English Explanatory Dictionary

massive

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Very large in size or extent.
  2. Substantial in mass; bulky, heavy and solid.
  3. To a very great extent; total, utter.
  4. Of particularly exceptional quality or value; awesome.
  5. Outstanding, beautiful.
  6. Affecting a large portion of the body, or severe.
  7. Having any mass.
  8. Homogeneous, unstructured.
  9. Not having an obvious crystalline structure.
noun
  1. A homogeneous mass of rock, not layered and without an obvious crystal structure.
  2. A group of people from a locality, or sharing a collective aim, interest, etc.

Pronunciation

/ˈmæs.ɪv/ en-us-massive.ogg /ˈmasɪv/ /ˈmɑsɪv/ /-z-/

Word forms

massive more massive most massive massives

Etymology

From Middle English massif, from Middle French massif, equivalent to mass + -ive. The Irish sense is possibly derived from Irish mas (“fine, handsome”).

Synonyms

bulky heavy hefty substantial weighty consequential meaningful overwhelming significant colossal enormous gargantuan giant gigantic great huge mahoosive titanic awesome super excellent stupendous clique gang set

Antonyms

insubstantial light dwarf little microscopic midget minuscule pint-sized tiny wee inconsequential insignificant piddling trifling trivial unimportant lame stale disappointing crappy massless

Derived words

gravitationally interacting massive particle hypermassive mahoosive massive and compact halo object massive astronomical compact halo object massive astrophysical compact halo object massive compact halo object massively massiveness massive palindrome massive parallelism massive resistance massive retaliation massivity nonmassive once-massive overmassive robust association of massive baryonic objects strongly interacting massive particle submassive supermassive super weakly interacting massive particle supramassive ultramassive undermassive unmassive weakly interacting massive particle
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