Meaning & use

palatial

adjective·Academic

Resembling a palace in being large, spacious, and impressively grand in style.

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The hotel lobby was palatial, with marble floors and a sweeping staircase.

They toured a palatial estate that once belonged to a wealthy merchant family.

A note on using this word

Palatial describes size and grandeur together, so a small room, however luxurious, would not usually be called palatial.

Words with a similar meaning

grandluxurious

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