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great
Synonyms and Antonyms of great
- one of the great anthropologists
accomplished, ace, adept, complete, consummate, crack, crackerjack, educated, experienced, expert, good, master, masterful, masterly, practiced (also practised), proficient, skilled, skillful, versed, veteran, virtuoso
- a great humanitarian
- great acts of charity
- We haven't seen them in a great while.
extended, far, lengthy, long, long-drawn-out (or long-drawn), long-lived, long-term
- I saw a great moose calmly walking through our backyard.
astronomical (also astronomic), bumper, cavernous, colossal, cosmic (also cosmical), elephantine, enormous, galactic, gargantuan, gigantic, gross, herculean, heroic (also heroical), Himalayan, huge, humongous (also humungous), immense, jumbo, king-size (or king-sized), leviathan, major, mammoth, massive, monolithic, monstrous, monumental, mountainous, prodigious, staggering, stupendous, super, super-duper, supersized, titanic, tremendous, vast, vasty, walloping, whacking, whopping
diminutive, half-pint, infinitesimal, little-bitty, 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
- This cake is great!
A-OK, A1, awesome, bang-up, banner, beautiful, blue-chip, blue-ribbon, brave, bully, bumper, capital, choice, classic, cool [slang], corking, crackerjack, dandy, divine, dynamite, excellent, fab, fabulous, famous, fantastic, fine, first-class, first-rate, first-string, five-star, four-star, frontline, gilt-edged (or gilt-edge), grand, groovy, heavenly, high-class, hot, immense, jim-dandy, lovely, marvelous (or marvellous), mean, neat, nifty, noble, par excellence, peachy, prime, prize, prizewinning, quality, sensational, splendid, stellar, sterling, superb, superior, superlative, supernal, swell, terrific, tip-top, top, top-notch, top-of-the-line, topflight, unsurpassed, 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
- She's great on any type of sport that requires endurance.
champing at the bit, chomping at the bit
- He regards global warming as the great issue of the day.
- a descendant of one of the great families of Philadelphia
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Synonyms and Antonyms of great
- The game was going great for the home team.
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