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Splendid

Definition: Splendid

Splendid

Adjective

1. Having great beauty and splendor; "a glorious spring morning"; "a glorious sunset"; "splendid costumes"; "a kind of splendiferous native simplicity".

2. Characterized by or attended with brilliance or grandeur; "the brilliant court life at Versailles"; "a glorious work of art"; "magnificent cathedrals"; "the splendid coronation ceremony".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "splendid" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

 

Synonyms: Splendid

Synonyms: brilliant (adj), glorious (adj), magnificent (adj), resplendent (adj), splendiferous (adj). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Splendid

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Beauty

Brilliant, shining; beamy, beaming; sparkling, splendid, resplendent, dazzling, glowing; glossy, sleek.

Ostentation

Splendid, magnificent, sumptuous.

Repute

Illustrious, glorious, splendid, brilliant, radiant; bright; full-blown; honorific.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Splendid

English words defined with "splendid": bright, brilliance, brilliantDiamond beetlegalaxy, glorify, glorious, grandeur, grandnessimpressivenessMagnifical, magnificence, magnificent, magnificently, make, meanspirited, MurexideNoble metalsput onRelucent, Royal touchSolempne, Splendidious, splendidly, Splendidness, Splendidous, splendor, Splendorous, splendourTo tell no store of, turn inungenerouswhence, wherefrom. (references)
Specialty definitions using "splendid": Barons' WarCaerleonDurham BookGalianaHum'aIlluminationsJULIETLuciferaMarching WatchNamby Pamby Philips, NaphtuhimOutPOINCAIRE, Puahsafety, Siren, SOCIETY SLANG, South-Sea Scheme, Splendid Shilling, Star of the SouthVANDERBILTWellYork Stairs. (references)
Etymologies containing "splendid": Splendidous. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Splendid" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

German (generous, handsome), Romanian (brilliant, exquisite, fine, glorious, gorgeous, grand, lofty, magnificent, noble, princely, proud, refulgent, resplendent, splendid, stunning, superb).

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Modern Usage: Splendid

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Well, it was the way he put it. He said didn't I think it would be a splendid thing for Lucy if he married her and wasn't I off my head with joy (A Room with a View; writing credit: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. based on the novel by E.M. Forster.)

Or have such splendid mistresses, Gaius (Gladiator; writing credit: David Franzoni)

All splendid lovers have just dreadful times (The Parent Trap; writing credit: Erich Kästner; David Swift)

Oh Moses, Moses, you stubborn, splendid, adorable fool (The Ten Commandments; writing credit: J.H. Ingraham; A.E. Southon)

Yes, it's such a marvelous contrast to my own splendid good health (Get Smart; writing credit: Shinichi Sekizawa; Futaro Yamada)

Movie/TV Titles

Love Is a Splendid Illusion (1969)

Splendid Fellows (1934)

Her Splendid Folly (1933)

One Splendid Hour (1929)

The Splendid Crime (1926)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Splendid

DomainTitle

References

  • Splendid Medien AG: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Empress of the Splendid Season (reference)

  • I Remember Ted Williams: Anecdotes and Memories of Baseball's Splendid Splinter by the Players and People Who Knew Him (I Remember Series) (reference)

  • LA Terra Fortunata: The Splendid Food and Wine of Friuli-Venezia Giulia (reference)

  • Splendid (reference)

  • Splendid Soups: Recipes and Master Techniques for Making the World's Best Soups (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  • National Geographic's Splendid Stones (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

  

Consumer Goods

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Splendid

Computer Images:
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Photo Album: Splendid

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In the U.S. Navy section of a cemetary at Cherbourg, France. Photographed circa the early 1900s. James King, 2nd, described in Lieutenant Arthur Sinclair's "Two Years on the Alabama" as "a splendid specimen of an Irishman" had joined the crew of CSS Alabama at Singapore in December 1863. Mortally wounded in the battle with USS Kearsarge off Cherbourg on 19 June 1864, he died after being taken to that ship following the action. Credit: NAVY.

What a splendid thing the "little old red school house" was for this country ... Credit: Library of Congress.

Here is Robertson, the son of a wealthy merchant, with splendid prospect ... Credit: Library of Congress.

