con·sid·er·able
kən-ˈsi-dər(-ə)-bəl 
-ˈsi-drə-bəl
1
: worth consideration : significant
a considerable artist
2
: large in extent or degree
a considerable number
She was in considerable pain.
The trial attracted considerable public attention.
: a considerable amount, degree, or extent
Synonyms
Examples of considerable in a Sentence
Adjective
We received a considerable number of complaints.
She was in considerable pain.
We have already wasted a considerable amount of time and money.
The murder trial attracted considerable public attention.
Damage to the vehicle was considerable.
Recent Examples on the Web
TIME, 16 Apr. 2024
Among them is a statewide ban on watering non-functional turf, which is expected to lead to considerable water savings.
—Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2024
In Nigeria, where considerable dysfunction has become normalized — for instance, the widespread use of home generators and inverters to cope with the incessant power outages — that concept seems apt.
—Siddhartha Mitter, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2024
The retailers produced considerable sales taxes that provided the city with revenues for more projects.
—Joe Mathews, The Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2024
Popular on Variety That would be underselling the considerable achievements of the creative team, artfully led by director Danya Taymor, that bolster the production with seductive aesthetic flourishes.
—Naveen Kumar, Variety, 12 Apr. 2024
Because while this alternate future derives considerable impact from planting roots in reality, what the director has delivered is less about political commentary or issuing some kind of warning but rather, fundamentally, a horror movie.
—Brian Lowry, CNN, 11 Apr. 2024
There are a whole host of guests on Cowboy Carter who have already gotten a considerable bump from their appearance on the album.
—Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 9 Apr. 2024
What had been a mildly scenic if paper-thin diversion turns into the kind of joint whose narrative big reveals also trigger big laughs — with considerable help from hackneyed dialogue and some awkward acting moments.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 4 Apr. 2024
Simon Willis, Travel + Leisure, 14 Dec. 2021
Adjective
Zelensky must look back at that 1938 betrayal of Czechoslovakia president Edvard Beneš at the hands of his French and British allies with considerable trepidation.
—TIME, 16 Apr. 2024
Among them is a statewide ban on watering non-functional turf, which is expected to lead to considerable water savings.
—Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2024
In Nigeria, where considerable dysfunction has become normalized — for instance, the widespread use of home generators and inverters to cope with the incessant power outages — that concept seems apt.
—Siddhartha Mitter, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2024
The retailers produced considerable sales taxes that provided the city with revenues for more projects.
—Joe Mathews, The Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2024
Popular on Variety That would be underselling the considerable achievements of the creative team, artfully led by director Danya Taymor, that bolster the production with seductive aesthetic flourishes.
—Naveen Kumar, Variety, 12 Apr. 2024
Because while this alternate future derives considerable impact from planting roots in reality, what the director has delivered is less about political commentary or issuing some kind of warning but rather, fundamentally, a horror movie.
—Brian Lowry, CNN, 11 Apr. 2024
There are a whole host of guests on Cowboy Carter who have already gotten a considerable bump from their appearance on the album.
—Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 9 Apr. 2024
What had been a mildly scenic if paper-thin diversion turns into the kind of joint whose narrative big reveals also trigger big laughs — with considerable help from hackneyed dialogue and some awkward acting moments.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 4 Apr. 2024
Noun
But the mist remained thick, the swell considerable, and the Australian warmth had given way to Antarctic chill.
—Simon Willis, Travel + Leisure, 14 Dec. 2021
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“Considerable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/considerable. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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