What does splendor mean?
Splendor means Great light, luster or brilliance..
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/ˈsplɛndə/ · noun
Great light, luster or brilliance..
What tho’ the moon—the white moon Shed all the splendour of her noon, Her smile is chilly—and her beam, In that time of dreariness, will seem (So like you gather in your breath) A portrait taken after death.
Once upon a time on an uninhabited island on the shores of the Red Sea, there lived a Parsee from whose hat the rays of the sun were reflected in more-than-oriental-splendour.
The splendor of the Queen's coronation was without comparison.
The original family who had begun to build a palace to rival Nonesuch had died out before they had put up little more than the gateway, so that the actual structure which had come down to posterity retained the secret magic of a promise rather than the overpowering splendour of a great architectural achievement.
Use splendor when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Splendor means Great light, luster or brilliance..
Common synonyms include lustre, grandeur, magnificence, splendour.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
What tho’ the moon—the white moon Shed all the splendour of her noon, Her smile is chilly—and her beam, In that time of dreariness, will seem (So like you gather in your breath) A portrait taken after death.
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