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Noun: greatness  greyt-nus
  1. The property possessed by something or someone of outstanding importance or eminence
    "The greatness of her career made her a role model for aspiring scientists";
    - illustriousness
     
  2. Unusual largeness in size, extent or number
    "The greatness of the canyon took their breath away";
    - enormousness, grandness, immenseness, immensity, sizeableness, vastness, wideness, hugeness, vastitude

Type of: bigness, importance, importancy [archaic], largeness

Encyclopedia: Greatness