LUXURIANCE Synonyms: 67 Similar and Opposite Words

luxuriance

noun

Definition of luxuriance

as in grandeur

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Recent Examples of luxuriance But then, what is art if not an attempt to tidy up the real world’s teeming luxuriance? — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2023 The comic luxuriance of Roman references should not blind us to the significance of these constant appeals to the Roman Republic and to classical virtue. — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2022 Silken material ensured that this collection maintained a real sense of luxuriance throughout. — Thomas Adamson, ajc, 2 Oct. 2021 The first movement’s melodic luxuriance, the menuet’s delicacy and the finale’s theme-and-variations attested to the range of color and attack the CSO winds can conjure at the drop of a sixteenth note. — Howard Reich, chicagotribune.com, 2 Oct. 2020 The rest of the album, though, doesn’t shy away from the Weeknd’s shimmery mid-80s luxuriance. — Jon Caramanica, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2020

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Noun

All of the grandeur and energy of Pollock’s looping brambles and cords are clenched in Krasner’s versions.

— Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2026
The 58-key, six-story hotel takes its name from the Jazz Age term for a singer, and its design evokes the sleek grandeur of the Streamline Moderne movement.

— Todd Plummer, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of grandeur

Noun

Since the hotel’s opening day in 1907, when a Vanderbilt scion signed the guest register with a flourish, the Plaza, at the corner of Central Park South and Fifth Avenue, has been synonymous with a particular New York brand of opulence.

— Andy Newman, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2026
The rooms The rooms and suites at the Serbelloni are swaddled in opulence.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of opulence

Noun

Yedikule Fortress, a former prison and imperial treasury whose origins go back to the fourth-century Walls of Constantinople, is returning to its former magnificence as the result of a multi-stage restoration project.

— Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2026
The magnificence of the AI renaissance has blinded our society to its pernicious creep into the arts.

— David Barber, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of magnificence

Noun

Each of the Maisons is represented via artifacts that tell their unique stories of sumptuousness and cultural dialogue that helped shape diplomacy, identity, and popular culture.

— Nancy Olson, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
In the sumptuousness of the bibliophile’s parlor, studying Black history occasioned reverent, joyous gatherings.

— Laura E. Helton, Literary Hub, 20 Apr. 2026

Definition of sumptuousness

Noun

Bezos and Sánchez Bezos received backlash for the event’s lavishness during global hardships.

— Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 19 Aug. 2026
The Vanity Fair of today embodies a certain sort of lavishness—an often unironic appreciation of and yearning for rich people things.

— Naomi Skwarna, hazlitt.net, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of lavishness

Noun

There is a case to be made that California is great and good in so many ways, beyond just its incredible natural splendor.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
The hotel is a five-minute walk from downtown Callicoon, which is lined with antique and home goods stores, community art, restaurants, bars, and the natural splendor of the Delaware River.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of splendor

Noun

The mild-mannered DiLiegro has firm opinions about everything from meat-cutting to the resplendence of the Boston Red Sox.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2022
All articles that coruscate with resplendence are not, ipso facto, auriferous.

— Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Oct. 2021

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