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Synonyms for great
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
great
Large denotes extension in more than one direction, and beyond the average of the class to which the object belongs; we speak of a large surface or a large solid, but of a long line; a large field, a large room, a large apple, etc. A large man is a man of more than ordinary size; a great man is a man of remarkable mental power. Big is a more emphatic word than large, but of less dignity. We do not say that George Washington was a big man.
Synonyms:
abundant, ample, big, broad, bulky, capacious, coarse, colossal, commodious, considerable, enormous, extensive, gigantic, grand, huge, immense, large, long, massive, spacious, vast, wideAntonyms:
brief, diminutive, inconsiderable, infinitesimal, insignificant, limited, little, mean, microscopic, minute, narrow, paltry, petty, scanty, short, slender, slight, small, tiny, trifling, trivial
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
greatadjective
a person who has achieved distinction and honor in some field
"he is one of the greats of American music"
Antonyms:
bad, lowercase, little, unimportant, small, nonpregnant, ordinarygreatadjective
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
"a great juicy steak"; "a great multitude"; "the great auk"; "a great old oak"; "a great ocean liner"; "a great delay"
Synonyms:
slap-up, gravid, majuscule, cracking, neat, capital, great(p), enceinte, swell, expectant, heavy(p), keen, nifty, with child(p), bang-up, smashing, not bad(p), corking, groovy, big(p), large(p), bully, dandy, peachy, outstandingAntonyms:
lowercase, ordinary, little, nonpregnant, small, unimportant, badgreat, outstandingadjective
of major significance or importance
"a great work of art"; "Einstein was one of the outstanding figures of the 20th centurey"
Synonyms:
slap-up, gravid, majuscule, cracking, neat, capital, great(p), owing(p), enceinte, swell, spectacular, expectant, heavy(p), keen, nifty, with child(p), bang-up, smashing, prominent, not bad(p), corking, groovy, striking, salient, big(p), undischarged, large(p), bully, dandy, peachy, outstandingAntonyms:
small, nonpregnant, unimportant, bad, ordinary, little, lowercasegreatadjective
remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect
"a great crisis"; "had a great stake in the outcome"
Synonyms:
slap-up, gravid, majuscule, cracking, neat, capital, great(p), enceinte, swell, expectant, heavy(p), keen, nifty, with child(p), bang-up, smashing, not bad(p), corking, groovy, big(p), large(p), bully, dandy, peachy, outstandingAntonyms:
lowercase, ordinary, nonpregnant, little, unimportant, small, badbang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad(p), peachy, slap-up, swell, smashingadjective
very good
"he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing"
Antonyms:
lowercase, little, bad, unimportant, small, nonpregnant, ordinarycapital, great, majusculeadjective
uppercase
"capital A"; "great A"; "many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script"
Synonyms:
slap-up, gravid, large(p), cracking, neat, majuscule, great(p), enceinte, swell, expectant, heavy(p), keen, nifty, with child(p), bang-up, smashing, not bad(p), corking, groovy, big(p), bully, dandy, peachy, outstanding, capitalAntonyms:
unimportant, small, little, ordinary, lowercase, bad, nonpregnantbig(p), enceinte, expectant, gravid, great(p), large(p), heavy(p), with child(p)adjective
in an advanced stage of pregnancy
"was big with child"; "was great with child"
Antonyms:
small, little, bad, lowercase, nonpregnant, ordinary, unimportant
Editors Contribution
abu-bakr
abubakr meaning in arabic is great...
he is an abubakr king.
Submitted by armaanbakar000 on April 29, 2020excellent
good; think to be fascinating.
the water show in disneyland was great.
Submitted by JP03 on January 6, 2015irmin
"irmin" means "great, big, tall or huge". it comes from the old celtic languages.
pitch perfect
you are doing pitch perfect.
