triumphal

Examples

• All

• The Romans enlarged the theatre, paved the Colonnaded Street, and built a triumphal arch over the entrance to the Siq.

  Academic text (2008)

• So he agreed to wait for the time being and make preparations for a future triumphal return.

  The Great War

• There will be a triumphal parade to celebrate.

  Gladiator II (2024)

• What is better than the triumphal homecoming... of a war hero?

  Wag the Dog (1997)

• Why did your second-in-command lead the triumphal return to Rome?

  Cyclops (2008)

• All over France, in every city... ...there stand cathedrals like this one... ...triumphal monuments of the past.

  The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)

• Then he would mount the triumphal chariot, and the procession would begin.

• Nearly a month later, they made their triumphal entry into a tense capital; they crammed the Oval Office to the ceiling.

  Fiction book (1992)

• The conqueror rode in a triumphal chariot... ...the dazed prisoners walking in chains before him.

  Patton (1970)

• Bellisarius, wary of ambush, waits till dawn the next day before making his triumphal entry into Carthage.

Synonyms

J

joyful

vstriumphal

70 1.0

Feeling or showing great happiness

is used when celebrating a specific victory or major achievement

E

ecstatic

vstriumphal

69 4.5

Feeling very happy and excited

is milder and tied to celebrating a notable victory or achievement

V

victorious

vstriumphal

62 3.7

A person who has won a contest or match and feels proud

is about celebrating that success, not only about having won

J

joyous

vstriumphal

62 1.8

Feeling very happy and showing it

applies specifically to acts or things that celebrate a triumph

T

triumphant

vstriumphal

58 3.7

Feeling very happy and proud after a win or success

focuses on the act of celebrating the win rather than the feeling

C

celebratory

vstriumphal

31 4.0

Made to show happiness at a special event

relates specifically to celebrating a victory or great achievement

J

jubilant

vstriumphal

15 5.0

Feeling very happy because of a success or a good event

centres on celebrating the achievement rather than just feeling happy

C

congratulatory

vstriumphal

14 4.1

Showing praise and happiness for someone's success or good news

is about marking and celebrating the victory rather than simply praising

G

gleeful

vstriumphal

12 1.2

Very happy and excited in a playful way

is more about formal or public celebration of a major success

E

exultant

vstriumphal

• Formal

3 7.3

Very happy and proud because of a big success

is about public celebration or relating to a triumph rather than feeling

E

exulting

vstriumphal

• Formal

6.7

Feeling very happy and proud because of success

relates more to ceremonial celebration or marking the triumph

R

rejoicing

vstriumphal

3.7

Joyful and proud because of a win or success

emphasizes celebration of the triumph rather than the inward pride

G

gratulatory

vstriumphal

8.1

Showing pleasure and praise for someone's success or good news

focuses on celebrating the triumph itself rather than offering praise

Compounds

T

triumphal arch

1 6.1

A large arch that people build to celebrate a victory or important event

How Celebratory

exultant

• Formal

3 7.3

triumphal

3 7.2

proud

∞ 1.0

pleased

936 1.0

calm

735 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology