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| Main Entry: |
major league
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | main sports league |
| Synonyms: | big league, big time, bigs, majors |
| Main Entry: | big league |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | important |
| Synonyms: | big-time, chief, critical, crucial, exceptional, four-star, front-page, grave, great, heavy, high-power, major-league, playing hard ball, professional, serious, strictly business |
| Main Entry: | estimable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | honorable, worthy |
| Synonyms: | admirable, admired, appreciable, august, big name, big time, commendable, decent, deserving, esteemed, excellent, good, high-powered, honored, in limelight, laudable, major league, meretorious, meritable, name, noble, palmary, praisable, praiseworthy, reputable, reputed, respectable, respected, sterling, valuable, valued, venerable, well-thought-of |
| Antonyms: | bad, dishonorable, inestimable, insignificant, poor, unworthy |
| 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, mondo, numerous, oversize, prodigious, prolonged, pronounced, protracted, strong, stupendous, terrible, titanic, towering, tremendous, vast, voluminous |
| Antonyms: | few, little, miniature, minute, short, small |
| Main Entry: | important |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | eminent, influential, outstanding |
| Synonyms: | VIP, aristocratic, big-time, distinctive, distinguished, effective, esteemed, extraordinary, famous, first-class*, foremost, four-star, front-page, grand, heavy*, high profile, high-level, high-ranking, high-up, honored, illustrious, imposing, incomparable, leading, majestic, major-league, noble, notable, noted, noteworthy, of note, page-one, potent, powerful, preeminent, prominent, remarkable, seminal, signal, solid, superior, talented, top-drawer, top-notch*, upper-class, well-known |
| Antonyms: | insignificant, powerless, unimportant, unknown, worthless |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | influential |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | effective, powerful |
| Synonyms: | affecting, authoritative, big-gun, big-wheel, controlling, dominant, efficacious, famous, forcible, governing, guiding, hot-dog, important, impressive, inspiring, instrumental, leading, major-league, meaningful, momentous, moving, name, persuasive, potent, prominent, significant, strong, substantial, telling, touching, weighty |
| Antonyms: | ineffective, ineffectual, unimportant, uninfluential, unmoving, weak |
| Main Entry: | major |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | important |
| Synonyms: | big, chief, critical, crucial, dangerous, grave, great, grievous, heavyweight, influential, life and death, main, major-league, meaningful, notable, outstanding, overshadowing, preeminent, principal, radical, serious, significant, star, stellar, top, vital, weighty |
| Antonyms: | insignificant, minor, unimportant |
| Main Entry: | memorable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | noteworthy, significant |
| Synonyms: | A-1, big-league, bodacious, catchy, celebrated, critical, crucial, decisive, distinguished, doozie, enduring, eventful, extraordinary, famous, great, heavy*, heavyweight, historic, hot*, illustrious, important, impressive, indelible, interesting, lasting, major-league, meaningful, mind-blowing*, momentous, monumental, notable, observable, red-letter, remarkable, rememberable, rubric, serious, signal, something, standout, striking, super, surpassing, terrible, terrific, top-drawer, unforgettable |
| Antonyms: | forgettable, insignificant, unimpressive, unnoteworthy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | notable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | important; famous |
| Synonyms: | big-league, bodacious, celebrated, celebrious, conspicuous, distinguished, distingué, eminent, eventful, evident, extraordinary, famed, great, heavy*, high-profile, illustrious, major-league, manifest, marked, memorable, momentous, nameable, noteworthy, noticeable, notorious, observable, outstanding, preeminent, prominent, pronounced, rare, red-letter, remarkable, renowned, rubric, serious, something else, striking, top-drawer, uncommon, unusual, well-known |
| Notes: | notable means 'worthy of notice' and noticeable means 'readily observed' |
| Antonyms: | commonplace, inconsequential, insignificant, ordinary, unimportant, unnoticeable, unremarkable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2012 by the Philip Lief Group.
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