Dictionary of English Synonymes
greatadjective
Synonyms:
large, big, vast, huge, bulky, ample, immense, gigantic, herculean, cyclopean, enormousgreatadjective
greatadjective
greatadjective
Synonyms:
considerable, important, weightygreatadjective
Synonyms:
distinguished, eminent, prominent, exalted, elevated, excellent, noted, illustrious, celebrated, famous, famed, renowned, far-famedgreatadjective
greatadjective
Synonyms:
magnanimous, generous, chivalrous, high-mindedgreatadjective
Synonyms:
sumptuous, rich, magnificentgreatadjective
Synonyms:
hard, difficult, onerous, burdensome, grievousgreatadjective
greatadjective
Synonyms:
superior, pre-eminentgreatnoun
Synonyms:
[With The prefixed.] great persons, persons of rank, people of distinction
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
greatadjective
Synonyms:
immense, enormous, prodigious, gigantic, numerous, countless, superior, excellent, admirable, eminent, famous, illustrious, distinguished, renowned, famed, noted, egregious, flagrant, serious, grievous, fabulous, excessive, immoderate, exorbitant
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "great":
large, big, major, grand, huge, vast, super, awesome, enormous, very, considerable, high, significant, wide, tremendous, grande, much, excellent, fantastic, wonderful, terrific, broad, substantial, beautiful, immense, amazing, good, main, serious, important, tai, strong, gran, deep, cool, brilliant, massive, tall, formidable, perfect, overwhelming, magnificent, many, mare, grave, heavy, nice, grands, larger, nagy, splendid, highly, large-scale, greater, grandes, fine, profound, fabulous, gorgeous, extensive, stor, swell, utmost, severe
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How to use great in a sentence?
It sounds crazy to maybe have the chance to share a German final in Wimbledon. It sounds pretty cool, it's still one more match to go for both of us. But it's great to see there is a chance. It's great for German tennis.
Putter feels great, i'm seeing my lines better and it's a matter of time I think before it gets to the level I've been at before.
We know what Russian imperialism stands for, and we know what it means to be attacked by Russian armed forces, because our grandfathers and great-grandfathers experienced that ; sometimes even our parents experienced that, so, thank you for your presence.
I ’m really not happy with Vincent Zhou for throwing away my first 300-point opportunity like that, but all the same, this competition is still a great experience and lots of positives as well.
It's a highlight for us, we bring out the best in each other. It will be another great showdown.
Translations for great
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- عظيم, رائع, كبيرArabic
- цудо́ўны, вялі́кі, выда́тныBelarusian
- чуде́сен, отли́чен, голя́мBulgarian
- fabulós, enorme, genial, granCatalan, Valencian
- skvělý, velikýCzech
- вєликъOld Church Slavonic, Church Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- grêt, mawr, gwychWelsh
- nice, super, fedt, storDanish
- wundervoll, schön, groß, Große, fein, großartigGerman
- εξαιρετικός, περίφημος, μεγάλος, θαυμάσιαGreek
- egaEsperanto
- bien, Grande, Magno, formidable, gran, grandioso, [[muy]] [[bueno]]Spanish
- بزرگ, عظیم, عالی, سترگPersian
- mahtavaa, suuri, valtava, jättimäinen, erinomainen, mahtavaFinnish
- mikil, stórurFaroese
- grand, super, grande, formidable, excellent, génial, très bienFrench
- grutWestern Frisian
- mórIrish
- נפלאה, נהדרת, גדול, נפלא, נהדר, טוב מאוד, מעולהHebrew
- महानHindi
- nagy, nagyszerűHungarian
- հոյակապ, մեծArmenian
- besarIndonesian
- grandaIdo
- mikill, stórIcelandic
- grandioso, bene, grande, magna, magnoItalian
- גדולHebrew
- すばらしい, 偉大, 素敵, すごい, 偉い, 大王Japanese
- საუცხოო, დიდი, შესანიშნავი, ვაშა, შესანიშნავადGeorgian
- ព្រះមហាវីរក្សត្រKhmer
- 위대하다, 크다, 대단하다Korean
- زۆر چاک, مهزنKurdish
- brâsCornish
- magnaLatin
- didysis, puikus, nuostabus, didelisLithuanian
- izcils, varens, lielisks, liels, dižsLatvian
- mokorahiMāori
- одличен, одлично, супер, велик, голем, велика́нMacedonian
- fijn, heerlijk, fantastisch, prachtig, grootDutch
- tsohNavajo, Navaho
- formidableOccitan
- wspaniały, super, wielki, świetny, świetnie, fajnie, fajnoPolish
- لوی, غوره, سترPashto, Pushto
- grandioso, ótimo, distinto, grande, enorme, magnífico, bemPortuguese
- hatunQuechua
- mare, superb, minunat, [[foarte]] [[bun]]Romanian
- вели́кий, великоле́пный, отли́чный, чуде́сный, замеча́тельный, прекра́сный, класс, отли́чно, здо́рово, большойRussian
- odličan, izvrstan, вѐлик, одличан, vèlik, голем, изврстан, golemSerbo-Croatian
- veľký, skvelýSlovak
- odličen, velikSlovene
- stor, jättebraSwedish
- бузургTajik
- ยอดเยี่ยมThai
- ünlüTurkish
- чудо́вий, вели́кий, чуде́сний, прекра́снийUkrainian
- زبردستUrdu
- tuyệtVietnamese
- גרויסYiddish
- 大Chinese
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