gross

gross is a 5-letter English word with 19 senses as adjective, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Great; large; bulky; fat; of huge size; excessively large. 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 · 19 senses

Definitions

1. superlative. Great; large; bulky; fat; of huge size; excessively large.
2. superlative. Coarse; rough; not fine or delicate.
3. superlative. Not easily aroused or excited; not sensitive in perception or feeling; dull; witless.
4. superlative. Expressing, Or originating in, animal or sensual appetites; hence, coarse, vulgar, low, obscene, or impure.
5. superlative. Thick; dense; not attenuated; as, a gross medium.
6. superlative. Great; palpable; serious; vagrant; shameful; as, a gross mistake; gross injustice; gross negligence.
7. superlative. Whole; entire; total; without deduction; as, the gross sum, or gross amount, the gross weight; -- opposed to net.
8. adjective. The main body; the chief part, bulk, or mass.
9. sing & plural. The number of twelve dozen; twelve times twelve; as, a gross of bottles; ten gross of pens.
10. noun. the entire amount of income before any deductions are made

    Synonyms: receipts, revenue

11. noun. twelve dozen
12. verb. earn before taxes, expenses, etc.
13. adjective. conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible

    "a crying shame"

    "an egregious lie"

    Synonyms: crying, egregious, flagrant, glaring, rank

14. adjective. conspicuously and tastelessly indecent

    "coarse language"

    "a crude joke"

    Synonyms: crude, earthy, vulgar

15. adjective. repellently fat

    "a bald porcine old man"

    Synonyms: porcine

16. adjective. lacking fine distinctions or detail

    "the gross details of the structure appear reasonable"

17. adjective. without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers

    "an arrant fool"

    "a complete coward"

    Synonyms: arrant, complete, consummate, everlasting, perfect, pure, sodding, staring, stark, thoroughgoing, unadulterated, utter

18. adjective. before any deductions

    "gross income"

19. adjective. visible to the naked eye (especially of rocks and anatomical features)

    Synonyms: megascopic

Synonyms

receipts, revenue, crying, egregious, flagrant, glaring, rank, crude, earthy, vulgar, porcine, arrant, complete, consummate, everlasting, perfect, pure, sodding, staring, stark, thoroughgoing, unadulterated, utter, megascopic

Common word forms

gros, grossed, grossen, grosser, grosses, grossly, grossest, grossing, grossness

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