Grand

Definition: Grand

Grand

Adjective

1. Impressive in scale; "an expansive lifestyle"; "in the grand manner".

2. Of or befitting a lord; "heir to a lordly fortune"; "of august lineage".

3. Impressive in size or scope; "heroic undertakings".

Noun

1. The cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100.

2. A piano with the strings on a harp-shaped frame; usually supported by 3 legs.

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

Date "grand" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references)

Note: Grand \Grand\, adjective. [Comparative Grander; superlative Grandest.]. (references)

Literature

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

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

Synonyms: Grand

Beauty

Rich, superb, magnificent, grand, fine, sublime, showy, specious.

Five

Thousand, chiliad; millennium, thousand years, grand; myriad; ten thousand, ban, man; ten thousand years, banzai; lac, one hundred thousand, plum; million; thousand million, milliard, billion, trillion;

Greatness

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; unsurpassed; (supreme); complete. august, grand, dignified, sublime, majestic; (repute).

Importance

Grave, serious, earnest, noble, grand, solemn, impressive, commanding, imposing.

Money

Double eagle, eagle; Federal currency, fractional currency, postal currency; Federal Reserve Note, United States Note, silver certificate, gold certificate; long bit, short bit; moss, nickel, pile, pin money, quarter, red cent, roanoke, rock; seawan, seawant; thousand dollars, grand.

Ostentation

Adjective: ostentatious, showy, dashing, pretentious; janty, jaunty; grand, pompous, palatial; high-sounding; turgid; (big-sounding); gairish, garish; gaudy, gaudy as a butterfly, gaudy as a tulip; flaunting, flashing, flaming, glittering; gay; (ornate).

Repute

Great, dignified, proud, noble, honorable, worshipful, lordly, grand, stately, august, princely. imposing, solemn, transcendent, majestic, sacred, sublime, heaven-born, heroic, sans peur et sans reproche; sacrosanct.

Crosswords: Grand

French (big, broad, full grown, good, goodly, great, high, large, loud, roomy, spacious, substantial, tall, wide), German (Grand), Hungarian (grandee), Italian (Grand), Occitan (great, tall), Provencal (grandfather), Spanish (Grand), Swedish (atom, grandee, mote, whit).

He's a grand knight in the Knights of Columbus, and he only goes out to play faro (The Sting; writing credit: David S. Ward)

Oh, it's grand, Tracy (The Philadelphia Story; writing credit: Donald Ogden Stewart)

Five grand a head (Léon; writing credit: Luc Besson)

I feel it is time we concentrated on our grand, diabolical plan (Spy Kids; writing credit: Robert Rodriguez)

Folks don't laugh so loud when you've a grand in your back pocket (The Full Monty; writing credit: Simon Beaufoy)

Mmmm, make life grand (Biggest Part of Me; performing artist: Ambrosia)

Yeah, love was grand when it was brand-new, ("The Thrill Is Gone"; performing artist: B.B. King)

We ended up at the Grand Hotel (Smoke on the Water; performing artist: Deep Purple)

Grab a couple grand and lamp in Iceland (Murder Murder (Remix) *; performing artist: Eminem)

30 grand 28 on the keys (Young'n; performing artist: Fabolous)

Le Grand voyage (1974)

Grand écran: Jerry Lewis (1974)

Le Retour du grand blond (1974)

Grand écran (1972)

Le Grand départ (1972)

Bei Mir Bist Du Schon (Means That You're Grand) (performing artist: The Andrews Sisters)

You're a Grand Old Flag (performing artist: Marilyn Horne)

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References

• Hotel Grand Central Limited: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Hotel New Grand Co., Ltd.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Grand Adventures Tour & Travel Publishng: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Grand Bazar de Lyon SA: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• Central Colorado Ski Tours: Colorado Springs, Denver, Fairplay, Leadville, Salida, Gunnison, Crested Butte, Aspen, Glenwood Springs, Grand Junction (reference)

• Seeing Venice: Bellotto's Grand Canal (reference)

• Down the Great Unknown: John Wesley Powell's 1869 Journey of Discovery and Tragedy Through the Grand Canyon (reference)

• Hiking Grand Canyon National Park (FalconGuide) (reference)

• Over the Edge: Death in Grand Canyon (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Grand County Historical Association Journal (reference)

• Grand Gazette (reference)

• Grand Gibier (reference)

• Grand Haven Tribune (reference)

• Grand Hotel (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Cruising America's Waterways - Big Ships - Cruising On A Grand Scale (Canada/New England) (reference)

• Pooh's Grand Adventure - The Search for Christopher Robin (reference)

• Piano Grand! A Smithsonian Celebration (reference)

• Grand Prix: Deluxe Letter - Box Edition (reference)

• Grand Tour - Disaster in Time (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Schumann: Carnaval de Vienne; Scènes de la forêt; Grand sonate, Op. 14 (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Global Marketing Partners Virtually Indestructible Keyboard Mac/95/98/w2k/wme/nt Grand (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Sabatier Grand Chef 10-Piece Knife Set in Wood Block (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

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

Human infection with monkeypox-like virus in 4 year-old female in Bondua, Grand Gedeh County, Liberia. This infection was caused by a pox virus of the vaccinia, variola, monkeypox type. Credit: CDC.

