| Main Entry: | size |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extent or bulk of some dimension |
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admeasurement, amount, amplitude, area, bigness, body, breadth, caliber, capaciousness, capacity, content, diameter, dimensions, enormity, extension, extent, greatness, height, highness, hugeness, immensity, intensity, largeness, length, magnitude, mass, measurement, proportion, proportions, range, scope, spread, stature, stretch, substance, substantiality, tonnage, vastness, volume, voluminosity, width |
| Concept: | Size. |
| Category: | 1. GENERAL DIMENSIONS |
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-nouns
size, magnitude, dimension, bulk, volume; largeness; greatness (of quantity); expanse (space); amplitude, mass; proportions., capacity, tonnage, tunnage; cordage; caliber, scantling., turgidity (expansion); corpulence, obesity; plumpness; embonpoint, corporation, flesh and blood, lustihood., hugeness; enormity, immensity, monstrosity., giant, Brobdingnagian, Antaeus, Goliath, Gog and Magog, Gargantua, monster, mammoth, Cyclops; cachalot, whale, porpoise, behemoth, leviathan, elephant, hippopotamus; colossus; tun, cord, lump, bulk, block, loaf, mass, swad, clod, nugget, bushel, thumper, whooper, spanker, strapper; "Triton among the minnows" [Coriolanus]., mountain, mound; heap (assemblage)., largest portion; full size, life size.
-verbs
be large; become large (expand).
-adjectives
large, big; great (in quantity); considerable, bulky, voluminous, ample, massive, massy; capacious, comprehensive; spacious; mighty, towering, fine, magnificent., corpulent, stout, fat, plump, squab, full, lusty, strapping, bouncing; portly, burly, well-fed, full-grown; corn fed, gram fed; stalwart, brawny, fleshy; goodly; in good case, in good condition; in condition; chopping, jolly; chub faced, chubby faced., lubberly, hulky, unwieldly, lumpish, gaunt, spanking, whacking, whopping, thumping, thundering, hulking; overgrown; puffy (swollen)., huge, immense, enormous, mighty; vast, vasty; amplitudinous, stupendous; monster, monstrous, jumbo, mammoth, gigantean; prodigious, colossal, Cyclopean, Brobdingnagian, Gargantuan; infinite., large as life; plump as a dumpling, plump as a partridge; fat as a pig, fat as a quail, fat as butter, fat as brawn, fat as bacon.
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Antonyms: |
littleness |
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| Main Entry: | appraise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | judge, estimate |
Synonyms: |
adjudge, assay, assess, audit, calculate, check, check out*, deem, evaluate, examine, eye*, figure, figure in, figure out, gauge, guesstimate, have one's number, inspect, look over, peg, price, rate, read, review, set at, size, survey, take account of, valuate, value |
| Notes: | appraise is 'evaluate, size up' and apprise is 'inform' apprise means 'to inform'; appraise means 'to assess or evaluate' |
| Main Entry: | area |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extent, scope of a surface |
Synonyms: |
breadth, compass, distance, expanse, field, operation, range, size, space, sphere, stretch, width |
| Main Entry: | ascertain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make sure |
Synonyms: |
catch on, check, check out*, check up on, confirm, determine, dig*, discover, divine, double-check, establish, eye*, eyeball, find out, fix, get down cold, get down pat, get hold of, get it down, get the hang of, identify, learn, learn the ropes, look-see, make certain, make sure, peg, pick up on, pick up*, read, see, settle, size, size up, tell, verify |
| Main Entry: | assay |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | analyze |
Synonyms: |
appraise, apprise, assess, check, check out, estimate, evaluate, examine, eyeball, inspect, investigate, measure, peg, prove, rate, read, see, size, size up, survey, test, try, valuate, value, weigh |
| Main Entry: | assess |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | evaluate, determine |
Synonyms: |
appraise, apprise, assay, check out*, check*, compute, determine, dig it, estimate, figure*, fix, gauge, guess, judge, nick, peg, rate, reckon, set, size up, size*, survey, take measure, valuate, value, weigh |
| Main Entry: | breadth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extent |
Synonyms: |
amplitude, area, compass, comprehensiveness, dimension, expanse, extensiveness, fullness, gamut, greatness, inclusiveness, largeness, magnitude, measure, orbit, range, reach, scale, scope, size, space, spread, stretch, sweep, vastness |
| Main Entry: | capacity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | volume; limit of volume held |
Synonyms: |
accommodation, amplitude, bulk, burden, compass, contents, dimensions, expanse, extent, full, holding ability, holding power, latitude, magnitude, mass, measure, proportions, quantity, range, reach, retention, room, scope, size, space, spread, standing room only, sufficiency, sweep |
| Main Entry: | cement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gluing, binding material |
Synonyms: |
adhesive, binder, birdlime, bond, concrete, epoxy, glue, grout, gum, gunk, lime, lute, mortar, mucilage, mud, paste, plaster, putty, rubber cement, sand, sealant, size, solder, stickum, tar |