Great in deeds or action; especially, very liberal; munificent; generous; open-handed.Making a great show; possessing or pretending to greatness; stately; ostentatious.Grand in appearance or character; exhibiting greatness; splendid; brilliant; of extraordinary excellence: as, a magnificent building or view; a magnificent victory or poem; magnificent conceptions.Exhibiting greatness of size or extent: as, the preparations were upon a magnificent scale; a city of magnificent distances.Synonyms Superb, Splendid, etc. (see grand); imposing, august, gorgeous.