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glorious has 5 distinct synonyms spread across 2 of its 3 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. Its one recorded opposite is inglorious.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
having or deserving or conferring glory
“a long and glorious career”
characterized by grandeur
“the brilliant court life at Versailles”
having great beauty and splendor
“a glorious spring morning”
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for glorious come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.