| sizeable | | |
| adj. | 1. ample, sizable, sizeable | fairly large.; "a sizable fortune"; "an ample waistline"; "of ample proportions" |
| ~ big, large | above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent.; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world" |
| adj. | 2. goodish, goodly, healthy, hefty, respectable, sizable, sizeable, tidy | large in amount or extent or degree.; "it cost a considerable amount"; "a goodly amount"; "received a hefty bonus"; "a respectable sum"; "a tidy sum of money"; "a sizable fortune" |
| ~ considerable | large or relatively large in number or amount or extent or degree.; "a considerable quantity"; "the economy was a considerable issue in the campaign"; "went to considerable trouble for us"; "spent a considerable amount of time on the problem" |
| extent | | |
| n. (state) | 1. extent | the point or degree to which something extends.; "the extent of the damage"; "the full extent of the law"; "to a certain extent she was right" |
| ~ degree, stage, level, point | a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process.; "a remarkable degree of frankness"; "at what stage are the social sciences?" |
| n. (attribute) | 2. extent | the distance or area or volume over which something extends.; "the vast extent of the desert"; "an orchard of considerable extent" |
| ~ magnitude | the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small).; "they tried to predict the magnitude of the explosion"; "about the magnitude of a small pea" |
| ~ coverage | the extent to which something is covered.; "the dictionary's coverage of standard English is excellent" |
| ~ frontage | the extent of land abutting on a street or water. |
| ~ limit, bound, boundary | the greatest possible degree of something.; "what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior"; "to the limit of his ability" |
| ~ ambit, range, scope, compass, reach, orbit | an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:.; "the range of a supersonic jet"; "a piano has a greater range than the human voice"; "the ambit of municipal legislation"; "within the compass of this article"; "within the scope of an investigation"; "outside the reach of the law"; "in the political orbit of a world power" |
| ~ surface area, expanse, area | the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary.; "the area of a rectangle"; "it was about 500 square feet in area" |
| ~ length | the property of being the extent of something from beginning to end.; "the editor limited the length of my article to 500 words" |
| ~ depth, deepness | the extent downward or backward or inward.; "the depth of the water"; "depth of a shelf"; "depth of a closet" |
| size | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. size | the physical magnitude of something (how big it is).; "a wolf is about the size of a large dog" |
| ~ magnitude | the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small).; "they tried to predict the magnitude of the explosion"; "about the magnitude of a small pea" |
| ~ circumference, perimeter | the size of something as given by the distance around it. |
| ~ bigness, largeness | the property of having a relatively great size. |
| ~ littleness, smallness | the property of having a relatively small size. |
| ~ distance, length | size of the gap between two places.; "the distance from New York to Chicago"; "he determined the length of the shortest line segment joining the two points" |
| n. (attribute) | 2. size | the property resulting from being one of a series of graduated measurements (as of clothing).; "he wears a size 13 shoe" |
| ~ property | a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class.; "a study of the physical properties of atomic particles" |
| ~ extra large | a garment size for a very large person. |
| ~ large | a garment size for a large person. |
| ~ number | a clothing measurement.; "a number 13 shoe" |
| ~ 8vo, eightvo, octavo | the size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper three times to form eight leaves. |
| ~ outsize | an unusual garment size (especially one that is very large). |
| ~ petite | a garment size for short or slender women. |
| ~ 4to, quarto | the size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper twice to form four leaves. |
| ~ regular | a garment size for persons of average height and weight. |
| ~ small | a garment size for a small person. |
| ~ stout | a garment size for a large or heavy person. |
| ~ tall | a garment size for a tall person. |
| n. (substance) | 3. size, sizing | any glutinous material used to fill pores in surfaces or to stiffen fabrics.; "size gives body to a fabric" |
| ~ filler | used for filling cracks or holes in a surface. |
| n. (state) | 4. size, size of it | the actual state of affairs.; "that's the size of the situation"; "she hates me, that's about the size of it" |
| ~ colloquialism | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech. |
| ~ situation, state of affairs | the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time.; "the present international situation is dangerous"; "wondered how such a state of affairs had come about"; "eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation" |
| n. (attribute) | 5. size | a large magnitude.; "he blanched when he saw the size of the bill"; "the only city of any size in that area" |
| ~ magnitude | the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small).; "they tried to predict the magnitude of the explosion"; "about the magnitude of a small pea" |
