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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dense |
| Synonyms: | bulletproof, close, compact, firm, hard, hermetic, impassable, impermeable, impervious, inviolable, solid, substantial, thick, unpiercable |
| Antonyms: | clear, penetrable, permeable, porous, soft, thin |
| Main Entry: | large |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | big, abundant |
| Synonyms: | ample, barn door, blimp, booming, broad, bulky, capacious, colossal, comprehensive, considerable, copious, enormous, excessive, exorbitant, extensive, extravagant, full, generous, giant, gigantic, goodly, grand, grandiose, great, gross, hefty, huge, humongous*, immeasurable, immense, jumbo, liberal, massive, monumental, mountainous, plentiful, populous, roomy, sizable, spacious, stupendous, substantial, super, sweeping, thumping, tidy, vast, voluminous, whopping, wide |
| Antonyms: | little, miniature, small, tiny |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | massive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | large |
| Synonyms: | big, bulky, colossal, cracking, cumbersome, cumbrous, elephantine, enormous, extensive, gargantuan, gigantic, grand, great, gross, heavy, hefty, huge, hulking, immense, imposing, impressive, mammoth, mighty, monster, monumental, mountainous, ponderous, prodigious, solid, stately, substantial, titanic, towering, tremendous, unwieldy, vast, walloping, weighty, whopping |
| Antonyms: | little, miniature, small, tiny |
| Main Entry: | material |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bodily, tangible |
| Synonyms: | actual, animal, appreciable, carnal, concrete, corporeal, earthly, fleshly, incarnate, nonspiritual, objective, palpable, perceptible, phenomenal, physical, real, sensible, sensual, substantial, true, worldly |
| Notes: | germane and relevant indicate pertinence to a matter, but may not be essential; material means pertinent and necessary material is based on Latin materialis 'formed of matter'; materiel means 'personnel' or 'military arms or equipment' |
| Antonyms: | ethereal, incorporeal, intangible, mental |
| Main Entry: | material |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | important, relevant |
| Synonyms: | ad rem, applicable, applicative, apposite, apropos, big, cardinal, consequential, considerable, essential, fundamental, germane, grave, indispensable, intrinsic, key, meaningful, momentous, pertinent, pointful, primary, serious, significant, substantial, vital, weighty |
| Notes: | germane and relevant indicate pertinence to a matter, but may not be essential; material means pertinent and necessary material is based on Latin materialis 'formed of matter'; materiel means 'personnel' or 'military arms or equipment' |
| Antonyms: | immaterial, irrelevant, unimportant, unsubstantial |
| Main Entry: | meaningful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | significant |
| Synonyms: | allusive, 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 |
| Antonyms: | insignificant, meaningless, useless, worthless |
| Main Entry: | meaty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | significant |
| Synonyms: | compact, epigrammatic, factual, full of content, interesting, meaningful, pithy, pointed, profound, rich, substantial, weighty |
| Antonyms: | insignificant, thin |
| Main Entry: | momentous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | important; serious |
| Synonyms: | big, chips are down, consequential, considerable, critical, crucial, decisive, earth-shaking, earth-shattering, epochal, eventful, far-reaching, fateful, grave, heavy, heavy number, historic, material, meaningful, memorable, notable, of moment, outstanding, pivotal, significant, substantial, vital, weighty |
| 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: | a lot of, abundant, adequate, ample, complete, considerable, copious, countless, endless, enough, everywhere, extravagant, full, galore, generous, great, heaps, immeasurable, jam-packed, lavish, loads, lotsa, many, mega, mucho, no end, plenteous, plentiful, profuse, satisfying, scads, sizable, substantial, sufficient, very many, voluminous |
| Notes: | many means being one of a large indefinite number, while much means great in quantity, degree, or extent |
| Antonyms: | little |
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