President McKinley's splendid welcome to Gen. Wheeler's home city, Decatur, Alabama. Credit: Library of Congress.

The Splendid Altar, Temple of Our Saviour, Moscow, Russia. Credit: Library of Congress.

Grand birds eye view of the Great East River suspension bridge Connecting the cities of New York & Brooklyn : Showing also the splendid panorama of the bay and the port of New York. Credit: Library of Congress.

Mark E. Swan's latest farcical success, the effervescent ecstasy, Whose baby are you? a splendid cast present this fantastic farce. Credit: Library of Congress.

  

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Splendid
 

"Firenze - Italia" by Tina Lorien
Commentary: "Splendid day..."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Familiar Quotations: Splendid

AuthorQuotation

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

The splendid discontent of God With chaos made the world. And from the discontent of man The worlds best progress springs.

Plato

Hereditary honors are a noble and a splendid treasure to descendants.

Sallust

The renown which riches or beauty confer is fleeting and frail; mental excellence is splendid and lasting possession.

Vice President Thomas Jefferson

The second office of this government is honorable & easy, the first is but a splendid misery.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Splendid

AuthorDateQuotation

Winston S. Churchill

1946

These are somber facts for anyone to have to recite on the morrow of a victory gained by so much splendid comradeship in arms and in the cause of freedom and democracy; but we should be most unwise not to face them squarely while time remains. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Splendid

TitleAuthorQuote

A Christmas Carol

Dickens, Charles

Really, for a man who had been out of practice for so many years, it was a splendid laugh, a most illustrious laugh

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

The seekers of the future revolve about the splendid present

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Splendid

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Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

SIREN, n. One of several musical prodigies famous for a vain attempt to dissuade Odysseus from a life on the ocean wave. Figuratively, any lady of splendid promise, dissembled purpose and disappointing performance.

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: Splendid

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Richard Nixon

1969-1974To match the magnitude of our tasks, we need the energies of our people--enlisted not only in grand enterprises, but more importantly in those small, splendid efforts that make headlines in the neighborhood newspaper instead of the national journal.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Splendid

"Splendid" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Splendid" is used about 1,696 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)100%1,6964,946

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: Splendid

CountryName
Germany

Splendid Medien AG

 (more examples...)

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expressions: Splendid

Expressions using "splendid": splendid house splendid idea splendid jewels splendid joke splendid result splendid show. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "splendid": splendid-looking, splendid-there.

Ending with "splendid": not-so-splendid, over-splendid.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Splendid

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
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per Day
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per Day

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3

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56

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3

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23

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3

splendid splinter

17

music review splendid

3

starhotel splendid suisse

13

hotel montebello splendid

3

splendid hotel paris

12

hotel splendid barcelona

3

splendid splinter williams

11

girl splendid

2

splendid china orlando

9

illusion love splendid

2

splendid table.org

9

nature splendid wallpaper

2

a splendid chaos

8

romance splendid

2

splendid hotel nice

8

hunter popup splendid

2

love many splendid thing

8

splendid starhotel suisse venice

2

picture splendid

8

chocolate splendid

2

olimpia splendid

7

clothing splendid

2

florida splendid china

5

galeano pablo splendid

2

splendid etoile hotel

5

le splendid

2

splendid table.com

5

china florida orlando splendid

2

bank splendid

4

radio splendid

2

the splendid little war

4

condizionatori splendid

2

baveno hotel splendid

4

peasant splendid

2

splendid etoile hotel paris

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Splendid

Language Translations for "splendid"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

plot shkëlqim, madhështor (brilliant, dignified, distinguished, exalted, gorgeous, grandiose, imperial, imposing, impressive, kingly, lordly, luxurious, magnificent, majestic, monumental, olympian, palatial, princely, proud, royal, spectacular, stately, sublime, superb), i shkëlqyer (admirable, bright, brilliant, capital, choice, copybook, corking, crack, cracking, Dandy, divine, excellent, fabulous, famous, fantastic, fantastical, fine, first rate, flamboyant, gaudy, glazy, glorious, glossy, gorgeous, great, heavenly, immense, marvellous, marvelous, perfect, pink, plum, powerful, prize, pukka, rare, ripping, royal, smashing, splendiferous, whizzbang, wicked). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