An image of the grand design spiral galaxy M100 obtained with the second generation Wide Field ... Credit: NASA.

Monterey Bay Case Study - Photo #7 Profiles showing comparison of Monterey Canyon and Grand Canyon From "Submarine Canyons" by Shepard and Dill. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Winslow Homer sketch of navigators on the Grand Banks. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Waimea Canyon - the Grand Canyon of the Pacific. Credit: America's Coastlines.

A helicopter eye's view of part of the Grand Canyon. Credit: America's Coastlines.

A view up Tarr Inlet, Glacier Bay, to the Grand Pacific Glacier. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

A Grand River Sucker in the net. Credit: Fisheries.

Dip netters harvesting Grand River Suckers. Credit: Fisheries.

Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR).

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

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

To what gross absurdities the following of custom, when reason has left it, may lead, we may be satisfied, when we see the bare name of a town, of which there remains not so much as the ruins, where scarce so much housing as a sheepcote, or more inhabitants than a shepherd is to be found, sends as many representatives to the grand assembly of law-makers, as a whole county numerous in people, and powerful in riches. (Second Treatise of Government)

Amendment V. No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation. (reference)

The Allied and Associated Powers reserve the right to require Germany to accord freedom from customs duty, on importation into German customs territory, to natural products and manufactured articles which both originate in and come from the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg, for a period of five years from the coming into force of the present Treaty. (reference)

Surely we should work with conscious purpose for a grand pacification of Europe, within the structure of the United Nations and in accordance with its Charter. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

Can we forge against these enemies a grand and global alliance, North and South, East and West, that can assure a more fruitful life for all mankind? (reference)

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In this age of literature, such collections on a very grand scale are not uncommon

OF course the first thing to do was to make a grand survey of the country she was going to travel through

Alas! who now was flying in such wise? The Grand Army

Temple is in grand form

And she was grand, saying it.

This was all my master thought fit to tell me at that time of what passed in the grand council

The grand necessity, then, for our bodies, is to keep warm, to keep the vital heat in us.

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Health

Twenty percent of males with Fragile X are prone to seizures, including petit mal, grand mal, and temporal lobe seizures. (references)

If grandparents do not understand and accept the situation, you may find yourself in the difficult position of dealing with your own emotional difficulties while attempting to support the grand parents. (references)

Business

LG Telecom also plans to form a grand consortium. (references)

It has grand plans for upgrading various airports in the country. (references)

The British are fond of scenic drives with the Grand Canyon, a popular fly/drive or RV rental destination. (references)

Civil Liberties

Tunisia

The President appoints the Grand Mufti of the Republic. (references)

Tunisia

The Government allows the Jewish community freedom of worship and pays the salary of the Grand Rabbi. (references)

Peru

In February the Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) awarded the Chapultepec Grand Prize to former Human Rights Ombudsman Jorge Santiestevan for his support of freedom of expression. (references)

Economic History

The Bahamas

Second-largest city--Freeport, Grand Bahama. (references)

Kuwait

New investors are grand fathered against any future changes to the law. (references)

Lithuania

Lithuania's independence under the union with Poland was restored by Grand Duke Vytautas. (references)

Human Rights

Cote d'Ivoire

A Grand Mediator settles disputes that cannot be resolved by traditional means. (references)

Taiwan

In March the Council of Grand Justices declared the 1985 Antihoodlum Law to be unconstitutional. (references)

Cameroon

Military tribunals also have jurisdiction over gang crimes, grand banditry, and highway robbery. (references)

Minorities

Mozambique

After several decades of unsuccessful attempts to gain a building permit, the Islamic community began constructing the Grand Mosque in downtown Maputo during the year. (references)

Political Economy

Luxembourg

The role of the Grand Duke is mainly ceremonial and administrative. (references)

Luxembourg

Civilian authorities maintain effective control of the only security forces, the Grand Ducal Police. (references)

Political Rights

Comoros

The new Constitution provides for the reincorporation of Anjouan, Grand Comoros, and Moheli into a new federation that grants the islands greater autonomy. (references)

Comoros

For the presidential election scheduled for March 10, 2002, primary elections will be held only on Grand Comore, since the first president under the new Constitution must be a Grand Comorian. (references)

Trade

Bahamas

Free Trade Zones: The City of Freeport on the island of Grand Bahama is a major free trade zone. (references)

Travel

Botswana

Hotels: First class business hotels in Gaborone include the Gaborone Sun and the Grand Palm Hotel. (references)

Chad

Shopping: Shopping is concentrated in the area near the Grand Mosquee and on Avenue Charles de Gaulle. (references)

Bulgaria

The Pliska and Grand Hotel Bulgaria are lower in price but vary substantially from the top tier hotels in terms of services, comfort and quality. (references)

Worker Rights

Saudi Arabia

Criminal rings consisting almost exclusively of foreigners have bought and imported South Asian children, including children with disabilities, and women for the purpose of organized begging, particularly in the vicinity of the Grand Mosque in Mecca during Islamic holidays. (references)

