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Overview of noun great

      »   The noun great has 1 meanings (no senses from tagged texts)

• great -- (a Person1.) Person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul -- (a human being; "there was too much for one person to do")
  
  2.) Person -- (a human body (usually including the clothing); "a weapon was hidden on his person")
  
  person who has Achieved1.) Achieve, accomplish, attain, reach -- (to gain with effort; "she achieved her goal despite setbacks")
  
  achieved distinction and Honor1.) Award, accolade, honor, honour, laurels -- (a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction; "an award for bravery")
  
  2.) Honor, honour, laurels -- (the state of being honored)
  
  honor in some Field1.) Field -- (a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed; "he planted a field of wheat")
  
  2.) Battlefield, battleground, field of battle, field of honor, field -- (a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought; "they made a tour of Civil War battlefields")
  
  field; "he is one of the Greats1.) Great -- (a person who has achieved distinction and honor in some field; "he is one of the greats of American music")
  
  greats of American1.) American -- (a native or inhabitant of the United States)
  
  2.) American English, American language, American -- (the English language as used in the United States)
  
  American music")

Overview of adj great
      »   The adj great has 7 meanings (first 4 from tagged texts)

• great -- (Relatively1.) Relatively, comparatively -- (in a relative manner; by comparison to something else; "the situation is relatively calm now")
  
  relatively large in Size1.) Size -- (the physical magnitude of something (how big it is); "a wolf is about the size of a large dog")
  
  2.) Size -- (the property resulting from being one of a series of graduated measurements (as of clothing); "he wears a size 13 shoe")
  
  size or number or Extent1.) Extent -- (the point or degree to which something extends; "the extent of the damage"; "the full extent of the law"; "to a certain extent she was right")
  
  2.) Extent -- (the distance or area or volume over which something extends; "the vast extent of the desert"; "an orchard of considerable extent")
  
  extent; larger than others of its Kind1.) Kind, sort, form, variety -- (a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality; "sculpture is a form of art"; "what kinds of desserts are there?")
  
  1.) Kind -- (having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior; "kind to sick patients"; "a kind master"; "kind words showing understanding and sympathy"; "thanked her for her kind letter")
  
  kind; "a great Juicy1.) Juicy -- (full of juice)
  
  2.) Juicy, luscious, red-hot, toothsome, voluptuous -- (having strong sexual appeal; "juicy barmaids"; "a red-hot mama"; "a voluptuous woman"; "a toothsome blonde in a tight dress")
  
  juicy steak"; "a great multitude"; "the great auk"; "a great old oak"; "a great Ocean1.) Ocean -- (a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere)
  
  2.) Ocean, sea -- (anything apparently limitless in quantity or volume)
  
  ocean liner"; "a great delay")

• great, Outstanding1.) Outstanding -- (distinguished from others in excellence; "did outstanding work in human relations"; "an outstanding war record")
  
  2.) Outstanding, prominent, salient, spectacular, striking -- (having a quality that thrusts itself into attention; "an outstanding fact of our time is that nations poisoned by anti semitism proved less fortunate in regard to their own freedom"; "a new theory is the most prominent feature of the book"; "salient traits"; "a spectacular rise in prices"; "a striking thing about Picadilly Circus is the statue of Eros in the center"; "a striking resemblance between parent and child")
  
  outstanding -- (of Major1.) Major -- (a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines; below lieutenant colonel and above captain)
  
  2.) Major, John Major, John R. Major, John Roy Major -- (British statesman who was prime minister from 1990 until 1997 (born in 1943))
  
  major significance or Importance1.) Importance -- (the quality of being important and worthy of note; "the importance of a well-balanced diet")
  
  2.) Importance, grandness -- (a prominent status; "a person of importance")
  
  importance; "a great work of art"; "Einstein1.) Einstein, Albert Einstein -- (physicist born in Germany who formulated the special theory of relativity and the general theory of relativity; Einstein also proposed that light consists of discrete quantized bundles of energy (later called photons) (1879-1955))
  
  2.) Genius, mastermind, brain, brainiac, Einstein -- (someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality; "Mozart was a child genius"; "he's smart but he's no Einstein")
  
  Einstein was one of the Outstanding1.) Outstanding -- (distinguished from others in excellence; "did outstanding work in human relations"; "an outstanding war record")
  
  2.) Outstanding, prominent, salient, spectacular, striking -- (having a quality that thrusts itself into attention; "an outstanding fact of our time is that nations poisoned by anti semitism proved less fortunate in regard to their own freedom"; "a new theory is the most prominent feature of the book"; "salient traits"; "a spectacular rise in prices"; "a striking thing about Picadilly Circus is the statue of Eros in the center"; "a striking resemblance between parent and child")
  
  outstanding figures of the 20th centurey")

• great -- (Remarkable1.) Remarkable, singular -- (unusual or striking; "a remarkable sight"; "such poise is singular in one so young")
  
