grand scale
Hugely ambitious proportions
Grand scale describes something vast in scope, ambition, or execution.
Projects undertaken on a grand scale involve enormous resources, planning, or impact: The cathedral was built on a grand scale.
The phrase often suggests impressive ambition that may border on excess: His plans for the company were on a grand scale—perhaps too grand.
- boundlessWithout any boundaries
- colossalExtremely large in scale
- panoramicOffering unobstructed wide view
- ambitiousStrongly desiring achievement
- master planOverall strategic framework
expansive · gigantic · larger than life · epochal · global · monumental · magnitude · sweeping · immense · comprehensive · far-reaching · big picture · visionary · vast · enormity · transformative · world stage · integrative
- Baroquebaroque music, baroque art, Bernini, Bach, Handel
- Soviet Architectureprefab housing, Seven Sisters, brutalism, housing estates, concrete blocks
- scalesweight, measure, balance, precision scales, beam balance
- "Grand" phrases
- Action Moviesaction movies, action films, action scenes, action stars, explosions
- Baroque ArtRembrandt, Caravaggio, Vermeer, Rubens, Velazquez
grand scalesmall scale
Limited in scope
tiny scale · minuscule · micro · miniature · microscopic
grand scalelocalized
Restricted to one place
piecemeal · small-time · minor scale · narrow · provincial
grand scalemodest
Lacking in pretension
humble · unassuming · unpretentious · understated · low-key