Sizable

3 definitions found

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

  Sizable \Siz"a*ble\, a.
     1. Of considerable size or bulk. "A sizable volume." --Bp.
        Hurd.
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     2. Being of reasonable or suitable size; as, sizable timber;


        sizable bulk. --Arbuthnot.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sizable
       adj 1: fairly large; "a sizable fortune"; "an ample waistline"; "of
              ample proportions" [syn: {ample}, {sizeable}]
       2: large in amount or extent or degree; "it cost a considerable
          amount"; "a goodly amount"; "received a hefty bonus"; "a
          respectable sum"; "a tidy sum of money"; "a sizable
          fortune" [syn: {goodly}, {goodish}, {hefty}, {respectable},
           {sizeable}, {tidy}]

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

  54 Moby Thesaurus words for "sizable":
     Gargantuan, amplitudinous, astronomical, awesome, big, boundless,
     bulky, bumper, colossal, considerable, cosmic, enormous, extensive,
     galactic, gigantic, good, goodly, grand, great, healthy, hefty,
     huge, immeasurable, immense, infinite, king-size, large,
     large-scale, major, mammoth, man-sized, massive, massy, monster,
     monstrous, monumental, mountainous, numerous, outsize, overgrown,
     prodigious, respectable, sensible, smart, spacious, stupendous,
     substantial, tall, tidy, titanic, tremendous, vast, voluminous,
     weighty