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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. having great beauty and splendor;
- Example: "a glorious spring morning"
- Example: "a glorious sunset"
- Example: "splendid costumes"
- Example: "a kind of splendiferous native simplicity"
[syn: glorious, resplendent, splendid, splendiferous]

2. very good;of the highest quality;
- Example: "made an excellent speech"
- Example: "the school has excellent teachers"
- Example: "a first-class mind"
[syn: excellent, first-class, fantabulous, splendid]

3. characterized by grandeur;
- Example: "the brilliant court life at Versailles"
- Example: "a glorious work of art"
- Example: "magnificent cathedrals"
- Example: "the splendid coronation ceremony"
[syn: brilliant, glorious, magnificent, splendid]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Splendid \Splen"did\, a. [L. splendidus, fr. splendere shine;
   cf. Lith. splend["e]ti: cf. F. splendide.]
   1. Possessing or displaying splendor; shining; very bright;
      as, a splendid sun.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Showy; magnificent; sumptuous; pompous; as, a splendid
      palace; a splendid procession or pageant.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. Illustrious; heroic; brilliant; celebrated; famous; as, a
      splendid victory or reputation.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

splendid
    adj 1: having great beauty and splendor; "a glorious spring
           morning"; "a glorious sunset"; "splendid costumes"; "a
           kind of splendiferous native simplicity" [syn:
           glorious, resplendent, splendid, splendiferous]
    2: very good;of the highest quality; "made an excellent speech";
       "the school has excellent teachers"; "a first-class mind"
       [syn: excellent, first-class, fantabulous, splendid]
    3: characterized by grandeur; "the brilliant court life at
       Versailles"; "a glorious work of art"; "magnificent
       cathedrals"; "the splendid coronation ceremony" [syn:
       brilliant, glorious, magnificent, splendid]


Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

181 Moby Thesaurus words for "splendid":
   Babylonian, Corinthian, admirable, advantageous, auspicious,
   awe-inspiring, awesome, awful, barbaric, baroque, beaming,
   bedazzling, beneficial, benevolent, blinding, blooming, bon, bonny,
   boss, braw, bright, bright and shining, brilliant, bueno, capital,
   celebrated, charismatic, cogent, colossal, commendable,
   conspicuous, cool, creditable, dandy, dashing, dazzling, deluxe,
   devastating, distinguished, divine, effulgent, elaborate, elegant,
   eminent, estimable, excellent, exceptional, exemplary, expedient,
   exquisite, extraordinary, extravagant, fab, fabulous, fair, famous,
   fancy, fantastic, favorable, fine, first-class, flamboyant,
   flaming, fulgent, fulgid, garish, gilt-edged, glamorous, glaring,
   glary, glorious, glowing, golden, good, goodly, gorgeous, grand,
   grandiose, great, healthy, heavenly, helpful, illustrious, immense,
   imposing, impressive, incomparable, incredible, keen, killing,
   kind, laudable, lavish, lovely, lush, lustrous, luxurious, magic,
   magnificent, majestic, major, marvelous, matchless, meritorious,
   neat, nice, noble, nonpareil, notable, noteworthy, numinous,
   ornate, out of sight, outstanding, palatial, peerless, pleasant,
   plush, posh, praiseworthy, princely, profitable, prominent, proud,
   radiant, raving, ravishing, refulgent, regal, remarkable,
   resplendent, rich, ritzy, royal, sensational, shining, showy,
   skillful, smashing, solid, sound, sparkling, spectacular,
   splendacious, splendent, splendiferous, splendorous, splendrous,
   stately, sterling, striking, stunning, stupendous, sublime,
   successful, sumptuous, super, superb, supereminent, superexcellent,
   superfancy, superfine, superior, superlative, supreme, surpassing,
   swank, swanky, swell, terrific, transcendent, tremendous,
   unbelievable, unparalleled, unsurpassed, useful, valid, very good,
   virtuous, vivid, wonderful