massive
- consisting of or forming a large mass; bulky and heavy: massive columns.
- large and heavy-looking: a massive forehead.
- large in scale, amount, or degree: a massive breakdown in communications; massive reductions in spending.
- solid or substantial; great or imposing: massive erudition.
- Mineralogy. having no outward crystal form, although sometimes crystalline in internal structure.
Origin of massive
Massive
- Mount, a mountain in central Colorado, in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains: second highest in U.S. Rockies. 14,421 feet (4396 meters).
Related Words for massive
heavy, huge, enormous, imposing, colossal, big, grand, great, immense, monumental, substantial, mammoth, gargantuan, impressive, hefty, towering, extensive, gigantic, vast, tremendousExamples from the Web for massive
Contemporary Examples of massive
But the F-35 has been plagued with massive delays and cost overruns—mostly due to design defects and software issues.
This “Sixth Migration” of massive human migration to Texas is the larger story of the book, and it is a significant story.
It is very popular in Southeast Asia and has had massive growth.
“I am being proven right about massive vaccinations” he tweeted in September.
What you see is a massive, well-intentioned, legal junk pile.
Historical Examples of massive
Hence, our architecture and statuary is massive and of immense proportions.
PhilotheaLydia Maria Child
What storming of fortresses, built all of massive snowblocks!
Snow Flakes (From "Twice Told Tales")Nathaniel Hawthorne
He was altogether splendid, massive, overpowering, and impracticable.
Little DorritCharles Dickens
The walls of Norman buildings are thick and massive, and are often faced with cut stone.
English VillagesP. H. Ditchfield
The bull-dog stood too short, while its massive jaws were an added protection.
White FangJack London
massive
- (of objects) large in mass; bulky, heavy, and usually solid
- impressive or imposing in quality, degree, or scopemassive grief
- relatively intensive or large; considerablea massive dose
- pathol affecting a large area of the bodya massive cancer
- geology
- (of igneous rocks) having no stratification, cleavage, etc; homogeneous
- (of sedimentary rocks) arranged in thick poorly defined strata
- mineralogy without obvious crystalline structure
- slang a group of friends or associates; gangthe Staines massive
Word Origin for massive
Word Origin and History for massive
c.1400, from Middle French massif "bulky, solid," from Old French masse "lump" (see mass (n.1)). Related: Massively; massiveness. U.S. Cold War strategy of massive retaliation was introduced by J.F. Dulles in early 1954.
massive
(măs′ĭv)- Large in comparison with the usual amount.
- Affecting a large area of bodily tissue; widespread and severe.