Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Extremely large, spacious, and impressive, resembling or suitable for a palace: Describes something that has the grandeur, magnificence, or scale characteristic of a royal palace.
   • Relating to or characteristic of a palace: Pertaining to the architecture, luxury, or style associated with palaces.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The CEO's palatial office overlooked the entire city.
  • They built a palatial mansion with over fifty rooms.
  • The hotel lobby was palatial, with marble floors and crystal chandeliers.

Advanced Usage

• "palatial splendor": Refers to the magnificent and luxurious quality of something very grand.
  • The ballroom was restored to its original palatial splendor.
• "palatial proportions": Describes the immense size or scale of a building or room.
  • The new library was noted for its palatial proportions.

Variants and Related Words

• Palace (n): A large, impressive building that is the official residence of a king, queen, president, or other high-ranking person.
  • Buckingham Palace is a famous tourist attraction.
• Palatially (adv): In a manner resembling or befitting a palace.
  • The ambassador was housed palatially during the state visit.

Synonyms

• Magnificent: Extremely beautiful, elaborate, or impressive.
• Sumptuous: Splendid and expensive-looking.
• Grandiose: Impressive or magnificent in appearance or style, especially pretentiously so.
• Lavish: Sumptuously rich, elaborate, or luxurious.
• Opulent: Ostentatiously rich and luxurious or lavish.

Antonyms

• Modest: Unassuming in the estimation of one's abilities or achievements; not grand or luxurious.
• Humble: Having or showing a modest or low estimate of one's own importance; simple.
• Austere: Severe or strict in manner, attitude, or appearance; lacking luxury.
• Cramped: Feeling or causing someone to feel uncomfortably confined or hemmed in.

Related Phrases and Idioms

• "Fit for a king/queen": Of a quality suitable for royalty; very luxurious or comfortable. (This idiom conveys a similar idea of palatial luxury).
  • The suite was fit for a king, with a palatial bathroom and a private balcony.

Adjective

1. suitable for or like a palace
   • palatial furnishings
   • a palatial yacht
2. relating to or being a palace
   • the palatial residence