splendors
Breathtaking grand features
Splendors is the plural of splendor—magnificent or brilliant qualities, impressive displays of beauty or grandeur.
The word often appears in descriptions of wealth, nature, or ceremony: the splendors of the palace, the splendors of autumn.
Someone might speak of past splendors when recalling former glory now faded.
Impressive supreme dignity
- magnificenceImpressive beauty or scale
- gloryExalted honor and praise
- resplendenceImpressive, dazzling brilliance
- monumentalityImposing scale and permanence
vastness · immensity · stateliness · loftiness · augustness · nobility · eminence · pomp
Showy, abundant prosperity
- sumptuousnessExtreme costly elegance
- lavishnessExcessive richness or abundance
- extravaganceExcessive, wasteful spending
- affluenceAbundance of money
richness · decadence · plushness · gilded · bejeweled · ornate · velvet · silk
Refined, graceful quality
- radianceGlowing luminous quality
- brillianceExceptional intelligence or luster
- lovelinessPleasing beauty or charm
- exquisitenessSupreme delicacy or beauty
grace · allure · charm · aesthetics · symmetry · refinement · attractiveness · picturesque
Astonishing thing or feeling
- spectacleVisually striking event
- phenomenonExtraordinary observable occurrence
- miracleSupernatural occurrence beyond explanation
- amazementOverwhelming surprise and wonder
awe · astonishment · revelation · enchantment · transcendence · sublime · prodigious · extraordinary
majesty
Impressive supreme dignity
- magnificenceImpressive beauty or scale
- gloryExalted honor and praise
- resplendenceImpressive, dazzling brilliance
monumentality · vastness · immensity · stateliness · loftiness · augustness · nobility · eminence · pomp · solemnity
opulence
Showy, abundant prosperity
- sumptuousnessExtreme costly elegance
- lavishnessExcessive richness or abundance
- extravaganceExcessive, wasteful spending
affluence · richness · decadence · plushness · gilded · bejeweled · ornate · velvet · silk · marble
elegance
Refined, graceful quality
- radianceGlowing luminous quality
- brillianceExceptional intelligence or luster
- lovelinessPleasing beauty or charm
exquisiteness · grace · allure · charm · aesthetics · symmetry · refinement · attractiveness · picturesque · scenic
marvel
Astonishing thing or feeling
- spectacleVisually striking event
- phenomenonExtraordinary observable occurrence
- miracleSupernatural occurrence beyond explanation
amazement · awe · astonishment · revelation · enchantment · transcendence · sublime · prodigious · extraordinary · wondrous
splendorssqualor
Dirty, degraded living conditions
drabness · plainness · simplicities · shabbiness · wretchedness
splendorsugliness
Displeasing appearance quality
hideousness · eyesores · grotesqueries · horrors · blemishes
splendorshidings
Acts of secreting away
concealments · obscurities · shadows · secrets · suppressions