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Great

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

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Big 84% connected

Having largeness of size; of much bulk or magnitude; of great size; large.

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Big 84% connected

Having largeness of size; of much bulk or magnitude; of great size; large.

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Extraordinary 84% connected

Beyond or out of the common order or method; not usual, customary, regular, or ordinary; as, extraordinary evils; extraordinary remedies.

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Extraordinary 84% connected

Beyond or out of the common order or method; not usual, customary, regular, or ordinary; as, extraordinary evils; extraordinary remedies.

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Good 84% connected

Possessing desirable qualities; adapted to answer the end designed; promoting success, welfare, or happiness; serviceable; useful; fit; excellent; ad…

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Good 84% connected

Possessing desirable qualities; adapted to answer the end designed; promoting success, welfare, or happiness; serviceable; useful; fit; excellent; ad…

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Important 84% connected

Full of, or burdened by, import; charged with great interests; restless; anxious.

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Important 84% connected

Full of, or burdened by, import; charged with great interests; restless; anxious.

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Large 84% connected

Exceeding most other things of like kind in bulk, capacity, quantity, superficial dimensions, or number of constituent units; big; great; capacious;…

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Large 84% connected

Exceeding most other things of like kind in bulk, capacity, quantity, superficial dimensions, or number of constituent units; big; great; capacious;…

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Pregnant 84% connected

Being with young, as a female; having conceived; great with young; breeding; teeming; gravid; preparing to bring forth.

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Pregnant 84% connected

Being with young, as a female; having conceived; great with young; breeding; teeming; gravid; preparing to bring forth.

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Broader term 4

Achiever 76% connected

One who achieves; a winner.

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Succeeder 76% connected

A successor.

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Success 76% connected

Act of succeeding; succession.

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Winner 76% connected

One who wins, or gains by success in competition, contest, or gaming.

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Greatness 74% connected

The state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc.

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Greatness 74% connected

The state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc.

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Synonym 19

Big 92% connected

Having largeness of size; of much bulk or magnitude; of great size; large.

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Bully 92% connected

A noisy, blustering fellow, more insolent than courageous; one who is threatening and quarrelsome; an insolent, tyrannical fellow.

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Capital 92% connected

Of or pertaining to the head.

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Corking 92% connected

of Cork

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Cracking 92% connected

of Crack

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Dandy 92% connected

One who affects special finery or gives undue attention to dress; a fop; a coxcomb.

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Enceinte 92% connected

The line of works which forms the main inclosure of a fortress or place; -- called also body of the place.

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Expectant 92% connected

Waiting in expectation; looking for

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Gravid 92% connected

Being with child; heavy with young; pregnant; fruitful; as, a gravid uterus; gravid piety.

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Heavy 92% connected

Having the heaves.

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Keen 92% connected

Sharp; having a fine edge or point; as, a keen razor, or a razor with a keen edge.

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Large 92% connected

Exceeding most other things of like kind in bulk, capacity, quantity, superficial dimensions, or number of constituent units; big; great; capacious;…

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Majuscule 92% connected

A capital letter; especially, one used in ancient manuscripts. See Majusculae.

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Neat 92% connected

Cattle of the genus Bos, as distinguished from horses, sheep, and goats; an animal of the genus Bos; as, a neat's tongue; a neat's foot.

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Old 92% connected

Open country.

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Outstanding 92% connected

That stands out; undischarged; uncollected; not paid; as, outstanding obligations.

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Peachy 92% connected

Resembling a peach or peaches.

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Smashing 92% connected

of Smash

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Swell 92% connected

To grow larger; to dilate or extend the exterior surface or dimensions, by matter added within, or by expansion of the inclosed substance; as, the le…

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