massive

adj.

1. Consisting of or making up a large mass; bulky, heavy, and solid: a massive piece of furniture.
2. Large or imposing, as in quantity, scope, degree, intensity, or scale: "Local defense must be reinforced by the further deterrent of massive retaliatory power" (John Foster Dulles). See synonyms at heavy.
3. Large in comparison with the usual amount: a massive dose of a drug.
4. Pathology. Affecting a large area of bodily tissue; widespread and severe: massive gangrene.
5. Mineralogy. Lacking internal crystalline structure; amorphous.
6. Geology. Without internal structure or layers and homogeneous in composition. Used of a rock.

[Middle English massif, from Old French, from masse, mass. See mass.]

massively mas'sive·ly adv.
massiveness mas'sive·ness n.

adjective

1. Extremely large; having great mass: bulky, oversize, oversized. See big/small/amount.
2. Having a relatively great weight: heavy, heavyweight, hefty, ponderous, weighty. See heavy/light.
3. Of extraordinary size and power: behemoth, Brobdingnagian, Bunyanesque, colossal, cyclopean, elephantine, enormous, gargantuan, giant, gigantesque, gigantic, herculean, heroic, huge, immense, jumbo, mammoth, massy, mastodonic, mighty, monster, monstrous, monumental, mountainous, prodigious, pythonic, stupendous, titanic, tremendous, vast. Informal walloping. Slang whopping. See big/small/amount.

adj

Definition: very large
Antonyms: little, miniature, small, tiny

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see Glossary of Wine Tasting Terms, page 613

IN BRIEF: Very large and solid.

The path to success is to take massive, determined action. — Tony Robbins

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - massiv, svær, tung
n. - massiv

Nederlands (Dutch)
massief, massaal, enorm, zonder regelmatige vorm, uitstekend, indrukwekkend, zeer sterk (van gevoel)

Français (French)
adj. - énorme, retentissant, écrasant, de grande envergure, massif, grave
n. - (Mus) groupe de jeunes partageant la passion du hip hop et de la musique sauvage

Deutsch (German)
adj. - massiv, wuchtig, gewaltig
n. - Gruppe von jungen Leuten mit gemeinsamem Interesse an Hip-hop- oder Jungle-Musik

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - συμπαγής, ογκώδης, βαρύς, μαζικός

Italiano (Italian)
massiccio, su vasta scala

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - massivo

Русский (Russian)
массивный, плотный, массированный, грандиозный, важнейший

Español (Spanish)
adj. - masivo, imponente, en gran escala, macizo
n. - masivo, imponente

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - massiv, kompakt, kraftig, förhärskande

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
大而重的, 宏伟的, 宽大的, 大而重的物

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 大而重的, 宏偉的, 寬大的
n. - 大而重的物

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 거대한 덩어리의, 딱딱한, 많은 수[양]의
n. - 거대한 덩어리, 육중함

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 大きくて重い, がっしりした, しっかりした, 大きな, 強力な, 堂々とした

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) كتلي, ضخم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮גדול, מוצק, גושי, חזק, מסיבי‬
n. - ‮קבוצת צעירים מאיזור מסוים המתעניינים במוסיקת היפ-הופ ובמוסיקת ג'ונגל‬

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