massiveness

noun

Definition of massivenessnext
1
as in magnitude
the quality or state of being very large the massiveness of the puppy's paws suggested that this would be a very large dog

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2
as in heaviness
the state or quality of being heavy I need something with sufficient massiveness to block the wheels so this car won't roll down the ramp

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  1. magnitude
  2. heaviness
  3. vastness
  4. weightiness
  5. hugeness
  6. bulk
  7. immensity
  8. avoirdupois
Noun
  • Not since the aftermath of Watergate in 1974 had the GOP faced a statehouse reckoning of this magnitude, according to the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee.
    — Luke Fountain, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Outnumbered two-to-one and outspent by many magnitudes more, the election plunges California Republicans deeper into the political wilderness.
    — Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of magnitude
Noun
  • The 2025 Best of Beauty Award winner glides onto skin and disappears in seconds, leaving no heaviness or greasy residue behind.
    — Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 28 Oct. 2026
  • The heaviness comes from the fact that the artist died in April, at age forty-six, but it’s also embedded in the paintings on view—in the bursts of fire and swirling floods that mark them.
    — Dan Stahl, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of heaviness
Noun
  • The home’s dissolving interior boundary suits an artist who has spent her career questioning where humans fit within the vastness of space and time.
    — Jane Horowitz, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
  • The oceans’ vastness can feel ominous, and though scientists have studied what lurks beneath, so much remains unknown.
    — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of vastness
Noun
  • There’s a weightiness to this project that’s not lost on the director, whose aim is to deliver a production as close to Larson’s vision as possible — retaining its period and NYC setting — with a few surprises.
    — Ellise Shafer, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026
  • This full-tang steak knife had a nice balanced weightiness.
    — Emily Johnson, Bon Appetit Magazine, 18 Mar. 2026
Definition of weightiness
Noun
  • The script brilliantly lays that out to counteract some of the hugeness of her character.
    — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 28 July 2026
  • Nowhere in the vestiges of what was once the sprawl of corporate hugeness known as The General Electric Company are there signs that Katharine Blodgett's laboratory notebooks still exist.
    — Natalia Sánchez Loayza, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2026
Definition of hugeness
Noun
  • But the elves — less weighed down by volumous hair and with wardrobes not so focussed on bulk — aren’t facing quite the same issue.
    — Alex Ritman, Variety, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Campers enjoy the utmost in year-round comfort without the expense and bulk of an auxiliary camp heater or A/C unit.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of bulk
Noun
  • Mike Madrid was prepping to interview Xavier Becerra on Olvera Street last month when the immensity of the moment hit him.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Cape Ann’s distinctive, undulant geography combined pungent industry and village intensity with Atlantic immensity of sea and sky.
    — Emma Sarappo, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of immensity
Noun
  • To make the most of the full fury of its hot-cam performance, the Integra was trimmed of 140 pounds of not-so-necessary avoirdupois.
    — Barry Winfield, Car and Driver, 21 May 2020
  • McCormick was a member of the Jolly Fat Men’s Club, a fraternal group that celebrated avoirdupois.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2017
Definition of avoirdupois
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