  2.) Noteworthy, remarkable -- (worthy of notice; "a noteworthy fact is that her students rarely complain"; "a remarkable achievement")
  
  remarkable or out of the Ordinary1.) Ordinary -- (a judge of a probate court)
  
  2.) Ordinary -- (the expected or commonplace condition or situation; "not out of the ordinary")
  
  ordinary in Degree1.) Degree, grade, level -- (a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality; "a moderate grade of intelligence"; "a high level of care is required"; "it is all a matter of degree")
  
  2.) Degree, level, stage, point -- (a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process; "a remarkable degree of frankness"; "at what stage are the social sciences?")
  
  degree or Magnitude1.) Magnitude -- (the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small); "they tried to predict the magnitude of the explosion"; "about the magnitude of a small pea")
  
  2.) Order of magnitude, magnitude -- (a number assigned to the ratio of two quantities; two quantities are of the same order of magnitude if one is less than 10 times as large as the other; the number of magnitudes that the quantities differ is specified to within a power of 10)
  
  magnitude or Effect1.) Consequence, effect, outcome, result, event, issue, upshot -- (a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon; "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise"; "his decision had depressing consequences for business"; "he acted very wise after the event")
  
  2.) Impression, effect -- (an outward appearance; "he made a good impression"; "I wanted to create an impression of success"; "she retained that bold effect in her reproductions of the original painting")
  
  effect; "a great crisis"; "had a great Stake1.) Interest, stake -- ((law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something; "they have interests all over the world"; "a stake in the company's future")
  
  2.) Post, stake -- (a pole or stake set up to mark something (as the start or end of a race track); "a pair of posts marked the goal"; "the corner of the lot was indicated by a stake")
  
  stake in the outcome")

• bang-up, Bully1.) Bully, tough, hooligan, ruffian, roughneck, rowdy, yob, yobo, yobbo -- (a cruel and brutal fellow)
  
  1.) Strong-arm, bully, browbeat, bullyrag, ballyrag, boss around, hector, push around -- (be bossy towards; "Her big brother always bullied her when she was young")
  
  bully, corking, Cracking1.) Crack, cracking, snap -- (a sudden sharp noise; "the crack of a whip"; "he heard the cracking of the ice"; "he can hear the snap of a twig")
  
  2.) Fracture, crack, cracking -- (the act of cracking something)
  
  cracking, dandy, great, Groovy1.) Bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad, peachy, slap-up, swell, smashing -- (very good; "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing")
  
  2.) Groovy, swagger -- ((British informal) very chic; "groovy clothes")
  
  groovy, keen, Neat1.) Neat -- (clean or orderly; "her neat dress"; "a neat room")
  
  2.) Neat -- (showing care in execution; "neat homework"; "neat handwriting")
  
  neat, nifty, not Bad1.) Bad, badness -- (that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency; "take the bad with the good")
  
  1.) Bad -- (having undesirable or negative qualities; "a bad report card"; "his sloppy appearance made a bad impression"; "a bad little boy"; "clothes in bad shape"; "a bad cut"; "bad luck"; "the news was very bad"; "the reviews were bad"; "the pay is bad"; "it was a bad light for reading"; "the movie was a bad choice")
  
  bad, peachy, slap-up, Swell1.) Swell, crestless wave -- (the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea)
  
  2.) Swell -- (a rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor))
  
  swell, smashing -- (very Good1.) Good -- (benefit; "for your own good"; "what's the good of worrying?")
  
  2.) Good, goodness -- (moral excellence or admirableness; "there is much good to be found in people")
  
  good; "he did a Bully1.) Bully, tough, hooligan, ruffian, roughneck, rowdy, yob, yobo, yobbo -- (a cruel and brutal fellow)
  
  1.) Strong-arm, bully, browbeat, bullyrag, ballyrag, boss around, hector, push around -- (be bossy towards; "Her big brother always bullied her when she was young")
  
  bully job"; "a Neat1.) Neat -- (clean or orderly; "her neat dress"; "a neat room")
  
  2.) Neat -- (showing care in execution; "neat homework"; "neat handwriting")
  
  neat sports car"; "had a great Time1.) Time, clip -- (an instance or single occasion for some event; "this time he succeeded"; "he called four times"; "he could do ten at a clip")
  
  2.) Time -- (an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities); "he waited a long time"; "the time of year for planting"; "he was a great actor is his time")
  
  time at the party"; "you Look1.) Expression, look, aspect, facial expression, face -- (the feelings expressed on a person's face; "a sad expression"; "a look of triumph"; "an angry face")
  
  2.) Look, looking, looking at -- (the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually; "he went out to have a look"; "his look was fixed on her eyes"; "he gave it a good looking at"; "his camera does his looking for him")
  
  look simply smashing")

• capital, great, Majuscule1.) Capital, capital letter, uppercase, upper-case letter, majuscule -- (one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis; "printers once kept the type for capitals and for small letters in separate cases; capitals were kept in the upper half of the type case and so became known as upper-case letters")
  