رائع (admirable), ‏فخم (deluxe, grand, grandiose, imperial, imposing, lordly, luxurious, magnificent, majestic, noble, palatial, plushy, pompous, pontifical, regal, rich, royal, stately, substantial, sumptuous, superb), ‏فاخر (brag, deluxe, excellent, exquisite, fancy, fine, glory, luxurious, superior), ‏ممتاز (admirable, banner, best, bonny, boss, brave, choice, clipping, cool, dandy, deluxe, distingue, distinguished, ducky, elegant, excellent, exceptional, exquisite, extra, famous, fancy, fine, first class, first rate, first-string, mighty, noble, of first degree, outstanding, premium, prime, select, star, stellar, super, superb, superior, swell, thoroughbred, thumbs up, tiptop, top notch, vintage, wizard), ‏مترف (deluxe, luxuriant, luxurious, rich, sumptuous, superb, sybaritic), ‏مشرق (agleam, beaming, beamy, bright, brilliant, clear, luminous, radiant, shining, shiny, vivid), ‏ساطع (bright, dazzling, effulgent, glaring, incandescent, shining, spotless), ‏جليل (august, dignified, exalted, glorious, grand, grave, great, honorable, honourable, important, imposing, lofty, magnificent, portly, respectable, significant, solemn, stately, sublime, venerable), ‏رائع (admirable, bonny, brag, brave, conspicuous, dazzling, ducks, ducky, effective, elegant, emphatic, entrancing, exceptional, exquisite, extraordinary, fabulous, felicitous, fine, glorious, gorgeous, grand, heavenly, in apple-pie order, irresistible, lovely, magnificent, marvellous, marvelous, mighty, miraculous, noteworthy, out of this world, outstanding, palmy, picturesque, portentous, precious, prestigious, rattling, recherche, remarkable, ripening, ripping, sensational, showy, sightly, signal, singular, smash, smashing, solid, some, spanking, sparkling, stunning, stupendous, super, superb, swell, terrific, topping, tremendous, uncommon, wonder, wonderful, wondrous), ‏باهر (admirable, dazzling, flaring, glamorous, glamourous, mesmeric, out of this world, smashing), ‏بديع (admirable, adorable, amazing, excellent, fine, magnificent, marvellous, marvelous, original, superb, unique, unprecedented, wonderful). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

чудесен (admirable, beautiful, champion, clipping, cool, corking, delicious, elegant, excellent, fabulous, famous, fine, glorious, gorgeous, great, heavenly, hot, immense, lovely, magnificent, marvellous, marvelous, neat, nifty, noble, priceless, rattling, regular, ripping, scrumptious, smashing, spanking, super, terrific, thundering, topping, walloping, wizard, wonderful), великолепен (champion, colossal, glorious, gorgeous, grand, immense, imperial, magnificent, palatial, pompous, princely, royal, smashing, splashing, super, superb, wonderful), отличен (alpha plus, banner, crack, excellent, fine, grand, groovy, immense, master stroke, masterly, mean, nailing, peachy, pre eminent, prime, prize, roaring, slick, spanking, superb, unexceptionable, whizbang, wicked, wizard), блестящ (agleam, bright, brilliant, flaring, fulgent, garish, gay, glistening, imperial, lambent, lucent, lucid, luminous, lustrous, oriental, pyrotechnic, refulgent, relucent, resplendent, shining, sparkling, splendent, splendiferous, superb, vivid), прекрасен (admirable, adorable, beauteous, delectable, excellent, lovely, marvellous, marvelous, noble), пищен (baronial, exuberant, flamboyant, florid, gaudy, gingerbread, gorgeous, lavish, lordly, luscious, lush, luxuriant, opulent, palatial, pompous, profuse, rich, riotous, spectacular, theatrical, voluptuous, wanton). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

精彩 (brilliant). (various references)

   

