'massive' definitions:
Definition of 'massive'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Imposing in size or bulk or solidity; "massive oak doors"; "Moore's massive sculptures"; "the monolithic proportions of Stalinist architecture"; "a monumental scale" [syn: massive, monolithic, monumental]
adjective
Being the same substance throughout; "massive silver"
adjective
Imposing in scale or scope or degree or power; "massive retaliatory power"; "a massive increase in oil prices"; "massive changes"
adjective
Consisting of great mass; containing a great quantity of matter; "Earth is the most massive of the terrestrial planets"
Definition of 'massive'
From: GCIDE
- massive \mass"ive\ (m[.a]s"[i^]v), a. [F. massif.]
- 1. Forming, or consisting of, a large mass; compacted; weighty; heavy; massy. "Massive armor." --Dr. H. More. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Min.) In mass; not necessarily without a crystalline structure, but having no regular form; as, a mineral occurs massive. [1913 Webster]
- Massive rock (Geol.), a compact crystalline rock not distinctly schistose, as granite; also, with some authors, an eruptive rock. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'massive'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adamantine,
- amplitudinous,
- astronomical,
- awesome,
- awkward,
- big,
- boundless,
- broad-bodied,
- Brobdingnagian,
- bulky,
- bullnecked,
- burdensome,
- close,
- close-knit,
- close-textured,
- close-woven,
- clumsy,
- coarse,
- colossal,
- compact,
- compacted,
- compressed,
- concentrated,
- concrete,
- condensed,
- congested,
- consolidated,
- corpulent,
- cosmic,
- cracking,
- crammed,
- crammed full,
- crass,
- crowded,
- cumbersome,
- cumbrous,
- Cyclopean,
- dense,
- durable,
- elephantine,
- enduring,
- enormous,
- extensive,
- fantastic,
- fat,
- firm,
- full,
- full-bodied,
- galactic,
- Gargantuan,
- gargantuan,
- gigantic,
- gluey,
- grand,
- gross,
- hard,
- heavy,
- heavyset,
- heavyweight,
- hefty,
- huge,
- hulking,
- hulky,
- humongous,
- immeasurable,
- immense,
- impenetrable,
- impermeable,
- incumbent,
- infinite,
- jam-packed,
- jammed,
- jumbo,
- king-size,
- large,
- lasting,
- leaden,
- lubberly,
- lumbering,
- lumpish,
- lumpy,
- mammoth,
- massy,
- mighty,
- monster,
- monstrous,
- monumental,
- mortal,
- mountainous,
- nonporous,
- onerous,
- oppressive,
- outsize,
- overgrown,
- oversized,
- overweight,
- packed,
- ponderous,
- prodigious,
- rugged,
- serried,
- sizable,
- solid,
- sound,
- spacious,
- stable,
- steady,
- stout,
- strong,
- stupendous,
- sturdy,
- substantial,
- superincumbent,
- thick,
- thick-bodied,
- thick-growing,
- thickset,
- three-dimensional,
- titanic,
- tough,
- towering,
- tremendous,
- unwieldy,
- unyielding,
- vast,
- viscid,
- viscose,
- viscous,
- voluminous,
- walloping,
- weighty,
- well-built,
- well-constructed,
- well-founded,
- well-grounded,
- well-made,
- whopping