed" [B. Cornwall]
  • some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them" [Twelfth Night].