massive
944
2.9
- adjective
- /ˈmæsɪv/
- He faced a massive challenge when he decided to climb Mount Everest.
- a massive change
- massive amounts
- a massive influx
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- And that is a, that's a massive change for Earth.
- And, you know, that was a massive risk and change for them.
- So no basil, no garlic, but massive amounts of black pepper.
- And there has been massive exchange of of ideas.
- I just, I just see it as a massive carrot dangling.
- And that suggests massive climatic change on Mars.
- Then you have massive scandal with Prince Andrew.
- I mean Biden just did a massive grab for national.
- And that was a massive, massive hit for us.
- Especially if they experienced a massive loss of face publicly.
- But the increases in dopamine were massive and lasted hours.
- And so that is a massive pressure cooker of stress.
- This is a cyclical boom and we are heading for a massive crash.
- So there were there was not massive confrontation.
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He has a massive hangover.
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And we are at the foot of this stomach-churningly massive fourth-highest structure in the us.
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And, you know, that was a massive risk and change for them.
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So that that is a massive loss, a massive loss.
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It's a massive data transfer.
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His plans also continue massive cuts to social care.
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In the middle of the 1920s, Florida experienced a massive real estate boom.
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The views of the surrounding hills and the massive red rock architecture are breathtaking in every direction.
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For decades, this practice generated massive tax revenue losses, augmenting the tax gap's size.
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There was and still is little chance of massive violence occurring in central Sri Lanka.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Bigger than average in size, number, or amount
∞
1.0
Very large in size or number
∞
1.0
Very large in size, amount, or degree
∞
1.4
Very serious and having a large effect
975
1.0
Very large in size
754
2.1
Very large in size, amount, or effect
671
3.0
Very large or impressive
650
2.1
Very large in size or amount
569
3.0
Impressive and large in appearance or style
414
4.4
Very strong in amount or feeling that is hard to deal with
145
3.2
Very large, much bigger than normal
132
3.7
Very large in size, amount, or degree
121
3.8
Very large and affecting many people or places
101
3.9
Very large in size, amount, or importance
97
5.3
Very large and surprising in a way that shocks you
61
3.7
Quite large in size or amount
56
4.7
So large in size or amount that it causes great surprise
54
5.7
Very important and impressive because of size or achievement
53
4.1
Being large in amount and often expensive
37
5.4
Very large and wide, often used for places or plans
36
4.5
Very large in size or amount, much bigger than normal
30
3.6
Very large in size, much bigger than normal
27
5.6
Very large in amount or size
22
3.9
Very large in size or amount
20
6.7
Very large or impressive in a way that amazes people
19
7.3
Very large, much bigger than usual
17
4.8
A person or thing that seems bigger and more exciting than normal
14
6.9
Very large and powerful
Very large, often said in a playful way
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
1
9.9
A heavy particle that hardly interacts with normal matter and may make up dark matter in space
How Intense
414
4.4
54
5.7
944
2.9
308
5.0
∞
2.5
114
3.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Massive comes from Latin massa and French massif, words that mean 'lump' or 'bulk', and like the English word mass they suggest a very large amount or great power. That's why massive is used for something impressive or extreme in scale or force.