1
as in heavy
having great weight
a massive piece of furniture that was nearly impossible to move
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2
as in huge
unusually large
the massive statue took up most of the small yard
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as in magnificent
large and impressive in size, grandeur, extent, or conception
the war memorial's massive dignity moves most visitors to reflective silence
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Recent Examples of massive
World’s biggest iceberg runs aground Weighing over a trillion tons and more than twice the size of London, the massive iceberg has been drifting in the Southern Ocean near Antarctica since 2020.
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Alexandra Banner, CNN, 5 Mar. 2025
Additionally, Google, Microsoft, and Amazon each signed separate nuclear energy agreements late last year in anticipation of the massive energy demands of their AI plans.
—Britney Nguyen, Quartz, 5 Mar. 2025
The bond between Perry and his children became even more evident when the actor, who also starred in The CW series Riverdale, suffered a massive stroke on Feb. 27, 2019.
—Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 4 Mar. 2025
The Senate's version would break it up into two pieces for the sake of speed, and the House's version would wrap it into one massive package in the hopes of squeezing it through their narrow Republican majority.
—Riley Beggin, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2025
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Alexandra Banner, CNN, 5 Mar. 2025
Additionally, Google, Microsoft, and Amazon each signed separate nuclear energy agreements late last year in anticipation of the massive energy demands of their AI plans.
—Britney Nguyen, Quartz, 5 Mar. 2025
The bond between Perry and his children became even more evident when the actor, who also starred in The CW series Riverdale, suffered a massive stroke on Feb. 27, 2019.
—Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 4 Mar. 2025
The Senate's version would break it up into two pieces for the sake of speed, and the House's version would wrap it into one massive package in the hopes of squeezing it through their narrow Republican majority.
—Riley Beggin, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for massive
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There was a heavy police presence, with state troopers stationed around the rotunda.—
Hannah Fingerhut,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Feb. 2025
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The 13-pound, 6-ounce largemouth also tied a Bass Fishing League record for the heaviest bass ever weighed at a BFL event, according to Major League Fishing.—
Bob McNally,
Outdoor Life,
28 Feb. 2025
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Ensuring a few words wouldn’t spark a huge conflagration that could be splashed across social media, Steph Curry qualified his thought.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
4 Mar. 2025
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Running over a year off-Broadway has been a dream come true, and has set us up for huge success nationwide.—
Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
4 Mar. 2025
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In Cairo, the Sphinx, the Giza Pyramids and the magnificent Pyramid of Cheops beckon.—
Rona Berg,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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Playing for Team Sweden at the 4 Nations Face-Off, Karlsson was magnificent in all three of his appearances.—
Josh Yohe,
The Athletic,
25 Feb. 2025
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The audit process for the 2021 election, which Adams won, remains ongoing, but the CFB recently warned the mayor could face hefty fines for bookkeeping irregularities in that cycle.—
Chris Sommerfeldt,
New York Daily News,
28 Feb. 2025
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Employers may face hefty fines for employing workers without authorization, but in other cases, workers are placed in removal proceedings while employers face minimal or no fines as investigations drag out.—
Ximena Bustillo,
NPR,
28 Feb. 2025
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Acoustic Sounds occupies a hodgepodge of squat industrial buildings in Salina, a city of about 50,000 near the geographic center of the 48 contiguous states, where grain elevators and a gigantic frozen pizza plant jut out from the flat plains landscape.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
7 Mar. 2025
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Some knobby with new growth, some short or gigantic, some suffering or shrunken, some reaching over paths and roads.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
5 Mar. 2025
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As with Abloh and Williams, this new partnership promises to be epic.—
Jessica Diner,
Vogue,
5 Mar. 2025
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Johnson’s Canes were hated and booed on the road (the trips to Notre Dame were epic) and loved every minute of it.—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
5 Mar. 2025
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The decision to remove the enormous mural near the White House comes after a U.S. Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Ga., introduced legislation earlier this week that gave D.C. an ultimatum: either paint over the slogan or risk losing federal funding.—
Juliana Kim,
NPR,
8 Mar. 2025
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There are also the now-traditional summer preseason schedules of European clubs who spend a few weeks in America playing before enormous crowds before kicking off their new seasons back home.—
Ian Nicholas Quillen,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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The glorious roars, screams, chants, cheers and whistles of approval don’t stop.—
Funmi Fetto,
Vogue,
25 Feb. 2025
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And there’s a glorious selection of rental homes and condos situated on both the ocean and the harbor.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
22 Feb. 2025
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“Massive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/massive. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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