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

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

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "grand": a grand sight ♦ baby grand ♦ baby grand piano ♦ concert grand ♦ East Grand Forks ♦ East Grand Rapids ♦ en grand seigneur ♦ Grand action ♦ Grand Army of the Republic ♦ Grand Bay ♦ Grand Beach ♦ Grand Blanc ♦ Grand Cane ♦ grand canyon ♦ grand Canyon National Park ♦ grand Canyon State ♦ Grand Canyon Village ♦ Grand Chain ♦ Grand Chenier ♦ Grand chop ♦ Grand climacteric ♦ Grand cordon ♦ Grand Coteau ♦ Grand Coulee ♦ Grand County ♦ Grand cross ♦ grand dad ♦ Grand days ♦ grand doings ♦ grand drape ♦ grand drapery border ♦ grand duchess ♦ grand duchy ♦ grand Duchy of Luxembourg ♦ grand duke ♦ Grand Encampment ♦ grand father ♦ grand fir ♦ Grand Forks ♦ Grand Forks AFB ♦ Grand Forks County ♦ grand galago ♦ Grand Gorge ♦ Grand guard ♦ Grand Haven ♦ grand inquest ♦ grand inquisitor ♦ Grand Island ♦ grand island ne ♦ grand island ny ♦ Grand Isle ♦ Grand Isle County ♦ Grand Junction ♦ grand juror ♦ grand jury ♦ Grand juryman ♦ Grand Lake ♦ Grand Lake Towne ♦ grand Lama ♦ grand larceny ♦ Grand Ledge ♦ Grand lodge ♦ grand ma ♦ grand mal ♦ grand mal epilepsy ♦ grand mamma ♦ Grand Marais ♦ grand Marnier ♦ Grand Marsh ♦ Grand master ♦ Grand Meadow ♦ Grand mercy ♦ Grand Mogul ♦ Grand Mound ♦ grand national ♦ Grand National Party ♦ grand old man ♦ grand old party ♦ grand opera ♦ grand pa ♦ grand papa ♦ Grand Pass ♦ Grand paunch ♦ Grand Pensionary ♦ grand piano ♦ Grand Portage ♦ Grand Prairie ♦ grand prix ♦ Grand Rapids ♦ Grand relief ♦ Grand Ridge ♦ Grand River ♦ Grand Rivers ♦ Grand Ronde ♦ Grand Saline ♦ grand seigneur ♦ Grand Seignior ♦ Grand sergeanty ♦ grand slam ♦ grand smb. ♦ grand staircase. Additional references.

Beginning with "grand": grand-a-nighter, grand-children, grand-costumed, grand-dad, grand-daddy, grand-daughter, grand-daughters, grand-ducal, grand-duchess, grand-father, Grand-guard, grand-jury, grand-kids, grand-looking, grand-mal, grand-mother, grand-nephew, grand-niece, grand-old, grand-opera, grand-parenthood, grand-parents, Grand-place, grand-prix, grand-scale, grand-sounding, grand-uncle.

Ending with "grand": Billy-le-grand, Louis-le-grand, once-grand, over-grand.

Containing "grand": girl-at-the-ball-coming-down-the-grand-staircase, great-grand-daughter, great-grand-daughters, great-grand-father, great-grand-son.

Afrikaans

agterniggie (grand-niece, second cousin), agternig (grand-niece, second cousin), agterneef (grand-nephew, second cousin). (various references)

Albanian

kryesor (arch, arterial, basal, capital, Cardinal, central, chief, focal, foremost, fundamental, general, governing, great, key, keynote, leading, main, major, pivotal, predominant, premier, primal, primary, prime, principal, topmost, trunk), i shkëlqyeshëm (de luxe, fulgent, gilded, glistening, luminous, magnificent, Orient, refulgent, resplendent, slick, sparkling), i madh (bally, big, black, bouncing, capacious, capital, chuckle, chunking, close, great, gross, intense, large, lumping, major, massive, mighty, pelting, thumping, vast, vasty, voluminous, whacking, whaling), fisnik (aristocrat, blue-blooded, gallant, generous, gent, gentle, gentleman, gentlemanlike, gently born, great, high minded, knight, knightly, lofty, moral, nobiliary, noble, nobleman, patrician). (various references)

