1
as in heavy
having great weight
a massive piece of furniture that was nearly impossible to move
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2
as in huge
unusually large
the massive statue took up most of the small yard
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as in magnificent
large and impressive in size, grandeur, extent, or conception
the war memorial's massive dignity moves most visitors to reflective silence
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Recent Examples of massive
Following its success, Netflix struck a massive deal north of $400 million to develop sequels, leading to 2022's Glass Onion and now, Wake Up Dead Man.
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Shania Russell, EW.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Now retired, Brown still co-produces the monthly True Tunes Podcast and is known to his Facebook followers for culling from his massive vinyl collection to be one of the most reliable playlist creators around, with a vast interest in all types of music.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 6 Aug. 2025
If Peacock can just hang on for the 2028 L.A. Summer Olympics…
The new ESPN app, which is really just a massive overhaul of the existing one, launches on Aug. 21 at $29.99 per month.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2025
Online commerce also engendered a new market for consumer data, which has been collected, organized, distributed, sold, and cross-referenced on a massive scale, enabling sellers to fundamentally reverse the anonymity equation.
—George Slover, Time, 6 Aug. 2025
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Shania Russell, EW.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Now retired, Brown still co-produces the monthly True Tunes Podcast and is known to his Facebook followers for culling from his massive vinyl collection to be one of the most reliable playlist creators around, with a vast interest in all types of music.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 6 Aug. 2025
If Peacock can just hang on for the 2028 L.A. Summer Olympics…
The new ESPN app, which is really just a massive overhaul of the existing one, launches on Aug. 21 at $29.99 per month.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2025
Online commerce also engendered a new market for consumer data, which has been collected, organized, distributed, sold, and cross-referenced on a massive scale, enabling sellers to fundamentally reverse the anonymity equation.
—George Slover, Time, 6 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for massive
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In October 2004, Havering Council, the local government body for the Havering borough, issued an enforcement notice, demanding the owner stop adding waste to the site or face heavy fines.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN Money,
15 Aug. 2025
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If traditional denim feels too heavy for a Euro Summer trip, consider swapping it for linen blends.—
Andre Claudio,
Sourcing Journal,
15 Aug. 2025
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That's huge for schools, researchers, and developers who've never had access to this kind of tech at this kind of price.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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The numbers show that while AC/DC’s international fanbase is huge, U.S. listeners — whose activity is counted on the Billboard Global 200 but not on the Billboard Global Excl.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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The Denver Broncos were a major surprise during the 2024 NFL campaign, and while that was thanks much in part to a stingy defense, their success was also due to Bo Nix's magnificent rookie season.—
Matthew Schmidt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Aug. 2025
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So the first stage of our trip was to visit Avenue of the Giants, the magnificent 31-mile drive through an ancient redwood forest.—
Michael Goldstein,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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The health-care industry is reckoning with rising costs, staffing shortages, the impact of AI and the Trump administration’s hefty cuts in the areas of medical science and research.—
Ashley Capoot,
CNBC,
16 Aug. 2025
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The Blaugrana racked up a hefty 5-1 win at the ground en route to reclaiming Spain's highest honor last term, having gone undefeated at the venue since May 2009.—
Kilty Cleary,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Aug. 2025
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My view is that this is the first tiny snowball that is starting to roll down a snowy hill and soon will be a gigantic avalanche that everybody will be talking about. Time will tell.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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The duo utilized a park near their production stages to erect the set pieces that included buildings, tents, and a gigantic tower with an observation deck – the latter of which required constructing multiple versions.—
Daron James,
IndieWire,
7 Aug. 2025
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Once the massive task of harvesting is complete (in 2023, Dothan’s Houston County harvested more than 89 million pounds), the town—in true Southern fashion—throws down for one epic celebration known as the National Peanut Festival.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
7 Aug. 2025
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What might seem a perverse choice reveals itself, over Dry Leaf’s epic length, as a brilliant thematic gesture that elicits its own temporal register.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
7 Aug. 2025
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Two enormous doors slide open to reveal a dark, gaping space beyond them.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
People.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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But the implications for American patients, employers, and the healthcare system as a whole are enormous.—
Sally Pipes,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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When our planet crosses through such a path, these bits of rock and dust burn up in our atmosphere in a glorious spectacle.—
Clara Moskowitz,
Scientific American,
11 Aug. 2025
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And that level, quite literally, is on high in an evil genius’ tower akin to Universal Studios' glorious black and white monster movies that began in the 1930s — a genre that Burton has been inspired by before, most prominently in his 2012 stop-motion classic Frankenweenie.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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“Massive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/massive. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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