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great
Synonyms and Antonyms of great
1
having or showing exceptional knowledge, experience, or skill in a field of endeavor
accomplished, ace, adept, compleat, complete, consummate, crack, crackerjack, educated, experienced, expert, good, master, masterful, masterly, practiced (also practised), professed, proficient, skilled, skillful, versed, veteran, virtuoso
adroit, clever, deft, dexterous (also dextrous), handy, slick, sure-handed
effective, effectual, efficient, workmanlike
able, capable, competent, employable, fit, fitted, habile, qualified
educated, knowledgeable, schooled, taught, trained, tutored
all-around (also all-round), well-rounded
2
having, characterized by, or arising from a dignified and generous nature
big, chivalrous, elevated, gallant, greathearted, high, high-minded, lofty, lordly, magnanimous, natural, noble, sublime
3
lasting for a considerable time
extended, far, lengthy, long, long-drawn-out (or long-drawn), long-lived, long-term, marathon
4
of a size greater than average of its kind
astronomical (also astronomic), Brobdingnagian, bumper, Bunyanesque, cavernous, colossal, cosmic (also cosmical), cyclopean, elephantine, enormous, galactic, gargantuan, gigantic, gross, hellacious, herculean, heroic (also heroical), Himalayan, huge, humongous (also humungous), immense, jumbo, king-size (or king-sized), leviathan, major, mammoth, massive, monolithic, monstrous, monumental, mountainous, pharaonic, prodigious, staggering, stupendous, super, super-duper, supersized, titanic, tremendous, vast, vasty, walloping, whacking, whopping
excessive, exorbitant, extravagant, extreme, immoderate, inordinate
diminutive, half-pint, infinitesimal, Lilliputian, little-bitty, microminiature, microscopic (also microscopical), mini, miniature, minuscule, minute, pint-size (or pint-sized), pocket-size (also pocket-sized), pygmy, teensy, teensy-weensy, teeny, teeny-weeny, tiny, wee
5
of the very best kind
A-OK, A1, awesome, bang-up, banner, beautiful, blue-chip, blue-ribbon, boffo, bonny (also bonnie) [chiefly British], boss [slang], brag, brave, bully, bumper, capital, choice, classic, cool [slang], corking, crackerjack, cracking, dandy, divine, dope [slang], down [slang], dynamite, excellent, fab, fabulous, famous, fantabulous [slang], fantastic, fine, first-class, first-rate, first-string, five-star, four-star, frontline, gangbusters (also gangbuster), gilt-edged (or gilt-edge), gone [slang], grand, groovy, heavenly, high-class, hot, hype [slang], immense, jim-dandy, keen, lovely, marvelous (or marvellous), mean, neat, nifty, noble, number one (also No. 1), numero uno, out-of-sight [slang], par excellence, peachy, peachy keen, phat [slang], prime, primo [slang], prize, prizewinning, quality, radical [slang], righteous [slang], sensational, slick, splendid, stellar, sterling, superb, superior, superlative, supernal, swell, terrific, tip-top, top, top-notch, top-of-the-line, top-shelf, topflight, topping [chiefly British], unsurpassed, wizard [chiefly British], wonderful
acceptable, adequate, all right, decent, good, OK (or okay), passable, satisfactory, tolerable
better, exceptional, fancy, high-grade, high-test, premium, select, special, superfine
out of this world, too much
6
showing urgent desire or interest
champing at the bit, chomping at the bit
7
coming before all others in importance
arch, big, capital, cardinal, central, chief, dominant, first, foremost, grand, greatest, highest, key, leading, main, master, number one (also No. 1), numero uno, overbearing, overmastering, overriding, paramount, predominant, preeminent, premier, primal, primary, principal, prior, sovereign (also sovran), supreme
8
of high birth, rank, or station
great
Synonyms and Antonyms of great
in a pleasing way
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