| v. (contact) | 6. size | cover or stiffen or glaze a porous material with size or sizing (a glutinous substance). |
| ~ coat, surface | put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface.; "coat the cake with chocolate" |
| v. (cognition) | 7. size | sort according to size. |
| ~ class, classify, sort out, assort, sort, separate | arrange or order by classes or categories.; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?" |
| v. (change) | 8. size | make to a size; bring to a suitable size. |
| ~ change magnitude | change in size or magnitude. |
| ~ scale | size or measure according to a scale.; "This model must be scaled down" |
| ~ resize | change the size of; make the size more appropriate. |
| adj. | 9. size | (used in combination) sized.; "the economy-size package"; "average-size house" |
| ~ combining form | a bound form used only in compounds.; "`hemato-' is a combining form in words like `hematology'" |
| ~ sized | having a specified size. |
| great | | |
| n. (person) | 1. great | a person who has achieved distinction and honor in some field.; "he is one of the greats of American music" |
| ~ achiever, succeeder, winner, success | a person with a record of successes.; "his son would never be the achiever that his father was"; "only winners need apply"; "if you want to be a success you have to dress like a success" |
| adj. | 2. great | relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind.; "a great juicy steak"; "a great multitude"; "the great auk"; "a great old oak"; "a great ocean liner"; "a great delay" |
| ~ big, large | above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent.; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world" |
| adj. | 3. great, outstanding | of major significance or importance.; "a great work of art"; "Einstein was one of the outstanding figures of the 20th centurey" |
| ~ important, of import | of great significance or value.; "important people"; "the important questions of the day" |
| adj. | 4. great | remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect.; "a great crisis"; "had a great stake in the outcome" |
| ~ extraordinary | beyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable.; "extraordinary authority"; "an extraordinary achievement"; "her extraordinary beauty"; "enjoyed extraordinary popularity"; "an extraordinary capacity for work"; "an extraordinary session of the legislature" |
| adj. | 5. bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad, peachy, slap-up, smashing, swell | very good.; "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing" |
| ~ colloquialism | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech. |
| ~ good | having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified.; "good news from the hospital"; "a good report card"; "when she was good she was very very good"; "a good knife is one good for cutting"; "this stump will make a good picnic table"; "a good check"; "a good joke"; "a good exterior paint"; "a good secretary"; "a good dress for the office" |
| adj. | 6. capital, great, majuscule | uppercase.; "capital A"; "great A"; "many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script" |
| ~ uppercase | relating to capital letters which were kept in the top half of a compositor's type case.; "uppercase letters; X and Y and Z etc" |
| adj. | 7. big, enceinte, expectant, gravid, great, heavy, large, with child | in an advanced stage of pregnancy.; "was big with child"; "was great with child" |
| ~ pregnant | carrying developing offspring within the body or being about to produce new life. |
| large | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. large | a garment size for a large person. |
| ~ size | the property resulting from being one of a series of graduated measurements (as of clothing).; "he wears a size 13 shoe" |
| adj. | 2. big, large | above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent.; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world" |
| ~ sizable, sizeable, ample | fairly large.; "a sizable fortune"; "an ample waistline"; "of ample proportions" |
| ~ astronomic, astronomical, galactic | inconceivably large. |
| ~ bear-sized | large as a bear. |
| ~ bigger, larger | large or big relative to something else. |
| ~ biggish, largish | somewhat large. |
| ~ blown-up, enlarged | as of a photograph; made larger.; "the enlarged photograph revealed many details" |
| ~ bouffant, puffy | being puffed out; used of hair style or clothing.; "a bouffant skirt" |
| ~ spacious, wide, broad | very large in expanse or scope.; "a broad lawn"; "the wide plains"; "a spacious view"; "spacious skies" |
| ~ bulky | of large size for its weight. |
| ~ capacious | large in capacity.; "she carried a capacious bag" |
| ~ colossal, prodigious, stupendous | so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe.; "colossal crumbling ruins of an ancient temple"; "has a colossal nerve"; "a prodigious storm"; "a stupendous field of grass"; "stupendous demand" |
| ~ deep | large in quantity or size.; "deep cuts in the budget" |
| ~ double | large enough for two.; "a double bed"; "a double room" |
| ~ enormous, tremendous | extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree.; "an enormous boulder"; "enormous expenses"; "tremendous sweeping plains"; "a tremendous fact in human experience; that a whole civilization should be dependent on technology"; "a plane took off with a tremendous noise" |
| ~ cosmic | inconceivably extended in space or time. |
| ~ elephantine, gargantuan, giant, jumbo | of great mass; huge and bulky.; "a jumbo jet"; "jumbo shrimp" |