Czech

  

skvìlý (accomplished, admirable, bright, brilliant, dashing, distinguished, excellent, fine, glorious, grand, palmy, proud, swell, tiptop, wonderful), velkolepý (ambitious, awe inspiring, gorgeous, grand, magnificent, monumental, rich), ohromný (dishy, enormous, formidable, gigantic, great, huge, immense, mean, stupendous, terrific, towering, tremendous, vast, vasty, whacking), nádherný (divine, fantastic, glorious, gorgeous, noble, opulent, pompous, princely, regal, rich, superb), úžasný (admirable, amazing, astonishing, bewildering, glorious, hot, nailing, phenomenal, prodigious, stupendous, terrific, tremendous, wonderful). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

achtwaaiervis (annual killifish, splendid pearlfish). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

پرزرق وبرق (Gaily, Gaudy), عالی (Beautiful, Brave, Capital, Excellent, Exquisite, Famous, Fine, Gallant, High, Immense, Knockout, Lofty, Much, Palmary, Remarkable, Ripping, Spiffy, Super, Superb, Superlative, Supreme, Swank, Unrivaled), باجلال , براق (Glossy, Lucid, Shiny, Silken, Sleek). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

suurenmoinen (grand, great, imposing, magnificent), upea (imposing, magnificent, stately), uljas (brave, gallant, noble, stately, valiant), uhkea (gorgeous, grand, luxuriant, magnificent), oivallinen (excellent, fine, first-rate), mainio (excellent, fine), loistelias (gorgeous, grand, luxurious, resplendent, showy, sumptuous), loistava (bright, brilliant, glorious brilliant, magnificent, shining), komea (fine, good-looking, grand, imposing, magnificent, stately), erinomainen (capital, excellent, fine). (various references)

   

French

  

splendide, riche, magnifique, formidable, excellent, épatant (spanking). (various references)

   

German

  

großartig (admirable, brillant, brilliantly, excellent, genial, gorgeous, gorgeously, grand, grandiose, grandiosely, grandly, great, greatly, immense, magnificent, magnificently, marvelous, marvelously, prodigious, superb, superbly, superior, terrific, wonderful), prächtig (bonny, famously, gallant, glorious, gorgeous, gorgeously, magnificent, magnificently, marvelous, noble, nobly, resplendent, rich, showy, splendorous, sumptuous, sumptuously), glänzend (brilliant, brilliantly, clinking, dazzling, effulgent, effulgently, gleaming, gleamy, glistening, glittering, glossily, glossing, glossy, ingenious, ingeniously, lustered, lustrous, lustrously, marvelous, radiant, refulgent, resplendent, resplendently, sheeny, shinily, shining, shiny, sparkling, splendidly, vintage). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

έξοχα (primely, splendidly), έξοχοσ (Dandy, eminent, excellent, fine, high, peachy, splendiferous, sterling, super, swell, tops, worthy), υπέροχος (fabulous, magnificent, wonderful), εξαίσιος (excellent), λαμπρόσ (bright, brilliant, glorious, gorgeous, radiant, refulgent, sheeny, shining). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

מפואר (glorious, grand, grandiose, imposing, luxurious, magnificent, palatial, stately, sumptuous), מצוין (capital, distinguished, eminent, excellent, fine, outstanding, ripping, shining, spanking, sterling, superb, surpassing, swell), אדיר (glorious, great, mighty, noble, powerful), הדור (adorned, adornment, elegance, elegant, embellishment, finery, glorious, honouring, luxe, ornamentation), נפלא (divine, entrancing, fabulous, gorgeous, lovely, marvellous, stupendous, superb, wonderful, wondrous), נהדר (exquisite, glorious, grand, heavenly, lovely, magnificent, majestic, superb). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

ragyogó (agleam, beamy, blazing, bodacious, bright, brilliant, coruscating, dazzling, effulgent, fulgent, glaring, glistening, glittering, glorious, glowing, gorgeous, incandescent, irradiant, light, lucent, luminescent, luminous, lurid, lustrous, polished, radiant, resplendent, royal, sheeny, shining, shiny, starry, sunny, top-hole), pompás (beyond all praise, brilliant, bully, dandy, divine, glorious, gorgeous, grand, grandiose, heavenly, hunky-dory, lavish, lovely, magnificent, pageant, pompous, princely, proud, rattling, rich, ripping, scrumptious, smashing, some, stunning, superb, swell, tiptop, top notch), nagyszerű (ace, admirable, bitching, bodacious, grandiose, hunky-dory, magnificent, phenomenal, pompous, sublime, superb, tiptop). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

baik sekali (excellent). (various references)

