great

great is a 5-letter English word with 18 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Large in space; of much size; big; immense; enormous; expanded; -- opposed to small and little; as, a great house, ship, farm, plain, distance, length. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 7 · 18 senses

Definitions

1. superlative. Large in space; of much size; big; immense; enormous; expanded; -- opposed to small and little; as, a great house, ship, farm, plain, distance, length.
2. superlative. Large in number; numerous; as, a great company, multitude, series, etc.
3. superlative. Long continued; lengthened in duration; prolonged in time; as, a great while; a great interval.
4. superlative. Superior; admirable; commanding; -- applied to thoughts, actions, and feelings.
5. superlative. Endowed with extraordinary powers; uncommonly gifted; able to accomplish vast results; strong; powerful; mighty; noble; as, a great hero, scholar, genius, philosopher, etc.
6. superlative. Holding a chief position; elevated: lofty: eminent; distingushed; foremost; principal; as, great men; the great seal; the great marshal, etc.
7. superlative. Entitled to earnest consideration; weighty; important; as, a great argument, truth, or principle.
8. superlative. Pregnant; big (with young).
9. superlative. More than ordinary in degree; very considerable in degree; as, to use great caution; to be in great pain.
10. superlative. Older, younger, or more remote, by single generation; -- often used before grand to indicate one degree more remote in the direct line of descent; as, great-grandfather (a grandfather's or a grandmother's father), great-grandson, etc.
11. noun. The whole; the gross; as, a contract to build a ship by the great.
12. noun. a person who has achieved distinction and honor in some field

    "he is one of the greats of American music"

13. adjective. in an advanced stage of pregnancy

    "was big with child"

    "was great with child"

    Synonyms: big, enceinte, expectant, gravid, heavy, large

14. adjective. very good

    "he did a bully job"

    "a neat sports car"

    Synonyms: bully, corking, cracking, dandy, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, peachy, smashing, swell

15. adjective. of major significance or importance

    "a great work of art"

    "Einstein was one of the outstanding figures of the 20th centurey"

    Synonyms: outstanding

16. adjective. relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind

    "a great juicy steak"

    "a great multitude"

17. adjective. uppercase

    "capital A"

    "great A"

    Synonyms: capital, majuscule

18. adjective. remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect

    "a great crisis"

    "had a great stake in the outcome"

Synonyms

big, enceinte, expectant, gravid, heavy, large, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, peachy, smashing, swell, outstanding, capital, majuscule

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in great:

gater, grate, greta, retag, targe, terga

Common word forms

greats, greaten, greater, greatly, greatest, greatness

Words from these letters

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