Meaning & use
splendor
Great brightness, beauty, or magnificence, especially in appearance or surroundings.
See it in a sentence
Tourists gazed in awe at the splendor of the ancient palace's golden halls.
The sunset filled the sky with a splendor of orange and pink light.
A note on using this word
Splendor is the American spelling; splendour is the British spelling of the same word.
Words with a similar meaning
magnificencegrandeur
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Words with an opposite meaning
dullness
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