SPECIALNESS Synonyms: 62 Similar and Opposite Words

specialness

noun

Definition of specialness

as in greatness

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Recent Examples of specialness And to do two weddings in a finale would've deprived the specialness from both of them. — Breanne L. Heldman, PEOPLE, 22 June 2026 Its accessibility only amplifies its specialness. — Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026 The real loss is the specialness. — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 24 Mar. 2026 Stanton’s disdain for immigrants led her into emergent realms of pseudoscience that would transform into eugenics; her rhetoric about women strayed from the principle of gender equality into essentialist ideas about women’s feminine specialness. — Moira Donegan, New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2026 At least the quality of cabin materials—the complex leather stitching, the suppleness of the hide, the tasteful integration of carbon-fiber trim—lends the cabin a feeling of specialness that mitigates some of the tech frustrations. — Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 25 Feb. 2026 And adults reinforced the child's sense of specialness by holding him to a higher standard. — Gail Sheehy, Vanity Fair, 20 Feb. 2026 Watson made his biggest scientific discovery as a young man, only 25 years old, and his sense of his own abilities, his own specialness, seemed never to mature beyond a young man’s bravado. — Kathryn Paige Harden, The Atlantic, 10 Nov. 2025 The hair that would otherwise sprout from his postpubescent body has been replaced by the residues of fire—that Promethean symbol of dawning human specialness. — Harmon Siegel, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025

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Noun

Between 2009 and 2018, their rivalry transformed El Clasico into a global TV event and turned La Liga into a weekly referendum on individual greatness.

— Clemente Lisi, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Makhachev won 49-46 on two scorecards and 48-47 on the third in a competitive five-round fight that never rose to the level of greatness.

— CBS News, CBS News, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of greatness

Noun

The mania for ancient Greece and Rome is in ample display among the current descendants of the Nazis, the alt-right more than happy to cosplay their fantasy of classical masculinity and racial exceptionality.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026
And just as Shakespeare relentlessly intensified Lear’s individuality, so did Jobs make each gadget more itself, eschewing generic compromise to magnify exceptionality.

— Big Think, Big Think, 3 Nov. 2025

Definition of exceptionality

Noun

And at least a few folks In the peanut gallery recognized her fabulousness.

— Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026
Making the celebration even sweeter, this year’s festival falls on Father’s Day, so the fruit-forward foodie fete has added some pater-riffic fabulousness.

— Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 16 June 2026

Definition of fabulousness

Noun

University of Michigan Director of Athletics Warde Manuel described the program as the next step in Michigan Athletics' proud tradition of excellence.

— Karma Sabbah, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
Michigan fans will be happy in 2026 if Underwood learns and improves from a predictably uneven freshman season, and if Whittingham brings the maturity and excellence that has marked his coaching career.

— Joe Rexrode, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of excellence

Noun

Across a few overs, Cox was guilty of trying to steer a fifth stump line into the leg side, drawn in by the vacant space, but also his own apparent superiority over the bowler.

— Ben Jones, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Unlike his predecessors, Fedorov publicly laid out a strategy to defeat Russia through attrition and technological superiority.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of superiority

Noun

His relaxed point of view is a far cry from the grandness or the grittiness that marked the work of Western painters past like Frederic Remington or Albert Bierstadt.

— Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 30 Mar. 2026
But the grandness of these dreams butts up against the precarity that their dreamers are facing.

— Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2026

Definition of grandness

Noun

Hispanic and African American households also collectively drive more than a third (36 percent) of TikTok Shop’s beauty spending — which highlights the importance of diverse products and paying attention to a range of multicultural audiences.

— Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 21 Aug. 2026
The district set its screen time use targets for elementary and middle school students, but did not set a target for high school students, noting the importance of digital literacy skills as students prepare for college or careers.

— Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of importance

Noun

But their exceptional sound only doubles down on that, which uses algorithms to bring their sound processing pretty darn close to perfection.

— Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 14 Aug. 2026
The season is coming to a close, yes, but the water is at its warmest, the farmstand fruit is at its sweetest, and the temperatures, once far too high, have usually cooled down to the high 70s and low 80s (perfection).

— Annie Daly, Vogue, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of perfection

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