mightiness

noun

Definition of mightinessnext
as in immensity

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Recent Examples of mightiness Trump felled so much timber not because of the mightiness of his axe but because of the rot within the trees and the weakness of the wood. — Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025 In the last two years, Monty and Rose’s followers have found inspiration in their small-but-mightiness. — Morgan Greene, chicagotribune.com, 26 Apr. 2021 This may reflect Mr Xi’s mightiness, or his weakness and insecurity. — The Economist, 2 Nov. 2019 In our household, steak tartare is about the pure, unobscured flavor of the beef itself, that metallic, bloody, iron-rich mightiness. — Gabrielle Hamilton, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mightiness
  1. immensity
  2. vastness
  3. hugeness
  4. healthiness
  5. bigness
  6. enormity
  7. grandness
  8. bulkiness
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
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • Unfortunately, Americans have proved themselves to be suckers for packaging that conveys a food’s healthiness, Bragg said.
    — Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 23 Aug. 2025
Definition of healthiness
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  • For children themselves, wonder remains abundant—in the bigness of a Tyrannosaurus rex in a museum, or the flicker of fireflies in the summer dusk.
    — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2026
  • There was a bigness to not just the melodies and choruses, but to the emotions being expressed.
    — Brendan Hay, SPIN, 13 Apr. 2026
Definition of bigness
Noun
  • They may also be focused on the enormity of their own needs and unable to make space for yours.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Denver Post, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The enormity of it only landed later, during the first lineup.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of enormity
Noun
  • His relaxed point of view is a far cry from the grandness or the grittiness that marked the work of Western painters past like Frederic Remington or Albert Bierstadt.
    — Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 30 Mar. 2026
  • But the grandness of these dreams butts up against the precarity that their dreamers are facing.
    — Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2026
Definition of grandness
Noun
  • In a move that avoids excessive bulkiness, a pair of simple Mary Janes layered with some socks will keep you cozy and stylish.
    — Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Its bulkiness could be seen as both a blessing and a curse, as much of the weight is concentrated in the base to prevent the monitor from tipping over.
    — Tony Hoffman, PC Magazine, 2 June 2026
Definition of bulkiness

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“Mightiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mightiness. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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