MASSY Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

massy

adjective

Definition of massy

as in voluminous

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Recent Examples of massy While the attempts to create massy cinema land fine for most parts, Dhawan does not quite emerge as the larger-than-life south-Indian hero set to rule the audience merely with his presence. — Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024 All objects that have mass interact with other massy objects—that’s called gravitational interaction. — Wired, 6 Nov. 2019 The courtiers, having entered, brought furnaces and massy hammers and welded the bolts. — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 4 May 2017

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The black patent leather high heel sandal featured a prominent, voluminous pompom and fringe trim at the heel.

— Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 27 Aug. 2026
The bodysuit had voluminous bell sleeves and a smattering of rhinestones across the bodice.

— Kelsey Stiegman, InStyle, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of voluminous

Adjective

Character movements can feel heavy, almost leaden, and backgrounds are often stripped down to their simplest forms, leaving them flat and artificial.

— Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 26 June 2026
Bulgur is one of those wheat variants that in this country seems tethered to an unfair reputation as a leaden relic of 1970s health-food fads.

— Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2026

Definition of leaden

Adjective

Conversely, Zumthor’s building—however outsize, expensive, and anomalous—hides in plain sight as a piece of urban engineering, stitching together and swallowing the horizontal city whole.

— Katy Barkan, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026
The government’s next report on prices comes out just days before the Fed meeting and could play an outsize role in determining whether the central bank acts.

— ABC News, ABC News, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of outsize

Adjective

Queen Kapiolani, Hawaii’s queen from 1874 to 1891, died on the land that became the site of the elephantine indoor/outdoor Hyatt Regency resort in Waikīkī, where Kumukahi was the cultural ambassador for a decade.

— Matt Negrin, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2025
Eclectic traditionalism, remade on an elephantine scale, is the style of totalitarianism.

— Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2025

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