   

Italian

  

splendido (brilliant, proud, superb, wonderful), sfarzoso (gorgeous, magnificent, ostentatious), magnifico (generous, glorious, gorgeous, lordly, magnificent, superb, swell, wonderful). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

旨い (appetizing, clever, delicious, expert, fortunate, promising, skillful, successful, wise), 壮大 (grand, magnificent, majestic). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ごうかい (exciting, hearty, heroic, largehearted, lively, stirring), ちょうじょうたる (excellent, piled up, placed one upon another), はえある (glorious), はればれしい (clear), みごと (admirable, beautiful, magnificent), けっこう (architecture, cancellation of lecture or class, carrying out, circulation, construction, delicious, doing, nice, suspension of service, sweet, tolerably, well enough, wonderful), らんまんたる (glorious, luxuriant), あっぱれ (admirable, praiseworthy, well done!), めざましい (brilliant, remarkable, striking), ちょうじょう (excellent, one's elderor superior, peak, piled one upon another, summit, top), こうきある (brilliant, glorious, shining), すばらしい (magnificent, wonderful), かいぜつ, かっかくたる (brilliant, glorious), ほこらしい (arrogant, haughty, magnificent, proud), ほうれい (beautiful, common people, laws and ordinances, rich, rules concerning application of laws, the masses), うまい (appetizing, clever, delicious, expert, fortunate, promising, skillful, successful, wise), きょうせい (blackmail, coercion, compulsion, correction, enforcement, extortion, great, lovely voice, low singing voice, magnificent, obligation, paragenesis, persistent demand, reform, remedy, student teacher, symbiosis, training), そうだい (grand, magnificent, majestic, representative, Waseda University), ハラショー (agreed, good, wonderful), りっぱ (elegant, fine, handsome, imposing, legal, legitimate, prominent). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

화려한 (Brilliant, gorgeous, Ornate, showy, sumptuous). (various references)

   

Manx

  

soilsheanagh (beaming, brilliant, glistening, glowing, lit up, luminous, lustrous, radiant, shiny, vivid), braew (brave, fine, handsome, nice, precious, rare), ard-yindyssagh (amazing, fantastic, outstanding, phenomenal), aalin (beautiful, fair, handsome). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

endidsplay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

esplêndido (bully, clipping, crack, famous, glorious, gorgeous, lovely, magnificent, nailing, noble, palmary, princely, ripping, scrumptious, splendiferous, stunning, superb, topping, wonderful). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

superb (first rate, grandiose, noble, stately, superb, superbly, unearthly), strãlucitor (ablaze, bright, brilliant, effulgent, flaming, flash, flashing, flashy, fresh, fulgent, gorgeous, irradiant, luminous, luminously, radiant, refulgent, relucent, resplendent, shining, shiny, starry, vivid), splendid (brilliant, exquisite, fine, glorious, gorgeous, grand, lofty, magnificent, noble, princely, proud, refulgent, resplendent, stunning, superb), sãrbãtoresc (feastly, festal, festival, festive, holiday-like, merry, solemn), minunat (beautiful, beautifully, best, brave, bright, capital, champion, charming, delightfully, exceptional, jolly, lovely, magic, magical, marvellous, miraculous, paradisaic, paradisaical, passing, proud, royal, special, strange, superb, superbly, supernatural, tiptop, wonderful, wonder-working), magnific (grand, grandiose, magnificent, magnificently, noble, royal), mãreţ (aerial, August, brilliant, grand, grandiose, kingly, loftily, lofty, magnificent, magnificently, majestic, mighty, palatial, princely, proud, stately, sumptuous, unearthly), mândru (big, cavalier, cock-a-hoop, conceited, erect, handsome, haughty, high, high minded, high pitched, high-flown, loftily, lofty, proud, stately, wonderful), falnic (glorious, gorgeous, portly, remarkable, stately, towering), excelent (a1, best, capital, champion, clinking, consummate, crack, excellent, excellently, exquisite, fine, first rate, golden, great, noble, passing, roaring, special, that's capital, tiptop, topping), bun (affectionate, applicable, belongings, beneficial, benevolent, bonny, bright, canny, capital, clever, decent, domain, eminent, fair, favorable, favourable, fine, fit, fitting, fond, fortunate, fortune, genuine, good, goods, grand, grandfather, grandparent, happy, honest, humane, kind, kindly, nice, okay, pleasurable, proper, real, right, salutary, skilful, skillful, soft-hearted, suitable, true, upright, useful, virtuous, well, wholesome), ales (admirable, beau, choice, chosen, clear, dainty, delicate, distinct, distinguished, elect, elective, excellent, exquisite, first rate, grand, high, lofty, picked, rare, remarkable, select, supreme), admirabil (admirable, admirably, beautiful, brave, capital, excellent, grand, special, that's splendid, tiptop, wonderful), împãrãtesc (imperial, kingly, majestic, monarchal, royal). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

