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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | considerable, large |
| Synonyms: | ample, big, burly, capacious, comprehensive, decent, decent-sized, extensive, good, goodly, great, gross, hefty, husky, jumbo, largish, major, massive, ponderous, respectable, sensible, spacious, strapping, substantial, tidy, voluminous, whopping |
| Antonyms: | inadequate, inconsiderable, insufficient, little, short, small, tiny |
| Main Entry: | big |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | large, great |
| Synonyms: | a whale of a, ample, awash, brimming, bulky, bull*, burly, capacious, chock-full, colossal, commodious, considerable, copious, crowded, enormous, extensive, fat, full, gigantic, heavy-duty, heavyweight, hefty, huge, hulking, humongous*, husky, immense, jumbo, mammoth, massive, mondo, monster*, oversize, packed, ponderous, prodigious, roomy, sizable, spacious, strapping, stuffed, substantial, super colossal, thundering, tremendous, vast, voluminous, walloping, whopper, whopping |
| Antonyms: | itsy, little, small, tiny |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | capacious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ample, extensive |
| Synonyms: | abundant, broad, comfortable, commodious, comprehensive, dilatable, distensible, expandable, expansive, extended, generous, liberal, plentiful, roomy, sizable, spacious, substantial, vast, voluminous, wide |
| Antonyms: | cramped, small, squeezed, tiny |
| Main Entry: | considerable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | abundant, large |
| Synonyms: | ample, appreciable, astronomical, big, bountiful, comfortable, commodious, extensive, goodly, great, hefty, huge, large-scale, lavish, major, marked, much, noticeable, plentiful, pretty, reasonable, respectable, sizable, substantial, tidy, tolerable |
| Antonyms: | inconsiderable, insignificant, little, slight, small, undistinguished, unnoticeable |
| Main Entry: | extensive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | far-reaching, thorough |
| Synonyms: | across the board, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, big, blanket*, boundless, broad, capacious, commodious, comprehensive, comprising, considerable, expanded, extended, far-flung, general, great, hefty, huge, inclusive, indiscriminate, large, large-scale, lengthy, long, major, pervasive, prevalent, protracted, roomy, scopic, scopious, sizable, spacious, sweeping, unexclusive, universal, unrestricted, vast, voluminous, wall to wall, wholesale, wide, wide-ranging, widespread |
| Antonyms: | limited, narrow, restricted, short, uncomprehensive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | good |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | considerable |
| Synonyms: | adequate, advantageous, ample, big, complete, entire, extensive, full, great, immeasurable, large, long, lucrative, much, paying, profitable, respectable, sizable, solid, substantial, sufficient, whole, worthwhile |
| Notes: | using good as an adverb in place of well ("she dances real good," "he did good") is nonstandard usage - so, it would be best to say "she dances very well," "he did well" well is an adverb to describe an activity; good is an adjective to describe a condition or state |
| Antonyms: | inconsequential, inconsiderable |
| Main Entry: | handsome |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | abundant |
| Synonyms: | ample, bounteous, bountiful, considerable, extensive, full, generous, gracious, large, lavish, liberal, magnanimous, munificent, openhanded, plentiful, princely, sizable, unsparing |
| Antonyms: | insignificant, poor, small, stingy, ungiving |
| Main Entry: | hearty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | healthy, full |
| Synonyms: | active, ample, energetic, filling, glowing, good, hale, hardy, nourishing, robust, sizable, solid, sound, square, strong, substantial, vigorous, well |
| Notes: | hardy means 'strong, durable, capable' - while hearty means 'strong' in a more active way as in hearty appetite, applause, meal |
| Antonyms: | feeble, small, unhealthy, weak |
| Main Entry: | hefty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | big, bulky |
| Synonyms: | ample, awkward, beefy, brawny, burly, colossal, cumbersome, extensive, fat, forceful, heavy, hulking, husky, large, large-scale, major, massive, muscular, ponderous, powerful, robust, sizable, strapping, strong, sturdy, substantial, thumping, tremendous, unwieldy, vigorous, weighty |
| Antonyms: | slight, small, thin, tiny |
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