Massive

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Consisting of or making up a large mass; bulky, heavy, and solid: a massive piece of furniture.
  • adj. Large or imposing, as in quantity, scope, degree, intensity, or scale: "Local defense must be reinforced by the further deterrent of massive retaliatory power” ( John Foster Dulles). See Synonyms at heavy.
  • adj. Large in comparison with the usual amount: a massive dose of a drug.
  • adj. Pathology Affecting a large area of bodily tissue; widespread and severe: massive gangrene.
  • adj. Mineralogy Lacking internal crystalline structure; amorphous.
  • adj. Geology Without internal structure or layers and homogeneous in composition. Used of a rock.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Of or pertaining to a large mass; weighty, heavy, or bulky.
  • adj. Much larger than normal.
  • adj. Of great significance or import; overwhelming.
  • adj. Of a specimen not exhibiting crystal form.
  • adj. Of particularly exceptional quality or value; awesome.
  • adj. Possessing mass.
  • n. A homogeneous mass of rock, not layered and without an obvious crystal structure.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Forming, or consisting of, a large mass; compacted; weighty; heavy; massy.
  • adj. In mass; not necessarily without a crystalline structure, but having no regular form.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Forming or consisting of a large mass; solid; having great size and weight; heavy; weighty; ponderous: as, a massive weapon.
  • Existing in mass or masses; massed or aggregated; not separated into parts or elements: specifically applied in psychology to sensations or feelings.
  • Pertaining to the whole mass or bulk of anything; total, as to mass; not special, local, or partial.
  • In mineralogy, without crystalline form, although perhaps crystalline in structure: as, a mineral that occurs massive. A mineral which is both massive and non-crystalline is said to be amorphous.
  • In geology, homogeneous; destitute of structural divisions, such as planes of stratification or jointing.
  • In zoology, massed: applied to the type of structure represented by the mollusks.
  • In zoology: Noting a compact sponge of any kind which grows more or less equally in all directions: contrasted with incrusting, dendritic, flabellate, etc.
  • In pathology, extensive; involving a large mass of tissue.
  • n. Same as massif.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. being the same substance throughout
  • adj. imposing in size or bulk or solidity
  • adj. consisting of great mass; containing a great quantity of matter
  • adj. imposing in scale or scope or degree or power
  • Equivalent
    solid    big    large    heavy   
    Cross Reference
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    compacted    weighty    heavy    massy   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    impassive    passive   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    huge    heavy    gigantic    major    inner