Meanings
comparative more palatial · superlative most palatial
- Of or relating to a palace.
- On a grand scale; with very rich furnishings.
The home where he lived was palatial.
2 more examples
But during those two years for some reason or other the house had fallen into premature and rapid decay. With a very few months an air of mustiness began to hang over the once palatial residence of the rich foreign financier.
1933, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], chapter I, in The Way of the Scarlet Pimpernel, New York, N.Y.: G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam’s Sons, published 1934, →OCLC, page 1Here a cruel rich man lived, in this palatial home...
2016, Ryan Holiday, Ego is the Enemy, page 140
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivesuitable for or like a palace
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian дворцов, разкошен
- дворцов (dvorcov)of or relating to a palace
- разкошен (razkošen)with very rich furnishings
German Palast-, palastartig
- Palast-of or relating to a palace
- palastartigon a grand scale
Portuguese palaciano, palatino
- palacianoof or relating to a palace
- palatinoof or relating to a palace
- palacegoof or relating to a palace
- palaciegoof or relating to a palace
- palacianowith very rich furnishings
- suntuosowith very rich furnishings
Russian дворцовый
- дворцовый (dvorcovyj)of or relating to a palace
Spanish palacial, palaciego
- palacialof or relating to a palace
- palaciegoof or relating to a palace
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with palatial
Cite this entry
palatial. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/palatial
“palatial.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/palatial. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “palatial,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/palatial.
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