Arabic 

‏فخم (deluxe, grandiose, imperial, imposing, lordly, luxurious, magnificent, majestic, noble, palatial, plushy, pompous, pontifical, regal, rich, royal, splendid, stately, substantial, sumptuous, superb), ‏كبير (big, bulky, considerable, enormous, extent, formidable, full grown, great, huge, immense, king size, large, magnificent, major, massive, massy, senior, sizable, sweeping, tremendous, vast, voluminous, whacking, whopping), ‏مهيب (august, awesome, awful, fearful, imposing, magnificent, majestic, portly, solemn, sublime, venerable), ‏نبيل (aristocrat, duke, ennobling, great, heroic, noble), ‏سام رفيع (elevated, exalted, gallant, high, lofty), ‏عظيم (bestead, bulky, eminent, fantastic, gigantic, great, magnificent, majestic, major, mighty, mogul, sensational, sizable, sublime, terrific), ‏ضخم (astronomic, astronomical, awful, big, bulking, bulky, bull, colossal, colossus, considerable, distend, elephantine, enormous, exaggerate, extend, exuberant, fat, gargantuan, ghastly, giant, gigantic, goodly, great, handsome, heavy, hefty, heroic, huge, hulking, husky, immense, intense, jumbo, large, leviathan, liberal, mammoth, mass, massive, mighty, monstrous, monumental, mountainous, outsize, oversize, palatial, phenomenal, powerful, prodigious, proud, round, royal, sizable, smart, strapping, strong, stupendous, sublime, swingeing, tall, tidy, titan, titanic, towering, tremendous, vast, voluminous, whacking, whopping), ‏جليل (august, dignified, exalted, glorious, grave, great, honorable, honourable, important, imposing, lofty, magnificent, portly, respectable, significant, solemn, splendid, stately, sublime, venerable), ‏ألف دولار, ‏رائع (admirable, bonny, brag, brave, conspicuous, dazzling, ducks, ducky, effective, elegant, emphatic, entrancing, exceptional, exquisite, extraordinary, fabulous, felicitous, fine, glorious, gorgeous, 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, splendid, stunning, stupendous, super, superb, swell, terrific, topping, tremendous, uncommon, wonder, wonderful, wondrous), ‏بيانو مجنح. (various references)

Bulgarian 

възвишен (elate, great, high, high minded, high-toned, lofty, magnanimous, noble, rarefied, soaring, spheric, sublime, supernal), благороден (exalted, generous, gentle, high minded, honorable, honourable, humane, magnanimous, noble-minded, sublime, white), много важен (all in all, momentous, urgent), отличен (alpha plus, banner, crack, excellent, fine, groovy, immense, master stroke, masterly, mean, nailing, peachy, pre eminent, prime, prize, roaring, slick, spanking, splendid, superb, unexceptionable, whizbang, wicked, wizard), виден (conspicuous, distinguished, high ranking, illustrious, notable, noted, outstanding, pre eminent, prominent, top drawer), високомерен (airy, cavalier, domineering, high and mighty, imperious, lofty, lordly, overweening, proud, snooty, snuffy, stiff necked, top-lofty), велик (great), пълен (absolute, alive, all out, ample, beefy, clear, compendious, complete, corpulent, dead, entire, exhaustive, explicit, fat, fleshy, fraught, full, implicit, intact, integral, integrate, lousy, murky, out and out, outright, overall, overblown, perfect, plenary, portly, profound, pursy, radical, rank, replenished, replete, riddle, right, round, sheer, stark, stout, substantial, teetotal, thoroughgoing, thorough-paced, total, unabbreviated, universal, unmitigated, unqualified, unreserved, utter, vast, very, well fed, whole, whole-footed, whole-hog), величествен (awesome, imperial, jovian, kingly, lofty, magnificent, majestic, monumental, noble, olympian, proud, regal, royal, sculpturesque, stately, statuesque, sublime), със замах, главен (arterial, capital, chief, decuman, general, head, high, leading, magistral, main, major, master, pivotal, premier, primary, prime, principal, stellar), грандиозен (apocalyptic, awesome, colossal, grandiose, proud, spectacular, sublime), капитален (capital), тържествен (grandiloquent, grave, solemn, state, stately), хиляда долара, роял (grand piano), великолепен (champion, colossal, glorious, gorgeous, immense, imperial, magnificent, palatial, pompous, princely, royal, smashing, splashing, splendid, super, superb, wonderful). (various references)

Chinese 

隆重 (ceremonious, prosperous, solemn), 隆 (intense, prosperous, sound of drums, start), 豪 (heroic), 雄偉 , 矞 (elegant, propitious), 盛大, 泰 (most, peaceful, safe, Thai), 澔 (vast), 浩 (vast), 宏偉 (imposing, magnificent), 傀 (exotic, puppet, strange), 嘏 (far, good fortune, longevity), 丕 , 堂皇 (imposing). (various references)

Czech

grandiózní (epic, grandiose, imposing), závažný (grave, grievous, important, major, momentous, of great moment, relevant, satisfactory, valid, weighty), vybraný (choice, dainty, delicate, elegant, exquisite, parliamentary, refined, select, selected, sophisticated), velkolepý (ambitious, awe inspiring, gorgeous, magnificent, monumental, rich, splendid), velký (big, considerable, exquisite, grave, great, gross, hearty, heavy, high, intense, large, long, loose, man-sized, spacious, tall, wide), skvìlý (accomplished, admirable, bright, brilliant, dashing, distinguished, excellent, fine, glorious, palmy, proud, splendid, swell, tiptop, wonderful), senzaèní (delicious, fine, gorgeous, great, groovy, hot, magic, mean, sensational, smashing, startling, stunning, swell, terrific, thrilling, wonderful), panský (lordly), nóbl (classy, genteel, posh, swanky), luxusní (executive, fancy, high-class, lush, palatial, smart, sumptuous), křídlo (grand piano, leaf, pinion, wing, wing of a bird), dùležitý (all important, big, great, important, major, momentous, of great importance, relevant, solid, substantive). (various references)

