Considerable

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Considerable \Con*sid"er*a*ble\ (k[o^]n*s[i^]d"[~e]r*[.a]*b'l),
     a. [Cf. F. consid['e]rable.]
     1. Worthy of consideration; requiring to be observed, borne
        in mind, or attended to.
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              It is considerable, that some urns have had
              inscriptions on them expressing that the lamps were
              burning.                              --Bp. Wilkins.
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              Eternity is infinitely the most considerable
              duration.                             --Tillotson.
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     2. Of some distinction; noteworthy; influential; respectable;
        -- said of persons.
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              You are, indeed, a very considerable man. --Junius.
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     3. Of importance or value.
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              In painting, not every action, nor every person, is
              considerable enough to enter into the cloth.
                                                    --Dryden.
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              A considerable sum of money.          --Prescott.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  considerable
       adj : large or relatively large in number or amount or extent or
             degree; "a considerable quantity"; "the economy was a
             considerable issue in the campaign"; "went to
             considerable trouble for us"; "spent a considerable
             amount of time on the problem" [ant: {inconsiderable}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  128 Moby Thesaurus words for "considerable":
     able, absolute, active, appreciable, ascendant, authoritarian,
     authoritative, authorized, autocratic, big, big-league, big-name,
     big-time, bigwig, bigwigged, billion, bumper, capable,
     clothed with authority, commanding, competent, comprehensive,
     consequential, controlling, decent, deep, distinguished, dominant,
     double-barreled, duly constituted, earthshaking, effective,
     efficacious, eminent, empowered, estimable, ever so many,
     ex officio, exhaustive, extensive, fair, full, full many, good,
     goodly, governing, grand, grave, great, healthy, heaped-up, heavy,
     heavyweight, hefty, hegemonic, hegemonistic, high-powered,
     illustrious, imperative, important, influential, intense,
     irresistible, jillion, large, large-scale, leading, main, major,
     man-sized, many, material, maximum, meaningful, mighty, million,
     momentous, monocratic, multifarious, multifold, multiple,
     multitudinal, multitudinous, myriad, name, no few, not a few,
     notable, noteworthy, noticeable, numerous, of consequence,
     official, plenary, potent, powerful, preeminent, prestigious,
     pretty, prominent, puissant, quite some, ranking, remarkable,
     respectable, ruling, self-important, senior, sensible, serious,
     significant, sizable, sizeable, smart, strong, substantial,
     superior, supreme, tall, thousand, tidy, total, totalitarian,
     very many, weighty, world-shaking, worthy, zillion