Meaning

9 senses

  1. (general)Very large in size or extent.

    Compared to its counterparts from World War II, the Abrams main battle tank is truly massive.

    The Enlightenment involved massive shifts in many areas of Western thought.

    massiv

    масси́вныйmassívnyj

    маси́внийmasývnyj

    imposing in size or bulk or solidity

  2. Substantial in mass; bulky, heavy and solid.

    A massive comet or asteroid appears to have ended the era of the dinosaurs.

    масси́вныйmassívnyj

  3. (informal)To a very great extent; total, utter.

  4. (colloquial)Of particularly exceptional quality or value; awesome.

    Did you see Colbert last night? He was massive!

  5. (Ireland, colloquial, informal)Outstanding, beautiful.

    Your dress is massive, love. Where did you get it?

  6. Affecting a large portion of the body, or severe.

    a massive heart attack

  7. Having any mass.

    Some bosons are massive while others are massless.

  8. Homogeneous, unstructured.

  9. Homogeneous, unstructured.

    Not having an obvious crystalline structure.

Examples

256 sentences

  1. I think it's a massive problem.

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  2. We came up against massive popular resistance.

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  3. I think that it's a massive problem.

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  4. There's been a massive change.

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  5. The bad harvest caused massive food shortages.

    deDie schlechte Ernte verursachte eine massive Lebensmittelknappheit. — Manfredo

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
of great size, significance or import; overwhelming:
Русский
By meaning 1
of great size, significance or import; overwhelming:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
of great size, significance or import; overwhelming:

Origin

From Middle English massif, from Middle French massif, equivalent to mass + -ive. The Iris

From Middle English massif, from Middle French massif, equivalent to mass + -ive. The Irish sense is possibly derived from Irish mas (“fine, handsome”).

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Forms

more massive, most massive
Comparativemore massive Lesson
Superlativemost massive Lesson

regular

Synonyms

24 synonyms
much larger than normal:enormousA2giantB1greatA1hugeB1colossalgargantuangiganticmahoosivetitanic
of grandeur:awesomeB1superA1excellentA1stupendous
of or pertaining to a large mass:bulkyC1heavyA1substantialB1heftyweighty
of great significance or import:meaningfulB1overwhelmingB1significantA2consequential
Close in meaning

Antonyms

19 antonyms
of or pertaining to a large mass:insubstantiallightA1
much larger than normal:dwarfB2littleA1microscopicB2minusculepint-sizedtinyB1wee
of great significance or import:inconsequentialinsignificantpiddlingtriflingtrivialB2unimportantA2
of grandeur:lameB2staledisappointingA2
of having nonzero mass:massless

Word family

17 related words
Relatedmassiveness
Derivedhypermassivemahoosivemassivelymassive palindromemassive parallelismmassive resistancemassive retaliationmassivitynonmassiveovermassivesubmassivesupermassivesupramassiveultramassiveundermassiveunmassive

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
massageB2masseurB2masseusemassivelymastmastectomy

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