Danish

grand mal (grand mal), rejse til de ydre planeter (grand tour), epilepsia major (generalised tonic-clonic seizure, generalized convulsive seizure, generalized tonic-clonic seizure, grand mal epilepsia, grand mal seizure, GTC seizure, major epilepsy, tonic-clonic seizure), flygel (grand piano), kæmpegran (giant fir, grand fir, white fir), kaempegran (giant fir, grand fir, white fir), koncertflygel (concert grand, concert piano), konventionen af 27.oktober 1956 mellem storhertugdoemmet Luxembourg,Forbundsrepublikken Tyskland og Den franske Republik om kanaliseringen af Mosel (Convention of 27 October 1956 between the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Federal Republic of Germany and the French Republic on the canalization of the Moselle), LU (Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Luxembourg), barnebarn (granddaughter, grandson), propulsiv grand-mal (propulsive grand mal), TS (dry matter, dry solid matter, grand total, telecommunication organization, test substance, total solids), samlet sum (aggregate, grand total, sum total), sluttotal (grand total), store slem (grand slam), Storhertugdømmet Luxembourg (Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Luxembourg), storhertugdoemmet Luxembourg (Luxembourg, The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg), sumtotal (aggregate, grand total, sum total), totalsum (grand total), totalsummen (grand total), Luxembourg (Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Luxembourg, The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg). (various references)

Dutch

overweldigend (grandiose, magnificent, superb), groots (grandiose, magnificent, superb), grandioos (grandiose, magnificent, superb). (various references)

Esperanto

grandioza (grandiose, magnificent, superb). (various references)

Faeroese

systurbarnabarn (grand-nephew), bróðurbarnabarn (grand-nephew). (various references)

Farsi 

مهم (Chief, Considerable, Earthshaking, Epochal, Grave, Great, Head, Important, Main, Material, Momentous, Principal, Serious, Significant, Smacker, Substantial), معروف (Famous, Historic, Starry, Tyupical), مجلل (Gala, Glorious, Gorgeous, Illustrious, Imperial, Luxuriant, Luxurious, Plush, Royalty, Stately, Sumptuous), مشهور (Famous, Historic, Loud, Name, Putative, Reputable, Reputed), هزاردلار, والا (Haughty, Otherwise, Prominent, Sublime), جدی (Bonafide, Demure, Drastic, Earnest, Energetic, Rigid, Sedate, Serious, Solemn, Stickler, Uncanny), بسیارعالی باشکوه , بزرگ (Adult, Arch, Big, Bulky, Egregious, Enormous, Extensive, Extra, Grave, Great, Gross, Headman, Jumbo, Large, Lofty, Majestic, Major, Massive, Mighty, Sizable, Sizeable, Swith, Vast, Voluminous), باوقار (Courtly, Ladylike, Stately, Superb). (various references)

Finnish

uhkea (gorgeous, luxuriant, magnificent, splendid), suurpiirteinen (broad-minded, large-minded), suurenmoinen (great, imposing, magnificent, splendid), suurellinen (grandiose), muhkea (imposing, impressive, stately), loistelias (gorgeous, luxurious, resplendent, showy, splendid, sumptuous), komea (fine, good-looking, imposing, magnificent, splendid, stately), juhlallinen (ceremonious, solemn). (various references)

Flemish

grote. (various references)

French

grandiose (grandeur, grandiose), magnifique (grandiose, great). (various references)

Frisian

efterneef (grand-nephew, second cousin). (various references)

German

großartig (admirable, brillant, brilliantly, excellent, genial, gorgeous, gorgeously, grandiose, grandiosely, grandly, great, greatly, immense, magnificent, magnificently, marvelous, marvelously, prodigious, splendid, superb, superbly, superior, terrific, wonderful), gewaltig (colossal, enormous, epic, formidable, heroic, huge, hugely, immense, massive, mightily, mighty, monumental, mountainous, mountainously, portentous, powerful, prodigious, ravenous, resounding, rude, shattering, towering, tremendous, vast, vastly, violent, walloping), grandios (fantastic, grandiose, magnificent, majestic, superb, terrific). (various references)

Greek 

σπουδαίοσ (frabjous, great, important, momentous, of note, serious, significant), σπουδαίος (important), μέγασ (big, broad, great, high, large), μεγάλος (big, great, grown, grown up, large, long), μεγαλειώδησ (grandiose), μεγαλοπρεπήσ (gorgeous, kingly, magnificence, magnificent, majestic, palatial, stately), λαμπρός (glistening). (various references)

Guarani

guasu (big), jarýi (grand-mother). (various references)

Hebrew 

מפואר (glorious, grandiose, imposing, luxurious, magnificent, palatial, splendid, stately, sumptuous), מהודר (adorned, chic, luxurious, ornate, rich, sporty, stylish), פסנתר כנף (grand piano), אצילי (baronial, noble, stately), כביר (enormous, huge, immense, mighty, stupendous, terrific, thundering, tremendous), גדול (augmentation, big, breed, breeding, development, great, growth, high, increment, large, mighty, raising, step up, upbringing, whopping), נשגב (exalted, heroic, lofty, sublime), נהדר (exquisite, glorious, heavenly, lovely, magnificent, majestic, splendid, superb). (various references)