роскошный (de luxe, deluxe, lordly, luxurious, palatial, plushy, posh, princely, rank, rich, sumptuous, voluptuous), великолепный (celestial, colossal, excellent, first rate, frabjous, glorious, gorgeous, immense, magnificent, masterly, princely, proud, rattling good, royal, scrumptious, sensational, superb, tops), замечательный (admirable, corking, crack-a-jack, eminent, great, lummy, marvellous, nailing, rare, rattling, remarkable, swell, unexceptionable, wonderful), первоклассный (bang-up, capital, champion, classy, first class, first rate, first-rate, gilt-edged, hunky-dory, lummy, pucka, pukka, sterling, super, tiptop, top flight, topflight, top-flight, top-hole, top-line, topnotch, top-notch, top-quality). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

gasda (excellent, first rate, good), brèagha (beautiful), àluinn (beautiful, elegant, handsome). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

sjajan (beaming, bright, brilliant, effulgent, fulgent, glace, glittering, glossal, glossy, gorgeous, luminous, lustrous, polished, radiant, refulgent, resplendent, shining, shiny, spanking, splendent, splendiferous), divan (admirable, adorable, davenport, delightful, delightsome, divan, divan bed, divine, dreamy, gorgeous, great, groovy, high-toned, jolly, lovely, magnificent, neat, nifty, scrumptious, sofa, stunning, superb, terrific). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

espléndido (brave, generous, gorgeous, grand, lavish, liberal, magnificent, proud, splendent, splendiferous, superb). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

praktfull (flamboyant, gorgeous, magnificent, resplendent, sumptuous), präktig (excellent, superb), härlig (delectable, delicious, delightful, fine, glorious, gorgeous, great, lovely, luscious), glänsande (lustrous, refulgent, resplendent, shiny). (various references)

   

Thai

  

แจ่มจรัส, วิเศษ ((I) love it!, froody, magic, magical). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

