Grand Potemkin Synonyms

Definitions for Grand


  • (adjective) large and impressive in size, grandeur, extent, or conception
  • (adjective) coming before all others in importance
  • (adjective) not lacking any part or member that properly belongs to it

Definitions for Potemkin


  • (noun) a Russian officer and politician who was a favorite of Catherine II and in 1762 helped her to seize power; when she visited the Crimea in 1787 he gave the order for sham villages to be built (1739-1791)