Hungarian

nagy (bang, big, blow-out, burly, by the skin of one's teeth, charger, circumstantiality, cunning, dining hall, drag, expansive, folding money, glib, great, gross, have a good wind, have a long way to go, have big ideas, haymaker, high, huge, kick in the teeth, large, massive, napoleon, pile, power, redundancy, roomy, saloon, spaciousness, spread, stack, swag-belly, the betting ran high, throaty, to buy at high rate, to delineate, to drink deep, to go the pace, to hit the headlines, to kick up a riot, to make much of sg, to make much of sy, to make the headlines, to raise cain, to set store by sg, to shoe-horn, to the great chagrin of sy), ezer dollár. (various references)

Indonesian

agung (august, exalted, lofty, nobel). (various references)

Italian

grandioso (excellent, grandiose, great, magnificent, stately, tremendous, wonderful), grande (adult, big, great, grown up, heavy, heavyset, high, large, major, strong, tall, wide), grand, principale (boss, capital, chief, employer, foremost, head, leading, main, major, manager, master, overriding, primal, primary, prime, principal, staple, uppermost), nobile (aristocrat, big, gentle, great, lordly, noble, nobleman, noblewoman, of noble birth), maestoso (August, augustly, awesome, magnificent, majestic, stately, statuesque), importante (big, esentially, essential, great, important, importent, key, momentous, notable, prominent, serious, significant, signifying, vital, weighty), imponente (arrestingly, awesome, awful, imposing, lordly, massive, stately, towering), complessivo (accumulative, general, gross, inclusive, overall, total). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

盛大 (magnificent, prosperous), 壮絶 (heroic, sublime), 壮大 (magnificent, majestic, splendid). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

そうぜつ (heroic, sublime), そうだい (magnificent, majestic, representative, splendid, Waseda University), どうどう (accompanying, going with, impressive, magnificent), せいだい (fairness, justice, magnificent, magnificent imperial reign, prosperous, prosperous era), ごうぎ (conference, consultation, great), こうそう (conception, confused fighting, dispute, frost, good running, high and dry ground, high priest, hurrying, idea, imperial ancestors, imposing, magnificent, muzzle loading gun, ore bed, plan, plot, public funeral, red algae, resistance, rhodophyceae, sailing, school funeral, sending back or sending later, spice used for cooking, upper, virtuous priest), こうだい (extensive, future generations, great, huge, immense, impressive, magnificent, posterity, technical college, vast, very large), ゆうえん (charming, deep and remote, elegant, faraway, fascinating, remoteness), グランド (gland, ground), グランデ , えんだい (bench, far reaching, subject of an address), だいだいてき (extensive, great, large-scale). (various references)

Korean 

웅대한. (various references)

Manx

mooar (big, bold, bold promintary, capacious, chief, commodious, difficult, extensive, extravagant, familiar, great, grievous, heavy, hit off, hobnob, intense, intimate, loose-fitting, major, marked, powerful, tall). (various references)

Norwegian

bestemor (grandmother, grand-mother), bestefar (grandfather, grand-father). (various references)

Pig Latin

andgray.(various references)

Portuguese

grande (all-embracing, almighty, big, considerable, decuman, goodly, great, high, large, much, roomy, rousing, spacious, substantial, swingeing, vast, walloping). (various references)

Romanian

grandios (grandiose, imposing, mighty, noble, stately, sublime), general (all round, broad, common, general, generic, immanent, rife, universal, usual), grozav (a, almighty, atrocious, awful, awfully, bally, beastly, bully, classy, clinking, Dandy, desperate, dreadful, exceedingly, excessively, famous, fell, first rate, formidable, frightful, gee, ghastly, horrible, horrid, immense, immensely, jolly, killing, like blazes, like hell, lovely, mad, magnificent, mightily, nicely, nifty, plush, plushy, proper, ripping, some, stunning, swell, terrible, terribly, terrific, thundering, topping, tremendous, tremendously, uncommonly, vastly, whacking), înalt (deep, eminent, high, sublime, tall, towering, upper), admirabil (admirable, admirably, beautiful, brave, capital, excellent, special, splendid, that's splendid, tiptop, wonderful), ales (admirable, beau, choice, chosen, clear, dainty, delicate, distinct, distinguished, elect, elective, excellent, exquisite, first rate, high, lofty, picked, rare, remarkable, select, splendid, supreme), 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, grandfather, grandparent, happy, honest, humane, kind, kindly, nice, okay, pleasurable, proper, real, right, salutary, skilful, skillful, soft-hearted, splendid, suitable, true, upright, useful, virtuous, well, wholesome), cântat cu toatã orchestra, cel mai însemnat, fain (capital), distins (distinguished, eminent, fashionable, gentle, gentlemanlike, high-bred, refined), nobil (aerial, distinguished, esquire, gentle, high minded, high-bred, kingly, lofty, noble, nobleman, noble-minded, nobly, patrician, peer, seignior), splendid (brilliant, exquisite, fine, glorious, gorgeous, lofty, magnificent, noble, princely, proud, refulgent, resplendent, splendid, stunning, superb), straşnic (clinking, colossal, considerable, damnably, excellent, excessive, extreme, fine, gee, goody, horrible, jolly, magnificent, mightily, nifty, proper, properly, rigorous, severe, severely, smashing, solid, some, sound, stern, swell, terrible, terribly, thundering, tremendous, with a vengeance), principal (broad, capital, Cardinal, chief, first, front, head, high, leading, main, notional, premier, primal, prime, principal, staple), mãreţ (aerial, August, brilliant, grandiose, kingly, loftily, lofty, magnificent, magnificently, majestic, mighty, palatial, princely, proud, splendid, stately, sumptuous, unearthly), magnific (grandiose, magnificent, magnificently, noble, royal, splendid), mare (acred, adult, ample, big, boundless, brine, broad, bulky, deep, dense, enormous, famous, fat, flux, foam, gorgeous, grandiose, great, gross, hard, heavy, high, howling, huge, hulking, illustrious, immense, important, keen, king size, large, large scale, long, loose, major, man-sized, massy, mighty, open, pond, ponderous, pretty, renowned, rich, roomy, sea, sensible, severe, spacious, stupendous, tall, thick, thundering, vast, violent, voluminous, wide), colosal (astronomic, astronomical, capitally, colossal, colossally, enormous, enormously, gigantic, huge, jumbo, monster, monstrous, mountain, ocean-wide, smashing, some, strapping, terrible, thundering, vast). (various references)