parlak (aglow, ardent, bright, brightly, brilliant, clear, dazzling, effulgent, flamboyant, flaming, flaring, flashily, flashy, fulgent, fulgurant, glace, glittering, glossy, glowing, gorgeous, illuminant, incandescent, irradiant, jazzy, lambent, live, lively, loud, lucent, luminescent, luminous, lustrous, meteoric, oriental, polished, pyrotechnic, pyrotechnical, radiant, refulgent, resplendent, sheeny, shining, shiny, sleek, sparkling, splendent, star, staring, starry, sunny, vivid), olağanüstü (above the ordinary, breathtaking, classical, dreamy, exceeding, exceptional, extra, extraordinary, extreme, fantastic, fantastical, glorious, huge, incredible, marvellous, marvelous, miraculous, necromantic, out of this world, paramount, phenomenal, portentous, preternatural, prodigious, rare, raving, remarkable, shining, smashing, special, spectacular, sublime, supernatural, supernormal, terrific, unearthly), muhteşem (August, corking, glorious, gorgeous, grand, imperial, lordly, magnific, magnifical, magnificent, majestic, noble, olympian, regal, resplendent, royal, slashing, solemn, spectacular, stately, stupendous, superb), müthiş (almighty, appalling, awful, bang up, beastly, colossal, deadly, devastating, devilish, dire, direful, fabulous, fearful, filthy, formidable, frightful, gee-whiz, helluva, prodigious, ripping, smashing, splendiferous, stunning, stupendous, superb, swell, tearing, terrible, terrific, thundering, unco, wild), mükemmel (accomplished, all around, alpha plus, ambrosial, bang up, banner, beyond praise, bully, capital, champion, classic, classical, classy, commanding, complete, consummate, cool, copybook, Dandy, dreamy, elegant, excellent, famous, famously, faultless, fine, finished, first class, great, immense, jolly good, no mean, par excellence, perfect, ripping, scrumptious, slap up, smashing, smooth, solid, sovereign, spiffing, spiffy, splendiferous, super, superb, superlative, that takes the cake, the dandy, thorough, thoroughgoing, tiptop, to a turn, to the nines, topping, triumphant, unique), harika (beautiful, bully, cool, corking, divine, fabulous, fantastic, fantastical, far out, gorgeous, groovy, immense, in the groove, jolly good, keen, marvel, marvellous, marvelous, miracle, no mean, old, phenomenal, phenomenon, prodigious, prodigy, ripping, scrumptious, swell, whizz, wicked, wizard, wonder, wonderful, wondrous, yummy, yum-yum), görkemli (brave, bright, brilliant, effulgent, fulgent, gallant, gorgeous, grandiose, imperial, magnificent, majestic, olympian, palatial, pompous, proud, puffy, queenlike, queenly, refulgent, stately, sublime, sumptuous). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

сяючий (alight, auroral, beaming, beamy, coruscating, fulgent, irradiant, radiant, refulgent, sheeny, shining), розкішний (baronial, beautiful, belgravian, bonzer, costly, dressy, exuberant, glittering, large, lordly, luxurious, palatial, ritzy, sumptuous, swank, upholstered, voluptuous), чудово (adorably, capitally, finely, ideally, incomparably, nobly, noteworthily, perfectly, primely, remarkably, stunningly, super-duper, very good, wonder, wow), блискучий (brilliant, coruscating, crackajack, crackerjack, crackling, glossy, incandescent, lambent, luminous, lustrous, nitid, oriental, polished, quicksilver, radiant, resplendent, sensational, shining, showy, signal, sparkling, splendent), прекрасний (admirable, adorable, ambrosial, beauteous, capital, delectable, delicious, fine, out of this world, something like, splendiferous). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

tuyệt (bonzer, clipping, splendiferous), tráng lệ (gorgeous, imperial, magnific, magnifical, magnificent, princely, rich, splendent, superb), tốt (all right, decently, famously, feracious, fertile, fine, hunky, o.k.), rực rỡ (fine, flamboyant, fulgent, gay, glorious, gorgeous, illuminant, lustrous, palmy, refulgent, sheeny), lộng lẫy (gallant, gorgeous, lustrous, plush, princely, rich, royally, sheeny, splendent), đẹp (bonny, charming, comely, gainly, good-looking, goodly, natty, picturesque). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

ysblennydd, rhagorol (admirable, excellent), penigamp (excellent), gwych (brilliant, fine), godidog (excellent), campus (admirable, excellent, grand), ardderchog (excellent, noble). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Splendid

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

adparatum, adparatus, aureolam, basilica, basilicae, basilicam, luculenta, magnificus, opimus, opulentus, palmarium, praeclara, praeclaram, praeclaras, praeclaris, praeclaritas, praeclarus, speciosa, speciosae, speciosam, speciosas, speciosi, speciosior, speciosique, speciosis, speciosissima, speciosissimam, speciosissimas, speciositas, specioso, speciosum, speciosus, splendida, splendidae, splendidas, splendide, splendidum, splendidus. (various references)

Avestan200-600

bâmîm. (various references)

