sizable
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3.7
- adjective
- /ˈsaɪzəbl/
- US
:
considerable
- We're prepared to make a sizable financial commitment to the new project.
- a sizable number
- a sizable portion
- a sizable population
So he's paying like now, pretty sizable estimated taxes for me.
- So he's paying like now, pretty sizable estimated taxes for me.
Examples
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Table 4 shows that a sizable majority of these stories contained both frames.
Academic text (2013) -
There's a sizable population of homeless and indigents there.
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We're prepared to make a sizable financial commitment.
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No, it's a sizable investment.
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The girl's parents owe me a sizable debt.
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Well, I mean, if we agree to make a sizable donation to that charity.
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You left some rather sizable debts in America.
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Largely overlooked have been the needs of the town's sizable retired population.
Academic text (2011) -
As the world's only remaining superpower, the United States maintains a sizable military force.
Academic text (1999) -
I actually just thought about-- - I was actually doing some internet browsing on the subject today and came across an ad for Planned Parenthood, so I made a pretty sizable donation, anonymous of course.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Larger than usual in size or amount
∞
1.0
Bigger than average in size, number, or amount
∞
1.0
Very large in size, amount, or degree
∞
1.0
Very large in size or number
878
1.0
Very large in size
842
2.1
Very large in size, amount, or effect
794
3.0
Very large or impressive
721
2.1
Very large in size or amount
394
5.0
Large in amount, size, or importance
305
4.6
Large in size or amount
236
3.1
Very large and heavy
141
3.7
Very large in size, amount, or degree
139
3.2
Very large, much bigger than normal
104
3.7
More than enough for what is needed
65
3.8
Very large and affecting many people or places
56
2.3
A large amount or number
55
4.7
So large in size or amount that it causes great surprise
45
4.1
Being large in amount and often expensive
37
3.6
Very large in size, much bigger than normal
24
3.7
Fairly large in amount or of good quality
19
7.3
Very large, much bigger than usual
14
3.7
A fairly large amount, often of money
13
1.9
Large enough to fit what you need
13
7.0
Very large in size or amount, taking a lot of space
12
9.4
Large in amount or size
12
4.6
Much larger than is usual for that kind
5
3.9
Very large in size or amount
3
4.4
Much larger than usual for its kind
1
1.9
A bit larger than usual but not very large
1
5.0
A bit more than average in size, amount, or quality
A size between medium and large, bigger than medium but smaller than large
Antonyms
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sizable comes from the common English word size, which means 'how big' something is, plus the ending -able, which means 'able' or 'likely'. So sizable simply means 'fairly large' or big enough to notice.