Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| 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, mondo, numerous, oversize, prodigious, prolonged, pronounced, protracted, strong, stupendous, terrible, titanic, towering, tremendous, vast, voluminous |
| Antonyms: | few, little, miniature, minute, short, small |
| Main Entry: | immoderate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | excessive, extreme |
| Synonyms: | dizzying, egregious, enormous, exaggerated, exorbitant, extravagant, inordinate, intemperate, overindulgent, profligate, steep, too much*, too-too, towering, unbalanced, unbridled, uncalled-for, unconscionable, uncontrolled, undue, unjustified, unmeasurable, unreasonable, unrestrained, unwarranted, wanton |
| Antonyms: | calm, justified, mild, moderate, reasonable, restrained |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | irregular |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | abnormal, peculiar |
| Synonyms: | aberrant, anomalous, atypical, capricious, deviant, different, disorderly, divergent, eccentric, exceptional, extraordinary, immoderate, improper, inappropriate, inordinate, odd, off-key, queer, quirky, singular, strange, unconventional, unique, unnatural, unofficial, unorthodox, unsuitable, unusual |
| Antonyms: | common, conventional, normal, standard, usual |
| Main Entry: | lavish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | profuse; splendid |
| Synonyms: | abundant, bountiful, copious, effusive, exaggerated, excessive, extravagant, exuberant, first-class, free, generous, gorgeous, grand, immoderate, impressive, improvident, inordinate, intemperate, liberal, lush, luxuriant, luxurious, munificent, openhanded, opulent, plentiful, plush, posh, prodigal, profligate, profusive, prolific, riotous, ritzy, sumptuous, swanky, thriftless, unreasonable, unrestrained, unsparing, unstinging, wasteful, wild |
| Antonyms: | economical, scanty, scarce, small, spare |
| Main Entry: | outrageous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beyond reasonable limits |
| Synonyms: | barbarous, crazy*, excessive, exorbitant, extortionate, extravagant, immoderate, inordinate, last straw, offensive, out of bounds, preposterous, scandalous, shocking, steep*, too much*, uncivilized, unconscionable, unreasonable |
| Antonyms: | acceptable, mild, reasonable, sensible |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | prodigious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | huge, enormous |
| Synonyms: | Herculean, big, colossal*, fantastic, giant, gigantic, gross, immeasurable, immense, inordinate, jumbo, king-size, large, mammoth, massive, mighty, monstrous, monumental, mortal, stupendous, towering, tremendous, vast |
| Antonyms: | little, small, tiny |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | redundant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | excessive; repetitious |
| Synonyms: | bombastic, de trop, diffuse, extra, extravagant, inessential, inordinate, iterating, long-winded, loquacious, oratorical, padded, palaverous, periphrastic, pleonastic, prolix, reiterating, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus, tautological, unnecessary, unwanted, verbose, wordy |
| Antonyms: | concise, essential, single, singular |
| Main Entry: | steep |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very expensive |
| Synonyms: | dizzying, excessive, exorbitant, extortionate, extreme, high, immoderate, inordinate, overpriced, stiff, towering, uncalled-for, undue, unmeasurable, unreasonable |
| Notes: | a gentle slope is a glacis; a precipitous slope is a steep |
| Antonyms: | cheap, inexpensive, moderate |
| Main Entry: | stiff |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extreme, severe |
| Synonyms: | austere, brisk, cruel, drastic, exact, excessive, exorbitant, extravagant, great, hard, harsh, heavy, immoderate, inexorable, inordinate, oppressive, pitiless, potent, powerful, rigorous, sharp, steep, strict, stringent, strong, towering, unconscionable, undue, vigorous |
| Antonyms: | calm, moderate, normal |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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