Word Meanings - POMPOUS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Displaying pomp; stately; showy with grandeur; magnificent; as, a pompous procession. 2. Ostentatious; pretentious; boastful; vainlorious; as, pompous manners; a pompous style. "Pompous in high presumption." Chaucer. he pompous vanity of the

Additional info about word: POMPOUS

1. Displaying pomp; stately; showy with grandeur; magnificent; as, a pompous procession. 2. Ostentatious; pretentious; boastful; vainlorious; as, pompous manners; a pompous style. "Pompous in high presumption." Chaucer. he pompous vanity of the old schoolmistress. Thackeray. -- Pom"ous*ly, adv. -- Pomp"ous*ness, n.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of POMPOUS)

• August
• Majestic
• dignified
• stately
• noble
• pompous
• imposing
• grand
• solemn
• exalted
• Big
• Large
• great
• wide
• huge
• bulky
• proud
• arrogant
• fat
• massive
• gross
• Ceremonial
• Official
• ministerial
• functional
• sumptuous
• scenic
• Consequential
• Coherent
• connected
• nected
• cogent
• logical
• Formal
• Regular
• complete
• shapely
• sufficient
• correct
• ceremonious
• stiff
• precise
• explicit
• exact
• affected
• methodical

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of POMPOUS)

• Spare
• falsify
• corrupt

Related words: (words related to POMPOUS)

• FORMALITY
  The dress prescribed for any body of men, academical, municipal, or sacerdotal. The doctors attending her in their formalities as far as Shotover. Fuller. 6. That which is formal; the formal part. It unties the inward knot of marriage, . . . while
• IMPOSABLE
  Capable of being imposed or laid on. Hammond.
• NECTARINE
  Nectareous. Milton.
• GRANDEUR
  The state or quality of being grand; vastness; greatness; splendor; magnificence; stateliness; sublimity; dignity; elevation of thought or expression; nobility of action. Nor doth this grandeur and majestic show Of luxury . . . allure mine eye.
• SOLEMNIZATION
  The act of solemnizing; celebration; as, the solemnization of a marriage.
• BULKY
  Of great bulk or dimensions; of great size; large; thick; massive; as, bulky volumes. A bulky digest of the revenue laws. Hawthorne.
• CONNECTOR
  One who, or that which, connects; as: A flexible tube for connecting the ends of glass tubes in pneumatic experiments. A device for holding two parts of an electrical conductor in contact.
• PROUDLING
  A proud or haughty person. Sylvester.
• REGULARITY
  The condition or quality of being regular; as, regularity of outline; the regularity of motion.
• AFFECTATIONIST
  One who exhibits affectation. Fitzed. Hall.
• SOLEMNIZE
  1. To perform with solemn or ritual ceremonies, or according to legal forms. Baptism to be administered in one place, and marriage solemnized in another. Hooker. 2. To dignify or honor by ceremonies; to celebrate. Their choice nobility and flowers
• EXACTOR
  One who exacts or demands by authority or right; hence, an extortioner; also, one unreasonably severe in injunctions or demands. Jer. Taylor.
• CORRECTLY
  In a correct manner; exactly; acurately; without fault or error.
• STIFFENER
  One who, or that which, stiffens anything, as a piece of stiff cloth in a cravat.
• EXACTING
  Oppressive or unreasonably severe in making demands or requiring the exact fulfillment of obligations; harsh; severe. "A temper so exacting." T. Arnold -- Ex*act"ing*ly, adv. -- Ex*act"ing*ness, n.
• SOLEMN
  Made in form; ceremonious; as, solemn war; conforming with all legal requirements; as, probate in solemn form. Burrill. Jarman. Greenleaf. Solemn League and Covenant. See Covenant, 2. Syn. -- Grave; formal; ritual; ceremonial; sober; serious;
• CORRUPTIONIST
  One who corrupts, or who upholds corruption. Sydney Smith.
• GREAT-HEARTED
  1. High-spirited; fearless. Clarendon. 2. Generous; magnanimous; noble.
• GREAT-GRANDFATHER
  The father of one's grandfather or grandmother.
• GRANDEESHIP
  The rank or estate of a grandee; lordship. H. Swinburne.
• MARTYROLOGIC; MARTYROLOGICAL
  Pertaining to martyrology or martyrs; registering, or registered in, a catalogue of martyrs.
• HOROLOGICAL
  Relating to a horologe, or to horology.
• EPIDEMIOLOGICAL
  Connected with, or pertaining to, epidemiology.
• ANTHROPOLOGIC; ANTHROPOLOGICAL
  Pertaining to anthropology; belonging to the nature of man. "Anthropologic wisdom." Kingsley. -- An`thro*po*log"ic*al*ly, adv.
• SOCIOLOGIC; SOCIOLOGICAL
  Of or pertaining to sociology, or social science. -- So`ci*o*log"ic*al*ly, adv.
• REFORMALIZE
  To affect reformation; to pretend to correctness.
• ONTOLOGICAL
  Of or pertaining to ontology.
• METALOGICAL
  Beyond the scope or province of logic.
• INSUFFICIENTLY
  In an insufficient manner or degree; unadequately.
• OROLOGICAL
  Of or pertaining to orology.
• INGREAT
  To make great; to enlarge; to magnify. Fotherby.
• INEXACTLY
  In a manner not exact or precise; inaccurately. R. A. Proctor.
• AEROLOGIC; AEROLOGICAL
  Of or pertaining to aërology.
• ASTROLOGIC; ASTROLOGICAL
  Of or pertaining to astrology; professing or practicing astrology. "Astrologi learning." Hudibras. "Astrological prognostication." Cudworth. -- As`tro*log"ic*al*ly, adv.
• IRREGULARITY
  The state or quality of being irregular; that which is irregular.