| ~ epic, heroic, larger-than-life | very imposing or impressive; surpassing the ordinary (especially in size or scale).; "an epic voyage"; "of heroic proportions"; "heroic sculpture" |
| ~ extensive, extended | large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity.; "an extensive Roman settlement in northwest England"; "extended farm lands"; "surgeons with extended experience"; "they suffered extensive damage" |
| ~ gigantic, mammoth | so exceedingly large or extensive as to suggest a giant or mammoth.; "a gigantic redwood"; "gigantic disappointment"; "a mammoth ship"; "a mammoth multinational corporation" |
| ~ great | relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind.; "a great juicy steak"; "a great multitude"; "the great auk"; "a great old oak"; "a great ocean liner"; "a great delay" |
| ~ grand | large and impressive in physical size or extent.; "the bridge is a grand structure" |
| ~ huge, immense, vast, brobdingnagian | unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope.; "huge government spending"; "huge country estates"; "huge popular demand for higher education"; "a huge wave"; "the Los Angeles aqueduct winds like an immense snake along the base of the mountains"; "immense numbers of birds"; "at vast (or immense) expense"; "the vast reaches of outer space"; "the vast accumulation of knowledge...which we call civilization" |
| ~ hulking, hulky | of great size and bulk.; "a hulking figure of a man"; "three hulking battleships" |
| ~ banging, humongous, thumping, walloping, whopping | (used informally) very large.; "a thumping loss" |
| ~ king-size, king-sized | extra large.; "a king-size bed" |
| ~ large-mouthed | having a relatively large mouth. |
| ~ large-scale | unusually large in scope.; "a large-scale attack on AIDS is needed" |
| ~ large-scale | constructed or drawn to a big scale.; "large-scale maps" |
| ~ full-size, life-size, life-sized, lifesize | being of the same size as an original.; "a life-size sculpture" |
| ~ macroscopic, macroscopical | large enough to be visible with the naked eye. |
| ~ macro | very large in scale or scope or capability. |
| ~ man-sized | very large; appropriate to the size of a man.; "a man-sized piece of cake" |
| ~ massive, monolithic, monumental | imposing in size or bulk or solidity.; "massive oak doors"; "Moore's massive sculptures"; "the monolithic proportions of Stalinist architecture"; "a monumental scale" |
| ~ massive | imposing in scale or scope or degree or power.; "massive retaliatory power"; "a massive increase in oil prices"; "massive changes" |
| ~ medium-large | of anything that is large but not the largest. |
| ~ monstrous | abnormally large. |
| ~ mountainous | like a mountain in size and impressiveness.; "mountainous waves"; "a mountainous dark man" |
| ~ outsize, outsized, oversize, oversized | larger than normal for its kind. |
| ~ overlarge, too large | excessively large. |
| ~ plumping | very large; of exceptional size for its kind.; "won by a plumping majority" |
| ~ queen-size, queen-sized | (used especially of beds) not as large as king-size.; "a queen-sized bed" |
| ~ rangy | allowing ample room for ranging. |
| ~ super | extremely large.; "another super skyscraper" |
| ~ titanic | of great force or power. |
| ~ volumed | formed or rising in rounded masses.; "gasping with the volumed smoke" |
| ~ voluminous | large in volume or bulk.; "a voluminous skirt" |
| ~ whacking | (British informal) enormous.; "a whacking phone bill"; "a whacking lie" |
| ~ wide-ranging | including much.; "the pianist's wide-ranging repertoire" |
| adj. | 3. large | fairly large or important in effect; influential.; "played a large role in the negotiations" |
| ~ significant, important | important in effect or meaning.; "a significant change in tax laws"; "a significant change in the Constitution"; "a significant contribution"; "significant details"; "statistically significant" |
| adj. | 4. bombastic, declamatory, large, orotund, tumid, turgid | ostentatiously lofty in style.; "a man given to large talk"; "tumid political prose" |
| ~ rhetorical | given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought.; "mere rhetorical frippery" |
| adj. | 5. big, large, magnanimous | generous and understanding and tolerant.; "a heart big enough to hold no grudges"; "that's very big of you to be so forgiving"; "a large and generous spirit"; "a large heart"; "magnanimous toward his enemies" |
| ~ generous | not petty in character and mind.; "unusually generous in his judgment of people" |
| adj. | 6. big, large, prominent | conspicuous in position or importance.; "a big figure in the movement"; "big man on campus"; "he's very large in financial circles"; "a prominent citizen" |
| ~ conspicuous | obvious to the eye or mind.; "a tower conspicuous at a great distance"; "wore conspicuous neckties"; "made herself conspicuous by her exhibitionistic preening" |
| adj. | 7. large | having broad power and range and scope.; "taking the large view"; "a large effect"; "a large sympathy" |
| ~ comprehensive | including all or everything.; "comprehensive coverage"; "a comprehensive history of the revolution"; "a comprehensive survey"; "a comprehensive education" |
| adv. | 8. large | at a distance, wide of something (as of a mark). |
| adv. | 9. large | with the wind abaft the beam.; "a ship sailing large" |
| adv. | 10. big, boastfully, large, vauntingly | in a boastful manner.; "he talked big all evening" |
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