MAGNITUDE Synonyms: 125 Similar and Opposite Words

magnitude

noun

ˈmag-nə-ˌtüd

Definition of magnitude

as in significance

the quality or state of being important the magnitude of the issue can scarcely be overstated

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as in vastness

the quality or state of being very large the mountain's sheer magnitude usually leaves tourists speechless

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as in size

the total amount of measurable space or surface occupied by something the magnitude of the planned skyscraper is totally disproportionate with that of the other buildings on the block

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Recent Examples of magnitude These indices showed significant increases in liberalism, although the magnitude of the change differed by domain and country. — Mansoor Moaddel, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2026 The East Palestine fire battalion chief, who is also the Columbiana County Emergency Management deputy director, and his colleagues across various neighboring agencies quickly realized the magnitude of the event. — Lauren Linder, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026 Min admitted comparing the magnitude of this effect to the impact of ROS our own cells make is rather tricky. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 15 Oct. 2026 But technical factors seem insufficient to account for a shift of such magnitude in a $40 trillion market. — George Calhoun, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for magnitude

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Noun

Bears Ears is a living cultural landscape and sacred ancestral homeland of deep significance to Tribal Nations.

— Mary Beth Laughton, Time, 14 Oct. 2026
Hassen discussed the significance of Type V composite pressure vessels, and their potential.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of significance

Noun

The home’s dissolving interior boundary suits an artist who has spent her career questioning where humans fit within the vastness of space and time.

— Jane Horowitz, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
The oceans’ vastness can feel ominous, and though scientists have studied what lurks beneath, so much remains unknown.

— Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of vastness

Noun

Several bills have been introduced to give cities direct authority to limit AV fleet sizes, restrict operating hours, or enact local permit bans within municipal limits.

— Andrew Hawkins, The Verge, 18 Oct. 2026
Much of that comes down to, again, the randomness that's part of small sample sizes.

— Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of size

Noun

The princess has also increasingly made the importance of nature a focus of her work, including last year's release of a four-part video series on the power of nature.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026
Silver’s comments underscore the importance the league places on obtaining that information.

— Jessica Golden,Contessa Brewer, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of importance

Noun

Cape Ann’s distinctive, undulant geography combined pungent industry and village intensity with Atlantic immensity of sea and sky.

— Emma Sarappo, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2026
Romantic; something about the fearsome, post-human immensity of these spaces clearly inspired him.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of immensity

Noun

Rather than cram more transistors onto a single layer of silicon, Huawei is stacking chips in three dimensions.

— Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
Full-scale, 10-foot Hulk standins helped actors and camera crews judge his dimensions on set, and even his pants required careful attention.

— Davide Abbatescianni, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of dimension

Noun

Earlier this year, China's exports and imports each grew at their fastest pace in five years.

— Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2026
Malawi, which has among the highest fuel pump prices in Africa at more than $3 a liter, highlights the impact of a $100-plus per barrel crude price on import-dependent economies with thin buffers.

— Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of import

Noun

The script brilliantly lays that out to counteract some of the hugeness of her character.

— David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 28 July 2026
Nowhere in the vestiges of what was once the sprawl of corporate hugeness known as The General Electric Company are there signs that Katharine Blodgett's laboratory notebooks still exist.

— Natalia Sánchez Loayza, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2026

Definition of hugeness

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