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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

adj. big, huge, colossal, enormous, immense; large-scale. See size. Ant., small.

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(Roget's IV) modif.

1. [Of Great size]

Syn. big, great, huge, wide, grand, considerable, substantial, vast, massive, immense, spacious, bulky, sizable, broad, capacious, colossal, gigantic, mammoth, mountainous, immeasurable, extensive, boundless, plentiful, copious, populous, ample, abundant, goodly, liberal, comprehensive, lavish, hefty, stout, burly, husky, heavyset, fat, swollen, bloated, corpulent, obese, herculean, titanic, monstrous, towering, tall, lofty, mighty, magnificent, commodious, enormous, cyclopean, giant, jumbo, Brobdingnagian, tremendous, prodigious, monumental, stupendous, enlarged, voluminous, overgrown, cumbersome, ponderous, Gargantuan, Antaean, heroic, epic, immoderate, extravagant, astronomical, prodigal, king-size, queen-size, outsize, oversized, elephantine, gigantesque, monster, super*, booming*, healthy*, bumper*, whopping*, thumping*, thundering*, walloping*, humongous*, larger-than-life*; see also broad 1 , deep 2 , enlarged , extensive 1 , fat 1 , high 1 , long 1 .

Ant. little*, small, tiny.

2. [Involving Great plans]

Syn. extensive, extended, considerable; see comprehensive , general 1 .

3. [Magnanimous]

Syn. open, noble, big-hearted; see generous 1 , kind .

Syn.- large , big , and great are often interchangeable in meaning of more than usual size, extent, etc. [ a large, big , or Great oak ] , but large is typically used with reference to dimensions or amount [ a large studio, a large sum ] , big , to bulk, weight, or extent [ a big baby, big business ] , and great , which is less often used of physical things, to size or extent that is impressive, imposing, surprising, etc. [ a Great river, a Great success ]

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(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.

big, sizable, great, huge, gigantic, immense, colossal, prodigious, hefty, towering, enormous, *jumbo, voluminous, *whop-ping, massive, gargantuan, vast, extensive, expansive, roomy, spacious, commodious, capacious, generous.

ANT.: tiny, small, microscopic, minute, sparse, paltry

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(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Notably above average in amount, size, or scope: big, considerable, extensive, good, great, healthy, large-scale, sizable. Informal: tidy. See BIG. 2. Covering a wide scope: all-around, all-inclusive, all-round, broad, broad-spectrum, comprehensive, expansive, extended, extensive, far-ranging, far-reaching, general, global, inclusive, overall, sweeping, wide-ranging, wide-reaching, widespread. See SPECIFIC. 3. Having great significance: big, consequential, considerable, historic, important, material, meaningful, monumental, significant, substantial. See IMPORTANT.