GREAT

enceinte, big(p), expectant, gravid, great, large, heavy, with child

(adjective) in an advanced stage of pregnancy; “was big with child”; “was great with child”

bully, bang-up, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad, peachy, slap-up, swell, smashing, old

(adjective) very good; “he did a bully job”; “a neat sports car”; “had a great time at the party”; “you look simply smashing”; “we had a grand old time”

great, outstanding

(adjective) of major significance or importance; “a great work of art”; “Einstein was one of the outstanding figures of the 20th centurey”

great

(adjective) 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”

capital, great, majuscule

(adjective) uppercase; “capital A”; “great A”; “many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script”

great

(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”

great

(noun) a person who has achieved distinction and honor in some field; “he is one of the greats of American music”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

great (comparative greater, superlative greatest)

Relatively large in scale, size, extent, number (i.e. having many parts or members) or duration (i.e. relatively long); very big.

Of larger size or more importance than others of its kind.

(qualifying nouns of family relationship) Involving more generations than the qualified word implies — as many extra generations as repetitions of the word great (from 1510s). [see Derived terms]

(obsolete, postpositive, followed by 'with') Pregnant; large with young; full of.

(obsolete, except with 'friend' and similar words such as 'mate','buddy') Intimate; familiar.

Extreme or more than usual.

Of significant importance or consequence; important.

(applied to actions, thoughts and feelings) Arising from or possessing idealism; admirable; superior; commanding; heroic; illustrious; eminent.

Impressive or striking.

Much in use; favoured.

(applied to persons) Endowed with extraordinary powers; of exceptional talents or achievements; uncommonly gifted; able to accomplish vast results; remarkable; strong; powerful; mighty; noble.

Title referring to an important leader.

Doing or exemplifying (a characteristic or pursuit) on a large scale; active or enthusiastic.

(often followed by 'at') Skilful or adroit.

(informal) Very good; excellent; wonderful; fantastic (from 1848).

(informal, British) Intensifying a word or expression, used in mild oaths.

Usage notes

Moderating adverbs such as fairly, somewhat, etc. tend not to be used with great. Some intensifiers can be used with some senses of great; for example, a very great amount, a very great man, the party was really great, though not *the party was very great.

Synonyms

• See also large

• See also excellent

• gr8, grt (Internet slang, text messaging)

Antonyms

• (very big, large scale): tiny

• (uncommonly gifted): mediocre, ordinary

Interjection

great

Expression of gladness and content about something.

sarcastic inversion thereof.

Noun

great (plural greats)

A person of major significance, accomplishment or acclaim.

(music) The main division in a pipe organ, usually the loudest division.

(in combinations such as "two-greats", "three-greats" etc.) An instance of the word "great" signifying an additional generation in phrases expressing family relationships.

Antonyms

• (person of major significance, accomplishment or acclaim): mediocre

Adverb

great (not comparable)

(informal) Very well (in a very satisfactory manner).

Anagrams

• 'Gater, Greta, ergat-, grate, retag, targe, terga

Source: Wiktionary

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Great, a. [Compar. Greater (; superl. Greatest.] Etym: [OE. gret, great, AS. gret; akin to OS. & LG. grt, D. groot, OHG. grz, G. gross. Cf. Groat the coin.]

1. Large in space; of much size; big; immense; enormous; expanded; -- opposed to small and little; as, a great house, ship, farm, plain, distance, length.

2. Large in number; numerous; as, a great company, multitude, series, etc.

3. Long continued; lengthened in duration; prolonged in time; as, a great while; a great interval.

4. Superior; admirable; commanding; -- applied to thoughts, actions, and feelings.

5. Endowed with extraordinary powers; uncommonly gifted; able to accomplish vast results; strong; powerful; mighty; noble; as, a great hero, scholar, genius, philosopher, etc.

6. Holding a chief position; elevated: lofty: eminent; distingushed; formost; principal; as, great men; the great seal; the great marshal, etc. He doth object I am too great of birth. Shak.

7. Entitled to earnest consideration; weighty; important; as, a great argument, truth, or principle.

8. Pregnant; big (with young). The ewes great with young. Ps. lxxviii. 71.

9. More than ordinary in degree; very considerable in degree; as, to use great caution; to be in great pain. We have all Great cause to give great thanks. Shak.

10. (Genealogy) Older, younger, or more remote, by single generation;

– often used before grand to indicate one degree more remote in the direct line of de scent; as, great-grandfather (a grandfather's or a grand- mother's father), great-grandson, etc. Great bear (Astron.), the constellation Ursa Major.

– Great cattle (Law), all manner of cattle except sheep and yearlings. Wharton.

– Great charter (Eng. Hist.), Magna Charta.

– Great circle of a sphere, a circle the plane of which passes through the center of the sphere.

– Great circle sailing, the process or art of conducting a ship on a great circle of the globe or on the shortest arc between two places.

– Great go, the final examination for a degree at the University of Oxford, England; -- called also greats. T. Hughes.

– Great guns. (Naut.) See under Gun.

– The Great Lakes the large fresh-water lakes (Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario) which lie on the northern borders of the United States.

– Great master. Same as Grand master, under Grand.

– Great organ (Mus.), the largest and loudest of the three parts of a grand organ (the others being the choir organ and the swell, and sometimes the pedal organ or foot keys), It is played upon by a separate keyboard, which has the middle position.

– The great powers (of Europe), in modern diplomacy, Great Britain, France, Germany, Austria, Russia, and Italy.

– Great primer. See under Type.

– Great scale (Mus.), the complete scale; -- employed to designate the entire series of musical sounds from lowest to highest.

– Great sea, the Mediterranean sea. In Chaucer both the Black and the Mediterranean seas are so called.

– Great seal. (a) The principal seal of a kingdom or state. (b) In Great Britain, the lord chancellor (who is custodian of this seal); also, his office.

– Great tithes. See under Tithes.

– The great, the eminent, distinguished, or powerful.

– The Great Spirit, among the North American Indians, their chief or principal deity.

– To be great (with one), to be intimate or familiar (with him). Bacon.

Great, n.

Definition: The whole.; the gross; as, a contract to build a ship by the great.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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