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| 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: | larger |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | best |
| Synonyms: | better, greater, largest, more, most, preponderant, bigger, bulkier, longer, weightier |
| Main Entry: | more |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | additional, greater |
| Synonyms: | also, and, another, besides, else, extended, extra, farther, fresh, further, higher, increased, innumerable, likewise, major, new, numerous, other, spare, supplementary, added, aggrandized, amassed, augmented, bounteous, deeper, enhanced, exceeding, expanded, heavier, in addition, larger, massed, more than that, over and above, too many, wider |
| Antonyms: | less, fewer |
| Main Entry: | better |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | excelling, more excellent |
| Synonyms: | choice, exceptional, improved, preferable, preferred, prominent, sophisticated, superior, bigger, exceeding, finer, fitter, greater, higher quality, larger, more appropriate, more desirable, more fitting, more select, more suitable, more useful, more valuable, sharpened, souped up, surpassing, worthier |
| Notes: | better is greater in excellence or higher in quality; more useful; more highly skilled; healthier than before - while bettor is someone who bets |
| Antonyms: | worse |
| Main Entry: | acceptable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | satisfactory, agreeable |
| Synonyms: | adequate, admissible, all right, average, big*, common, cool*, decent, delightful, fair, hip*, kosher*, large, okay, on the ball*, passable, pleasant, pleasing, respectable, standard, sufficient, swell*, tolerable, trendy, unexceptional, welcome, A-OK, cooking with gas, copacetic, hep, hunky-dory, in the swim, on the beam, peachy keen, right on, unobjectionable, up to code, up to snuff |
| Antonyms: | disagreeable, disturbing, unacceptable, unsatisfactory, unwelcome |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ample |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | more than necessary, sufficient |
| Synonyms: | abounding, abundant, big, bountiful, broad, capacious, commodious, copious, enough, expansive, extensive, full, galore, generous, great, heavy, large, lavish, liberal, plentiful, plenty, profuse, rich, roomy, spacious, spare, substantial, unrestricted, voluminous, wide, bounteous, no end, plenteous |
| Antonyms: | insufficient, meager, not enough |
| Main Entry: | appreciable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | easily noticed; considerable |
| Synonyms: | apparent, clear-cut, definite, discernible, estimable, evident, healthy, large, manifest, marked, material, measurable, noticeable, observable, obvious, perceivable, perceptible, plain, pronounced, sensible, significant, sizable, substantial, tangible, visible, ascertainable, detectable, distinguishable, good-sized, goodly, recognizable |
| Antonyms: | imperceptible, negligible, unnoticed, inconsiderable, unappreciable |
| Main Entry: | broad |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wide physically |
| Synonyms: | ample, capacious, deep, expansive, extended, extensive, full, generous, immense, large, roomy, spacious, squat, thick, vast, voluminous, widespread, latitudinous, outspread, outstretched, splay |
| Antonyms: | narrow, small |
| Main Entry: | bulky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | huge |
| Synonyms: | awkward, beefy, big, colossal, cumbersome, enormous, gross, heavy, hefty, high, hulking, immense, large, long, mammoth, massive, ponderous, substantial, unmanageable, unwieldy, voluminous, weighty, cumbrous, unhandy |
| Antonyms: | insubstantial, miniature, small, thin, tiny |
| Main Entry: | celebrated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | distinguished, famous |
| Synonyms: | acclaimed, big*, eminent, famed, glorious, great, high-powered, illustrious, immortal, important, large, notable, number one, outstanding, popular, preeminent, prominent, renowned, storied, well-known, laureate, lionized, numero uno, revered, up there, w. k. |
| Antonyms: | inglorious, obscure, plain, unknown, inexalted |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | commodious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ample, spacious |
| Synonyms: | big, capacious, comfortable, convenient, expansive, extensive, large, loose, roomy, wide |
| Antonyms: | confined, cramped, inconvenient, small, uncomfortable, squeezed |
| Main Entry: | corpulent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fat, chubby |
| Synonyms: | beefy*, blimp*, bulky, burly, fat, fleshy, gross, heavy, hefty, husky, large, lusty, obese, overblown, overweight, plump, portly, roly-poly*, rotund, stout, tubby, weighty, baby elephant, embonpoint, having a bay window, having a spare tire, well-padded |
| Antonyms: | skinny, slender, slight, thin |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | elephantine |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | huge |
| Synonyms: | big, colossal, enormous, extensive, gargantuan, giant, gigantic, grand, great, humongous, immense, jumbo*, large, mammoth, massive, monstrous, monumental, mountainous, titanic, towering, behemothic |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | expansive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | broad, comprehensive |
| Synonyms: | ample, big, elastic, extensive, far-reaching, great, inclusive, large, thorough, voluminous, wide, widespread, all-embracing, dilatant, expanding, expansile, scopic, scopious, stretching, unrepressed, unsuppressed, wide-ranging |
| Antonyms: | limited, narrow |
| 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: | fat |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | overweight |
| Synonyms: | beefy*, big, blimp, bovine, brawny, broad, bulging, bulky, bull, burly, chunky*, corpulent, distended, dumpy, elephantine, fleshy, gargantuan, gross, heavy, hefty, husky, inflated, lard, large, meaty*, obese, plump, ponderous, porcine, portly, pudgy*, roly-poly*, rotund, solid, stout, swollen, weighty, butterball, heavyset, jelly-belly, oversize, paunchy, plumpish, potbellied, thickset, whalelike |
| Antonyms: | skinny, slender, slight, slim, thin |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | generous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | plentiful |
| Synonyms: | abundant, affluent, ample, bountiful, copious, dime a dozen, full, galore, handsome, large, lavish, liberal, luxuriant, overflowing, rich, wealthy, aplenty, bounteous, no end, no end in sight, plenteous, stinking with, unstinting |
| Antonyms: | depleted, wanting |
| Main Entry: | good |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | considerable |
| Synonyms: | adequate, advantageous, ample, big, complete, entire, extensive, full, great, immeasurable, large, long, lucrative, much, profitable, respectable, sizable, solid, substantial, sufficient, whole, worthwhile, paying |
| Antonyms: | inconsequential, inconsiderable |
| Main Entry: | grand |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | impressive, great |
| Synonyms: | admirable, ambitious, august, awe-inspiring, dignified, dynamite, elevated, eminent, exalted, excellent, fine, first-class, first-rate, glorious, grandiose, haughty, illustrious, imposing, large, lofty, luxurious, magnificent, majestic, marvelous, monumental, noble, opulent, ostentatious, outstanding, palatial, pompous, pretentious, regal, rich, splendid, stately, striking, sublime, sumptuous, super, superb, terrific, unreal, fab, smashing, something else, very good |
| Antonyms: | bad, common, low, paltry, poor, unimpressive |
| Main Entry: | handsome |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | abundant |
| Synonyms: | ample, bountiful, considerable, extensive, full, generous, gracious, large, lavish, liberal, magnanimous, munificent, openhanded, plentiful, princely, sizable, unsparing, bounteous |
| Antonyms: | insignificant, poor, small, stingy, ungiving |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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