massive

mas-sive · adjective

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Definitions

adjective

  1. 1.

    Very large, heavy, or solid.

  2. 2.

    Exceptionally large in scale, amount, or degree.

  3. 3.

    (Informal, British) Excellent; impressive.

  4. 4.

    (Medicine) Affecting a large area; severe.

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    massive attack — A large-scale assault; also a British musical group
  • •
    massive heart attack — A severe, often fatal cardiac event
  • •
    on a massive scale — To a very large extent

Related words

Antonyms: miniature, small, tiny
See also: enormous, huge, immense, mass
Synonyms: colossal, enormous, huge, immense

Etymology

From French massif ("bulky, solid"), from Old French masse ("lump, mass"), from Latin massa.