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| Main Entry: | considerable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | abundant, large |
| Synonyms: | ample, appreciable, astronomical, big, bountiful, comfortable, commodious, extensive, great, hefty, huge, lavish, major, marked, much, noticeable, plentiful, pretty, reasonable, respectable, sizable, substantial, tidy, tolerable, goodly, large-scale |
| Antonyms: | insignificant, little, slight, small, undistinguished, inconsiderable, unnoticeable |
| Main Entry: | considerable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | important |
| Synonyms: | big, consequential, distinguished, dynamite, essential, fat, influential, material, meaningful, momentous, noteworthy, renowned, significant, something, substantial, super, unreal*, venerable, weighty, doozie, fab, mondo, solid gold, something else, super-duper, to the max |
| Antonyms: | insignificant, unimportant, unnoteworthy, unnoticeable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | astronomical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | huge |
| Synonyms: | colossal, considerable, enormous, epic, gigantic, humongous*, jumbo, mammoth, massive, monster*, monumental, prodigious, tremendous, vast, whopping*, astronomic, ginormous, mega, sizeable, very big, very large |
| Antonyms: | insignificant, small |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | consequential |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | significant |
| Synonyms: | big, considerable, eventful, far-reaching, grave, important, material, meaningful, momentous, serious, substantial, weighty |
| Antonyms: | inconsequential, insignificant, uneventful, unimportant |
| Main Entry: | extensive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | far-reaching, thorough |
| Synonyms: | all-inclusive, big, blanket*, boundless, broad, capacious, commodious, comprehensive, considerable, extended, far-flung*, general, great, hefty, huge, inclusive, indiscriminate, large, lengthy, long, major, pervasive, prevalent, roomy, sizable, spacious, sweeping, universal, unrestricted, vast, voluminous, wholesale, wide, widespread, across the board, all-encompassing, comprising, expanded, large-scale, protracted, scopic, scopious, unexclusive, wall to wall, wide-ranging |
| Antonyms: | limited, narrow, restricted, short, uncomprehensive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | large |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | big, abundant |
| Synonyms: | ample, blimp*, broad, bulky, capacious, colossal, comprehensive, considerable, copious, enormous, excessive, exorbitant, extensive, extravagant, full, generous, giant, gigantic, grand, grandiose, great, gross, hefty, huge, humongous*, immeasurable, immense, jumbo*, liberal, massive, monumental, mountainous, plentiful, populous, roomy, sizable, spacious, stupendous, substantial, super, sweeping, tidy, vast, voluminous, whopping*, wide, barn door, booming, goodly, thumping |
| Antonyms: | little, miniature, small, tiny |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | marked |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | apparent, obvious |
| Synonyms: | clear, considerable, conspicuous, decided, distinct, evident, manifest, notable, noted, noticeable, outstanding, patent, pointed, prominent, pronounced, remarkable, salient, signal, striking, arresting |
| Antonyms: | ambiguous, obscure, vague, unapparent, unnoticeable |
| Main Entry: | meaningful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | significant |
| Synonyms: | big, clear, concise, consequential, considerable, deep, eloquent, essential, exact, explicit, expressive, heavy, important, indicative, intelligible, material, momentous, pointed, pregnant, purposeful, relevant, sententious, serious, substantial, succinct, suggestive, useful, valid, weighty, worthwhile, allusive |
| Antonyms: | insignificant, meaningless, useless, worthless |
| Main Entry: | momentous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | important; serious |
| Synonyms: | big, consequential, considerable, critical, crucial, decisive, eventful, far-reaching, fateful, grave, heavy, historic, material, meaningful, memorable, notable, outstanding, pivotal, significant, substantial, vital, weighty, chips are down, earth-shaking, earth-shattering, epochal, heavy number, of moment |
| Notes: | momentary means fleeting, brief; momentous means significant and having great consequence |
| Antonyms: | immaterial, insignificant, trifling, trivial, unimportant |
| Main Entry: | much |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | plenty |
| Synonyms: | abundant, adequate, ample, complete, considerable, copious, countless, endless, enough, everywhere, extravagant, full, galore, generous, great, immeasurable, lavish, many, plentiful, profuse, satisfying, scads*, sizable, substantial, sufficient, voluminous, a lot of, heaps, jam-packed, loads, lotsa, mega, mucho, no end, plenteous, very many |
| Antonyms: | little |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | multitudinous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | many, considerable |
