Massive

3 definitions found

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

  massive \mass"ive\ (m[.a]s"[i^]v), a. [F. massif.]
     1. Forming, or consisting of, a large mass; compacted;
        weighty; heavy; massy. "Massive armor." --Dr. H. More.
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     2. (Min.) In mass; not necessarily without a crystalline


        structure, but having no regular form; as, a mineral
        occurs massive.
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     {Massive rock} (Geol.), a compact crystalline rock not
        distinctly schistose, as granite; also, with some authors,
        an eruptive rock.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  massive
       adj 1: imposing in size or bulk or solidity; "massive oak doors";
              "Moore's massive sculptures"; "the monolithic
              proportions of Stalinist architecture"; "a monumental
              scale" [syn: {monolithic}, {monumental}]
       2: being the same substance throughout; "massive silver"
       3: imposing in scale or scope or degree or power; "massive
          retaliatory power"; "a massive increase in oil prices";
          "massive changes"
       4: consisting of great mass; containing a great quantity of
          matter; "Earth is the most massive of the terrestrial
          planets"

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

  137 Moby Thesaurus words for "massive":
     Brobdingnagian, Cyclopean, Gargantuan, adamantine, amplitudinous,
     astronomical, awesome, awkward, big, boundless, broad-bodied,
     bulky, bullnecked, burdensome, close, close-knit, close-textured,
     close-woven, clumsy, coarse, colossal, compact, compacted,
     compressed, concentrated, concrete, condensed, congested,
     consolidated, corpulent, cosmic, cracking, crammed, crammed full,
     crass, crowded, cumbersome, cumbrous, dense, durable, elephantine,
     enduring, enormous, extensive, fantastic, fat, firm, full,
     full-bodied, galactic, gargantuan, gigantic, gluey, grand, gross,
     hard, heavy, heavyset, heavyweight, hefty, huge, hulking, hulky,
     humongous, immeasurable, immense, impenetrable, impermeable,
     incumbent, infinite, jam-packed, jammed, jumbo, king-size, large,
     lasting, leaden, lubberly, lumbering, lumpish, lumpy, mammoth,
     massy, mighty, monster, monstrous, monumental, mortal, mountainous,
     nonporous, onerous, oppressive, outsize, overgrown, oversized,
     overweight, packed, ponderous, prodigious, rugged, serried,
     sizable, solid, sound, spacious, stable, steady, stout, strong,
     stupendous, sturdy, substantial, superincumbent, thick,
     thick-bodied, thick-growing, thickset, three-dimensional, titanic,
     tough, towering, tremendous, unwieldy, unyielding, vast, viscid,
     viscose, viscous, voluminous, walloping, weighty, well-built,
     well-constructed, well-founded, well-grounded, well-made,
     whopping