Synonyms for Imposing

Synonyms for "imposing" (173 found)

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Closest matches (35)

adipose aristocratic artless arty augustawe inspiringawe-inspiring awesome awful babylonian barbaric baronial beefy big big-bellied bloated blowzy bosomy brawny burly

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buxom ceremonial ceremonious chubby chunky commanding corinthian corpulent courtly deluxe

Adjective(4 words)

authoritative baronial commandingcorporeal presence

Noun(1 words)

blockading

Strong matches (52)

dignified distended dumpy earnest effective elaborate elegant elevated extravagant fancy fat fatal fateful fattish fine fleshy formidable full gallant glorious

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grand grandiose grave gross heavy heavyset hefty high hippy imperial impressive kingly lofty lordly lusty

Adjective(12 words)

distinguished dominant enforce exert formidable grand grander heroic hulking impressive inflict levy

Noun(4 words)

forbidding inflicting intimidating looming

Verb(1 words)

forcing reading

Related words (86)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

8 entries

action appearance influence measure policy power quality rule

More specific

11 entries

authoritative demeanorbancommanding voicecurfewdominant presencefinemonumental buildingsanctionstatuesque figuretaxtowering presence

Collocations

11 entries

burden of proofcurfeweconomic sanctionsimposing architectureimposing authorityimposing demeanorimposing facadeimposing presenceimposing regimelegal restrictionsnew tax

Inflections

4 entries

imposed imposesmore imposingmost imposing

Derivations

6 entries

impose imposer imposingly imposition impositional reimpose

similar

2 entries

dignified impressive

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Even the most graceful and imposing existing buildings may now be so sadly diminished as to seem slightly ridiculous beside the monster.

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You were served sukiyaki for dinner, then spent the night and had breakfast. Don't you think you were imposing?

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I'm afraid I'm imposing on your hospitality.

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We should try to avoid imposing our own beliefs on others.

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