imposing

The word “imposing” has 3 syllables: im-pos-ing

It's pronounced as /ɪmˈpoʊ.zɪŋ/

What is synonym and antonym for imposing?

In the thesaurus, “imposing” has 135 synonyms and 61 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for imposing along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for imposing

apocalyptic
apocalyptical
aristocratic
assessing
august
awesome
awful
baronial
big
bleeding
celestial
charging
coercing
colossal
commanding
compelling
cosmic
cosmical
decorous
dignified
distinguished
divine
docking
effective
elegant
elevated
epic
exacting
excising
exciting
extorting
extraordinary
extravagant
fining
fleecing
forcing
formidable
gallant
glorious
gorgeous
gouging
grand
grandiose
grave
grim
handsome
heavenly
heroic
heroical
homeric
imperial
impressive
inflated
inflicting
killer
kingly
lavish
laying
levying
lordly
luxurious
magisterial
magnific
magnificent
majestic
marvellous
marvelous
massive
mega
milking
mind-blowing
monstrous
monumental
moving
mulcting
noble
ominous
one for the book
operatic
opulent
overblown
overwhelming
palatial
palatine
penalizing
po-faced
pompous
portly
prepossessing
pretentious
princely
prodigious
proper
proud
putting
queenly
reapplying
redoubtable
regal
reimposing
relaying
remarkable
resplendent
royal
seemly
sensational
setting
shaking down
skinning
sober
solemn
somber
sombre
something else
something to write home about
splendid
splendiferous
squeezing
staid
stately
stirring
striking
stupendous
sublime
sumptuous
superb
taxing
terrific
towering
tremendous
wonderful
wondrous
wreaking
wresting
wringing

Antonyms for imposing

abating
abject
average
bad
coarse
common
condoning
crass
crude
diminishing
disregarding
excusing
flighty
forgiving
frivolous
giddy
goofy
humble
ignoble
ignoring
improper
indecent
inferior
insignificant
lessening
little
lowly
mean
measly
mediocre
meretricious
modest
ordinary
paltry
pardoning
petty
poor
puny
releasing
remitting
run-of-the-mill
second-rate
shabby
silly
small
sordid
subordinate
tiny
trifling
trivial
ugly
uncouth
undignified
unexciting
unheroic
unimportant
unimposing
unimpressive
unprepossessing
unseemly
vulgar

Meanings of imposing

verb
1. To establish or apply by authority.
2. To be an inconvenience (on or upon).
3. To enforce: compel to behave in a certain way.
4. To practice a trick or deception (on or upon).
5. To lay on, as the hands, in the religious rites of confirmation and ordination.
6. To arrange in proper order on a table of stone or metal and lock up in a chase for printing; said of columns or pages of type, forms, etc.
adjective
1. Magnificent and impressive because of appearance, size, stateliness or dignity.

Example Sentences

The castle stood on the hill, an imposing sight for all who approached.
He has an imposing presence that commands attention in any room.
The company faces an imposing challenge to meet the new regulations.
The mountain’s imposing height made the climb very difficult.
She delivered an imposing speech that inspired the entire audience.

On this page you'll find 196 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to imposing, such as: abating, abject, apocalyptic, apocalyptical, aristocratic, assessing, august.

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