Old English450-1100

betlic. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Splendid

Derivations

Words beginning with "splendid": splendider, splendidest, splendidly, splendidness, splendidnesses. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Splendid" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: asplenii, shplendid, Silenzio, spendi, spendid, spiendid, splend, splended, Splendide, splenid. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Splendid"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "splendid" (pronounced sple"ndud)
6-l e" n d u dblended.
5-e" n d u damended, appended, apprehended, ascended, attended, befriended, bended, commended, comprehended, contended, defended, depended, descended, distended, ended, expended, extended, fended, intended, mended, offended, overextended, pretended, recommended, suspended, tended, transcended, trended, unamended, unattended, unintended.
4-n d u dabounded, astounded, backhanded, banded, blinded, bonded, bounded, branded, candid, commanded, compounded, confounded, corresponded, demanded, disbanded, landed, dumbfounded, evenhanded, expanded, expounded, founded, funded, grounded, handed, hounded, impounded, masterminded, minded, overfunded, pounded, propounded, rebounded, refunded, remanded, reminded, reprimanded, rescinded, responded, rounded, sanded, seconded, sounded, stranded, surrounded, unbounded, unbranded, underfunded, underhanded, unfounded, unfunded, winded, wounded.
3-d u dacceded, accorded, abided, added, afforded, aided, alluded, applauded, avoided, awarded, barricaded, beaded, bearded, bedded, beheaded, bladed, blindfolded, blindsided, blockaded, blooded, boarded, bombarded, braided, breaded, broadsided, brooded, carded, cascaded, ceded, chided, clouded, coded, coincided, collided, colluded, conceded, concluded, confided, corded, corroded, crowded, decided, deeded, defrauded, degraded, deluded, denuded, derided, discarded, intruded, invaded, jaded, kidded, larded, lauded, leaded, lightheaded, loaded, lopsided, disregarded, dissuaded, divided, downgraded, downloaded, dreaded, eluded, embedded, encoded, enshrouded, eroded, evaded, exceeded, excluded, exploded, extruded, exuded, faded, feuded, fielded, flooded, folded, forwarded, gilded, glided, goaded, graded, guarded, guided, hardheaded, headed, heeded, heralded, herded, hoarded, homesteaded, hooded, imbedded, impeded, imploded, included, interceded, melded, misguided, molded, muddleheaded, needed, nodded, outmoded, overcrowded, overloaded, padded, paraded, persuaded, pervaded, pleaded, plodded, preceded, precluded, prerecorded, presided, prided, proceeded, prodded, provided, raided, railroaded, receded, recorded, redheaded, regarded, reloaded, remolded, resided, retarded, rewarded, safeguarded, scalded, scolded, seceded, secluded, seeded, serenaded, shaded, shepherded, shielded, shredded, shrouded, sided, skidded, sordid, spearheaded, speeded, stampeded, studded, subdivided, subsided, succeeded, superseded, threaded, traded, unaided, undecided, undivided, unexploded, unfolded, unguarded, unheeded, unheralded, unimpeded, unleaded, unloaded, unneeded, unrecorded, upbraided, upgraded, voided, wadded, waded, warded, wedded, weeded, welded, wielded, wooded, worded, wrongheaded, yielded.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Splendid

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: spindled.

Words within the letters "d-d-e-i-l-n-p-s"

-1 letter: dindles, dispend, piddles, slidden, spindle, splined.

-2 letters: dindle, dispel, lisped, pensil, piddle, sidled, sliped, sniped, spiled, spined, spinel, spline.

-3 letters: deils, delis, dined, dines, idled, idles, isled, lends, lenis, liens, lined, lines, nided, nides, peins, pends, penis, piled, piles, pined, pines, plied, plies, sided, sidle, siped, slide, slipe, snide, snipe, speil, spend, spied.

 Words containing the letters "d-d-e-i-l-n-p-s"
 

+2 letters: displanted, splendider, splendidly.

 

+3 letters: disciplined, splendidest.

 

+4 letters: lopsidedness, postdeadline, simpleminded, splendidness.

 

+5 letters: indisciplined, philodendrons, undisciplined.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Images: Digital Art
9. Quotations: Familiar
10. Quotations: Historic
11. Quotations: Fiction
12. Quotations: Non-fiction
13. Quotations: Speeches
14. Usage Frequency
15. Names: Company Usage
16. Expressions
17. Expressions: Internet
18. Translations: Modern
19. Translations: Ancient
20. Derivations
21. Rhymes
22. Anagrams
23. Bibliography


  

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