SPECIALNESS Synonyms: 62 Similar and Opposite Words

specialness

noun

Definition of specialness

as in greatness

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Recent Examples of specialness But the specialness of the event wasn’t confined only to the Sphere, as fans visited Metallica’s many experiences. — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2026 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

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Noun

With her solo career, Jade has pushed harder than ever before, fueled by an insatiable hunger for true pop greatness.

— Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2026
The age of giants has passed; the years of greatness are fled.

— Jeffrey Steingarten, Vogue, 25 Oct. 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

The annual awards recognize podcasts and creators shaping the future of audio through innovation, impact and excellence in storytelling.

— AJC Communications, AJC.com, 21 Oct. 2026
Former President Barack Obama has offered a similar perspective, arguing that excellence often requires periods of intense focus at the expense of other priorities.

— Preston Fore, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of excellence

Noun

Tampa Bay used clear superiority in its starting rotation, bullpen and late-series offense to eliminate Cleveland.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Oct. 2026
If military superiority alone could end wars, then Afghanistan and Iraq would have been relatively easy American wins.

— Anna Mulrine Grobe, Christian Science Monitor, 16 Oct. 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

These findings point to the importance of substantive local relationships for multinational companies.

— Margot Edelman, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
The trade association acknowledged Children’s Mercy’s importance in providing specialized pediatric care, but said ACA coverage must remain financially sustainable across Missouri’s health care system.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of importance

Noun

Having lost one daughter, Chrissy sought perfection in her remaining child, ignoring the risks of the modification procedure that have resulted in sickly Josie slowly succumbing to a chronic illness.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2026
Counted in that giddy stretch of unexpected euphoria was actual perfection, a run from August through January without defeat, capped off with, of all ridiculous things, a national championship.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of perfection

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