  1.) Majuscule -- (of or relating to a style of writing characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters; 4th to 8th centuries)
  
  majuscule -- (Uppercase1.) Capital, capital letter, uppercase, upper-case letter, majuscule -- (one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis; "printers once kept the type for capitals and for small letters in separate cases; capitals were kept in the upper half of the type case and so became known as upper-case letters")
  
  1.) Uppercase -- (relating to capital letters which were kept in the top half of a compositor's type case; "uppercase letters; X and Y and Z etc")
  
  uppercase; "capital A"; "great A"; "many Medieval1.) Medieval, mediaeval -- (relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages; "Medieval scholars"; "Medieval times")
  
  2.) Medieval, mediaeval, gothic -- (as if belonging to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned and unenlightened; "a medieval attitude toward dating")
  
  medieval manuscripts are in Majuscule1.) Capital, capital letter, uppercase, upper-case letter, majuscule -- (one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis; "printers once kept the type for capitals and for small letters in separate cases; capitals were kept in the upper half of the type case and so became known as upper-case letters")
  
  1.) Majuscule -- (of or relating to a style of writing characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters; 4th to 8th centuries)
  
  majuscule script")

• avid, great, Eager1.) Tidal bore, bore, eagre, aegir, eager -- (a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary))
  
  1.) Eager -- (having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy; "eager to learn"; "eager to travel abroad"; "eager for success"; "eager helpers"; "an eager look")
  
  eager, zealous -- (Marked1.) Tag, label, mark -- (attach a tag or label to; "label these bottles")
  
  2.) Mark -- (designate as if by a mark; "This sign marks the border")
  
  marked by Active1.) Active agent, active -- (chemical agent capable of activity)
  
  2.) Active voice, active -- (the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb; "`The boy threw the ball' uses the active voice")
  
  active interest and Enthusiasm1.) Enthusiasm -- (a feeling of excitement)
  
  2.) Exuberance, enthusiasm, ebullience -- (overflowing with eager enjoyment or approval)
  
  enthusiasm; "an Avid1.) Avid, devouring, esurient, greedy -- ((often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous; "avid for adventure"; "an avid ambition to succeed"; "fierce devouring affection"; "the esurient eyes of an avid curiosity"; "greedy for fame")
  
  2.) Avid, great, eager, zealous -- (marked by active interest and enthusiasm; "an avid sports fan"; "a great walker"; "an eager beaver")
  
  avid sports fan"; "a great walker"; "an Eager1.) Tidal bore, bore, eagre, aegir, eager -- (a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary))
  
  1.) Eager -- (having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy; "eager to learn"; "eager to travel abroad"; "eager for success"; "eager helpers"; "an eager look")
  
  eager beaver")

• big, Enceinte1.) Big, enceinte, expectant, gravid, great, large, heavy, with child -- (in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child"; "was great with child")
  
  enceinte, expectant, Gravid1.) Big, enceinte, expectant, gravid, great, large, heavy, with child -- (in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child"; "was great with child")
  
  gravid, great, Large1.) Large -- (a garment size for a large person)
  
  1.) Large, big -- (above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world")
  
  large, heavy, with Child1.) Child, kid, youngster, minor, shaver, nipper, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, fry, nestling -- (a young person of either sex; "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngsters")
  
  2.) Child, kid -- (a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age; "they had three children"; "they were able to send their kids to college")
  
  child -- (in an Advanced1.) Advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on -- (move forward, also in the metaphorical sense; "Time marches on")
  
  2.) Advance, throw out -- (bring forward for consideration or acceptance; "advance an argument")
  
  advanced stage of Pregnancy1.) Pregnancy, gestation, maternity -- (the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus)
  
  pregnancy; "was Big1.) Large, big -- (above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world")
  
  2.) Big -- (significant; "graduation was a big day in his life")
  
  big with child"; "was great with child")

Related Terms - "Great"

Meaning 1 of Greatgreat achiever, winner, success, succeeder

• First lady1.) First lady -- (the leading woman in an art or profession)
  
  2.) First lady -- (the wife of a chief executive)
  
  First lady - The leading woman in an art or profession

• Great1.) Great -- (a person who has achieved distinction and honor in some field; "he is one of the greats of American music")
  
  1.) Great -- (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")
  
  Great - A person who has achieved distinction and honor in some field; "he is one of the greats of American music"

• Highflier1.) Highflier, highflyer -- (a person of great ability and ambition)
  
  Highflier, Highflyer1.) Highflier, highflyer -- (a person of great ability and ambition)
  
  Highflyer - A person of great ability and ambition

• Natural1.) Natural -- (someone regarded as certain to succeed; "he's a natural for the job")
  
  2.) Natural, cancel -- (a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat)
  
  Natural - Someone regarded as certain to succeed; "he's a natural for the job"

• Sleeper1.) Sleeper, slumberer -- (a rester who is sleeping)
  
  2.) Sleeper -- (a spy or saboteur or terrorist planted in an enemy country who lives there as a law-abiding citizen until activated by a prearranged signal)
  
  Sleeper - A rester who is sleeping