Russian 

главный (best, capital, central, general, governing, head, hegemonic, magistral, main, major, primal, primary, prime, principal), величественный (dignified, exalted, imperial, lofty, magnificent, majestic, noble, stately), большой (big, builky, bulky, chuckle, chunking, clunky, considerable, feature length, goodly, great, gross, healthy, high, large, major, man-sized, walloping), барский (lordly), превосходный (admirable, bang-up, beautiful, capital, clinking, divine, excellent, fine, groovy, hunky-dory, jim-dandy, nailing, once-stellar, palmary, posh, prime, smashing, spanking, superb, superlative, surpassing, tiptop, top-hole, topnotch, top-notch, transcendent, unexceptionable, unexceptional). (various references)

Scottish

ogha (grandchild, grand-child of either sex). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

značajan (consequential, important, major, meaningful, momentous, notable, pertinent, significant, significative, weighty), velik (big, jumbo, tall), veličanstven (baronial, breathtaking, grandiose, magnificent, majestic, marvellous, marvelous, noble, palatial, stately, statuesque), ugledan (notable, prominent, respectable, respected). (various references)

Sotho

moholo (great). (various references)

Spanish

grandioso (grandiose, lofty), grand, sublime (divine, elevated, excellent, lofty, magnificent, sublime, tremendous, wonderful), principal (arch, capital, Cardinal, chief, chief officer, foremost, great, head, high-end, immediate, large, lead, leading, main, major, most important, predominant, preferred, primal, prime, principal, staple, star, top, trunk, uppermost), piano de cola (grand piano), mil libras (g), mil dólares (g), magnífico (beautiful, bright, brilliant, champion, crackerjack, great, lovely, magnific, magnificent, marvellous, marvelous, nailing, royal, splendid, superb, super-duper), imponente (commanding, gallant, imposing, smashing, thundering, towering), estupendo (admirable, amazing, Dandy, divine, fabulous, fantastic, fantastical, first rate, great, heavenly, hotstuff, jenny ass, marvellous, marvelous, neat, rare, rattling, ripping, socko, stunning, stupendous, super, super-duper, surprising, swell, terrific, wonderful, yippee), espléndido (brave, generous, gorgeous, lavish, liberal, magnificent, proud, splendent, splendid, splendiferous, superb), elevado (elevated, high, high rise, lofty, raised, stilted, towering), distinguido (distinguished, elegant, ladylike, prominent, refined), bárbaro (barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, cruel, fantastic, fantastical, gouache, great, heathen, ripping, smashing, super), augusto (August, Augustus, stately). (various references)

Swedish

väldig (almighty, awful, colossal, enormous, formidable, frantic, huge, immense, mighty, oceanic, swingeing, swinging, thumping, thundering, tremendous, vast, walloping), storartad (magnificent, matchless, superb), högtidlig (formal, solemn). (various references)

Thai

เปียโนขนาดใหญ่ (คำไม่เป็นทางการ) (baby grand). (various references)

Tswana

mogolo (noon). (various references)

