massive
UK/ˈmæs.ɪv/
massive adjective: very large in size or extent.
Adjective
massive (comparative more massive, superlative most massive)
- Very large in size or extent.
- Compared to its counterparts from World War II, the Abrams main battle tank is truly massive.
- The Enlightenment involved massive shifts in many areas of Western thought.
- Substantial in mass; bulky, heavy and solid.
- A massive comet or asteroid appears to have ended the era of the dinosaurs.
- But Richmond[…]appeared to lose himself in his own reflections. Some pickled crab, which he had not touched, had been removed with a damson pie; and his sister saw, peeping around the massive silver epergne that almost obscured him from her view, that he had eaten no more than a spoonful of that...1959, Georgette Heyer, chapter 1, in The Unknown Ajax
- To a very great extent; total, utter.
- Notwithstanding Catherine's assurances, I was apprehensive about meeting Denys, worried that I would come off as a massive idiot […]2007, Christine Conrad, Mademoiselle Benoir, page 171
- Of particularly exceptional quality or value; awesome.
- Did you see Colbert last night? He was massive!
- Ok true believers here is the low down of massive coolness.1995 November 29, harry knowles, “INDEPENDENCE DAY---MASSIVE COOL SPOILERS DON'T OPEN IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW”, in rec.arts.sf.movies (Usenet)
- Synonyms:
- awesome, super, excellent, stupendous
- Outstanding, beautiful.
- Your dress is massive, love. Where did you get it?
- Affecting a large portion of the body, or severe.
- a massive heart attack
- Having any mass.
- Some bosons are massive while others are massless.
- Homogeneous, unstructured.
- Not having an obvious crystalline structure.
Noun
massive (plural massives)
- A homogeneous mass of rock, not layered and without an obvious crystal structure.
- karst massives in western Georgia
- A group of people from a locality, or sharing a collective aim, interest, etc.
- Big up to the Croydon massive!
massive meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
massive in Hindi
- of great size, significance or import; overwhelming
- विशाल viśāl
massive in Tamil
- பெருத்த, பேரளவான, மிக்க, பளுவான, பெருமளவு, மிகையான
massive in Urdu
- massive, heavy
- بڑا baṛā
massive in Bengali
- বৃহদায়তন, গুরুভার, ভারী, বড়, গুরু, তাগড়াই
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- massive in Malayalam
- സ്ഥൂലമായ, ബൃഹത്ത്, വൃഹത്ത്, വമ്പിച്ച
- massive in Kannada
- ದಪ್ಪವೂ ತೂಕವೂ ಆದ, ಸ್ಥೂಲವೂ ಭಾರವೂ ಆದ, ಸಾಂದ್ರವಾದ, ದಟ್ಟವಾದ
- massive in Tagalog
- bungkong
- massive in Persian
- عظیم 'azim
Examples of massive in a sentence
- Massive solar parks are popping up as part of a rapid build-up that one developer likened to an "explosion."2013 June 21, Chico Harlan, “Japan pockets the subsidy […] ”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 30:
- Heaps excited about it - I'm planning for a massive day.1998 February 13, David Farrar, “Re: Te Papanz.reg.wellington.general”, in nz.reg.wellington.general (Usenet):
- saw the beasties last week in GERMANY at a massive little party called the Hurricane Festival outside Hamburg and here's how it all shook down[…]1998 July 2, super disco dan, “Deasties rock the Hurricane- 06/21/98”, in alt.music.beastie-boys (Usenet):
Synonyms of massive
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Antonyms
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Forms of massive
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more massive |
| superlative | most massive |
| Noun | |
| plural | massives |
Origin of massive
From Middle English massif, from Middle French massif, equivalent to mass + -ive. The Irish sense is possibly derived from Irish mas (“fine, handsome”).
Words formed from massive
- gravitationally interacting massive particle
- hypermassive
- mahoosive
- massive and compact halo object
- massive astronomical compact halo object
- massive astrophysical compact halo object
- massive compact halo object
- massively
- massiveness
- massive palindrome
- massive parallelism
- massive resistance
- massive retaliation
- massivity
- nonmassive
- once-massive
- overmassive
- robust association of massive baryonic objects
- strongly interacting massive particle
- submassive
- supermassive
- super weakly interacting massive particle
- supramassive
- ultramassive
- undermassive
- unmassive
- weakly interacting massive particle
Phrases with massive
- massive palindromes
- massive parallelisms
- massive compact halo objects
- massive and compact halo objects
- weakly interacting massive particles
- strongly interacting massive particles
- massive astronomical compact halo objects
- massive astrophysical compact halo objects
- super weakly interacting massive particles
- gravitationally interacting massive particles
- robust associations of massive baryonic objects
Words that rhyme with massive
Questions about massive
- What does massive mean?
- Massive means very large in size or extent.
- What is massive in Hindi?
- Massive in Hindi is विशाल (viśāl). See Massive meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use massive in a sentence?
- Massive solar parks are popping up as part of a rapid build-up that one developer likened to an "explosion."
- What part of speech is massive?
- Massive can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce massive?
- Massive is pronounced /ˈmæs.ɪv/ (UK).
Words near massive in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: massive (page history and authors); massive (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); بڑا (Urdu) (page history and authors); massive (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); massive (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); massive (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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