He's completely convinced of his own greatness but to the people around him he's just a selfish jerk.
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Greatness
//ˈɡɹeɪtnəs//
Synonyms for "greatness" (173 found)
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Strong matches (52)
errantryesteemexaltationexcellenceexpanseexpansionexpansivenessextensionextensivenessextentfamefavorfullnessgaugegenerositygenerousnessgestationgirthglorygrandeur
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grandiositygrandnessgraviditygravidnessgreat heartgreatheartednessgreatness of heartheavinessheightheroismhigh mightinesshigh-mindednesshonorhugenessidealismimportanceincomparabilityincubationinfinityinfluenceinfluentialnessinimitabilityintensityknight errantryknight-errantryknightlinesslargeheartedness
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largenessleadlengthliberalityliberalnessloftinessmagnanimitymagnanimousnessmagnitudemajoritymarkmassmeasuremeasurementmemorabilitymightmomentnobilitynoble-mindednessnobleness
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notabilitynotenoteworthinessone upmanshipone-upmanshipopenhandednessoutstandingnessplenitudepowerprecedencepredominancepredominationpreeminencepregnancypreponderanceprepotenceprepotencyprerogativepressureprestigeprincelinesspriorityprivilegeprodigiousnessprofundityprominenceproportionproportionsradiusrangerankreachremarkablenessrenownreputationreputeright-of-waysaliencescalescopesenioritysignificancesittingsizeskillspaciousnessspreadstaturestrengthsublimitysuccesssupereminencesuperioritytallnessthe family waytranscendencetranscendencyvirtuosityvolumeweightweightinesswidenesswidth
Noun(3 words)
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90 translations across 60 languages.
Aghwan
1 entries- 𐔱𐕈𐔿𐔼𐕒𐕡𐕎 noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
Albanian
1 entries- madhështi noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- μέγεθος noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
Arabic
3 entries- عظمة noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
- عَظَمَة noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
- كِبَر noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
Armenian
1 entries- մեծություն noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- böyüklük noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
- əzəmət noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
Belarusian
3 entries- ве́ліч noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
- вялі́касць noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
- вялі́касьць noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
Bulgarian
1 entries- вели́чие noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- گەورەیی noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 偉大 /伟大 noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 偉大 /伟大 noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
Crimean Tatar
1 entries- ululıq noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
Czech
1 entries- velikost noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
Danish
1 entries- storhed noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
Dari
2 entries- بُزُرْگِی noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
- عَظَمَت noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
Dutch
2 entries- grootheid noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
- grootte noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
Estonian
1 entries- suurus noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
Finnish
1 entries- suuruus noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
French
1 entries- grandeur noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
Georgian
1 entries- სიდიადე noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
German
1 entries- Größe noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌼𐌹𐌺𐌹𐌻𐌳𐌿𐌸𐍃 noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
Greek
1 entries- μεγαλείο noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
Hindi
4 entries- अजमत noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
- अज़मत noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
- बड़प्पन noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
- बड़ाई noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
Hungarian
1 entries- nagyság noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
Icelandic
1 entries- stærð noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
Iranian Persian
2 entries- بُزُرْگی noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
- عَظَمَت noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
Italian
1 entries- grandezza noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
Japanese
1 entries- 大きいこと noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
Kazakh
1 entries- ұлылық noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
Korean
1 entries- 큼 noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- улуулук noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
Latin
1 entries- magnitudo noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
Latvian
2 entries- lieliskums noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
- lielums noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
Lithuanian
1 entries- didybė noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
Macedonian
3 entries- вели́чавост noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
- вели́чие noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
- вели́чина noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- mezinahî noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- storhet noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
Ottoman Turkish
3 entries- بیوكلك noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
- عظمت noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
- كبر noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
Pashto
1 entries- عظمت noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
Polish
1 entries- wielkość noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
Portuguese
1 entries- grandeza noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
Romanian
4 entries- grandoare noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
- măreție noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
- mărime noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
- mărire noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
Russian
1 entries- вели́чие noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
Sanskrit
1 entries- महस् noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- meudachd noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- veličìna noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
- величѝна noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
Slovak
1 entries- veľkosť noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
Slovene
1 entries- veličina noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
Spanish
1 entries- grandeza noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
Swedish
1 entries- storhet noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
Tajik
2 entries- азамат noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
- бузургӣ noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
Tatar
1 entries- олуглык noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
Telugu
1 entries- గొప్పతనం noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
Thai
1 entries- ความยิ่งใหญ่ noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
Turkish
2 entries- azamet noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
- büyüklük noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
Ukrainian
4 entries- ве́лич noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
- вели́кість noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
- вели́чність noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
- вели́ччя noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
Urdu
3 entries- بَڑائِی noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
- عَظَمَت noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
- عَظْمَت noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
Uzbek
2 entries- buyuklik noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
- ulugʻlik noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
Vietnamese
1 entries- sự to lớn noun (the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
When the bombs fell on our harbor and tyranny threatened the world, she was there to witness a generation rise to greatness, and a democracy was saved. Yes, we can.
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Shinichirō Watanabe once considered making an anime about Christopher Columbus, but came to the conclusion that not even anime was expressive enough to properly portray the surreal greatness of Columbus's exploits.
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As a boy he was tipped for greatness in adult life, now he is tipped for serving guests in a restaurant.
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