Turkish

genel (across the board, blanket, broad, collective, common, exoteric, general, generic, liberal, overhead, plenary, prevailing, prevalent, running, sweeping, widespread), ulu (almighty, great, noble, paramount, sublime), soylu (aristocrat, aristocratic, aristocratical, blue blood, born in the purple, genteel, gently born, high, noble, noble blood, of gentle birth, of good family, patrician, pedigreed, princely, silk stocking, thoroughbred, titled, truebred, u, well born, well bred), muhteşem (August, corking, glorious, gorgeous, imperial, lordly, magnific, magnifical, magnificent, majestic, noble, olympian, regal, resplendent, royal, slashing, solemn, spectacular, splendid, stately, stupendous, superb), kuyruklu piyano (concert grand, grand piano), bin dolar (g), baş (arch, arch-, beginning, beginnings, bow, capital, central, chief, coconut, costard, especial, first, foremost, general, governing, head, heading, in chief, initial, knob, leader, master, nob, noddle, off, outset, potato, premier, primal, primary, prime, principal, sconce, top), büyük (almighty, ample, big, bulky, capacious, capital, cyclopean, elder, enormous, exalted, extended, grand-, great, great-, handsome, healthy, high, keen, large, large scale, long, macro-, magniloquent, major, mega-, megalo-, mighty, no end, no end of, older, out, precious, rousing, senior, smart, star, stout, sublime, swingeing, wide), asil (aristocratic, aristocratical, blue blood, born in the purple, bottom, dignified, foundation, gently born, ground, lineage, lordly, noble, of gentle birth, of noble birth, origin, royal, sublime, superior, well bred), ana (basic, broad, capital, Cardinal, chief, fundamental, governing, guiding, head, key, leading, main, main part, major, master, matron, mother, parent, predominant, primary, principal, principle, staple), ağırbaşlı (austere, calm, demure, dignified, earnest, graceful, imperturbable, matronly, only, sage, sedate, serious, sober, sober minded, solemn, staid), önemli (big, big time, capital, consequential, considerable, emphatic, emphatical, eventful, fateful, grave, great, gut, healthy, heavy, high, historic, historical, important, leading, major, momentous, noteworthy, of importance, of note, of weight, prominent, respectable, serious, significant, smart, solemn, star, substantial, top-line, urgent, weighty, worthy). (various references)

Turkmen 

beяik (great). (various references)

Ukrainian

рояль (piano, pianoforte), грандіозний (andean, colossal, cosmic, grandiose), головний (arch-, basal, basic, broad, capital, captain, cephalic, chief, governing, head, leading, master, overriding, premier, primal, primary, prime, principal, staple, star), важливий (big, consequential, considerable, earnest, grave, important, influential, interesting, momentous, newsworthy, purposeful, serious, weighty), піднесений (applausive, elevated, eminent, exalted, great, high minded, high-flown, rarefied, sublime). (various references)

Vietnamese 

xuất chúng, uy nghi (august, impressive, majestic, proud, proudly), trang nghiêm (gravely), tổng quát làm bộ làm tịch; lên mặt, rất quan trọng, rất lớn hùng vĩ, lơn, lỗi lạc (brilliant, prominent, shining), huy hoàng cao quý, hay (fine, often, oftentimes, pretty, readable, stunning), cao thượng; trang trọng, cừ khôi (clinking, hammer, keen, stunning, walloping), bệ vệ vĩ đại, đẹp chính. (various references)

Welsh

mawreddog (august, grandiose, majestic), crand, campus (admirable, excellent, splendid). (various references)

Wolof

maam (grand-parents). (various references)

Abies grandis, apertio, apertione, grande, grandem, grandes, grandi, grandia, grandis, granditer, praegrandes, superbus. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "grand": grandad, grandaddies, grandaddy, grandads, grandam, grandame, grandames, grandams, grandaunt, grandaunts, grandbabies, grandbaby, grandchild, grandchildren, granddad, granddaddies, granddaddy, granddads, granddam, granddams, granddaughter, granddaughters, grandee, grandees, grander, grandest, grandeur, grandeurs, grandfather, grandfathered, grandfathering, grandfatherly, grandfathers, grandiflora, grandiflorae, grandifloras, grandiloquence, grandiloquences, grandiloquent, grandiloquently, grandiose, grandiosely, grandioseness, grandiosenesses, grandiosities, grandiosity, grandioso, grandkid, grandkids, grandly, grandma. (additional references)

Words ending with "grand": integrand. (additional references)

Words containing "grand": aggrandise, aggrandised, aggrandises, aggrandising, aggrandize, aggrandized, aggrandizement, aggrandizements, aggrandizer, aggrandizers, aggrandizes, aggrandizing, integrands. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Grand" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Agranu, egrand, frand, gand, garan, garband, garno, gerand, Gerrand, giran, Girondo, Gorane, Graan, gradh, grahnd, graid, gran, grana, granda, grande, grandf, grandi, grando, grands, graned, grang, granna, granu, grarnd, greindl, grendy, grindy, grn, gronnd, Gruaud, grund, gyrinid, prand, srand. (additional references)

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

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: dang, darn, drag, gnar, grad, gran, nard, rand, rang.

-2 letters: and, dag, gad, gan, gar, nag, rad, rag, ran.

-3 letters: ad, ag, an, ar, na.

+1 letter: danger, daring, dragon, gander, garden, gradin, grands, ranged.

+2 letters: adoring, aground, angered, barding, brigand, carding, dangers, dangler, darings, darking, darling, darning, darting, deraign, derange, dragnet, dragons, dragoon, draping, drawing, draying, enraged, farding, gadroon, ganders, gardant, gardens, garland, gnarled, gnarred, goldarn, gormand, gradine, grading, gradins, grained, grandad, grandam, grandee, grander, grandly, grandma, grandpa, granted, grenade, groaned, gurnard, larding, organdy, pranged, radding, raiding, reading, trading, unguard, warding, yarding.