| Synonyms: | abounding, abundant, considerable, copious, countless, great, infinite, innumerable, legion, manifold, multifarious, myriad, numberless, numerous, populous, profuse, several, sundry, teeming, uncounted, untold, various, voluminous, heaps, innumerous, quite a few, uncountable, unnumbered |
| Antonyms: | few, limited |
| Main Entry: | several |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | assorted, various |
| Synonyms: | any, certain, considerable, definite, different, disparate, distinct, diverse, handful, indefinite, individual, infrequent, manifold, many, numerous, particular, personal, plural, proportionate, rare, respective, scanty, scarce, separate, single, some, sparse, special, specific, sundry, a few, a lot, divers, hardly any, not many, only a few, quite a few, scant, scarcely any, small number |
| Antonyms: | individual, none, one, single |
| Main Entry: | telling |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | effective, significant |
| Synonyms: | cogent, considerable, conspicuous, convincing, crucial, decisive, devastating, effectual, forceful, forcible, important, impressive, influential, marked, operative, potent, powerful, satisfactory, satisfying, solid, sound, striking, trenchant, valid, weighty |
| Antonyms: | ineffective, insignificant, secondary, unimportant |
| Main Entry: | umpteen |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very many |
| Synonyms: | considerable, countless, infinite, innumerable, many, numerous, lots of, millions, umteen, zillion |
| Main Entry: | big |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | large, great |
| Synonyms: | ample, brimming, bulky, bull*, burly, capacious, chock-full*, colossal, commodious, considerable, copious, crowded, enormous, extensive, fat, full, gigantic, hefty, huge, hulking, humongous*, husky, immense, jumbo, mammoth, massive, monster*, packed, ponderous, prodigious, roomy, sizable, spacious, strapping, stuffed, substantial, tremendous, vast, voluminous, whopper, whopping, a whale of a, awash, heavy-duty, heavyweight, mondo, oversize, super colossal, thundering, walloping |
| Antonyms: | little, small, tiny, itsy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | great |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very large |
| Synonyms: | abundant, ample, big, big league*, bulky, bull, colossal, considerable, decided, enormous, excessive, extended, extensive, extravagant, extreme, fat, gigantic, grievous, high, huge, humongous, husky, immense, inordinate, jumbo*, lengthy, long, major league, mammoth, numerous, prodigious, prolonged, pronounced, strong, stupendous, terrible, titanic*, towering, tremendous, vast, voluminous, mondo, oversize, protracted |
| Antonyms: | few, little, miniature, minute, short, small |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | heavy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having great weight |
| Synonyms: | abundant, ample, awkward, beefy*, big, built, bulky, burdensome, chunky*, considerable, copious, corpulent, cumbersome, elephantine, enceinte, excessive, expectant, fat, fleshy, gross*, hefty, huge, laden, large, loaded, lumbering, massive, obese, oppressed, overweight, ponderous, porcine, portly, pregnant, stout, substantial, top-heavy, unmanageable, unwieldy, weighty, cumbrous, gravid, lead-footed, parturient, two-ton, weighted, zaftig |
| Antonyms: | airy, light, lightweight, little, slight, small |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | important |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | valuable, substantial |
| Synonyms: | big, chief, considerable, conspicuous, critical, crucial, decisive, determining, earnest, essential, exceptional, exigent, extensive, far-reaching, foremost, grave, great, heavy, imperative, importunate, influential, large, marked, material, meaningful, momentous, necessary, paramount, ponderous, pressing, primary, principal, relevant, salient, serious, signal, significant, something, urgent, vital, weighty, big-league*, esteemed, front-page, mattering much, of moment, of note, of substance, standout |
| Antonyms: | insignificant, little, nonessential, small, trivial, unimportant, unsubstantial, inappreciable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | major |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bigger |
| Synonyms: | above, better, big, chief, considerable, dominant, elder, extensive, extreme, hefty, higher, large, leading, main, most, primary, senior, sizable, superior, supreme, ultra, upper, uppermost, exceeding, greater, large-scale, larger, oversized |
| Antonyms: | lesser, little, minor, small |
| Main Entry: | substantial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | important, ample |
| Synonyms: | abundant, big, bulky, consequential, considerable, durable, extraordinary, firm, generous, heavy, hefty, key, large, massive, material, meaningful, momentous, plentiful, principal, serious, significant, sizable, solid, sound, stable, steady, stout, strong, sturdy, tidy, valuable, vast, weighty, worthwhile, big-deal, goodly, heavyweight, major-league, superabundant, well-built |
| Antonyms: | insignificant, little, minor, small, unimportant, unsubstantial |
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