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Antonyms for Great
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English Synonyms and Antonyms1.0 / 4 votes

  1. great

    Large denotes extension in more than one direction, and beyond the average of the class to which the object belongs; we speak of a large surface or a large solid, but of a long line; a large field, a large room, a large apple, etc. A large man is a man of more than ordinary size; a great man is a man of remarkable mental power. Big is a more emphatic word than large, but of less dignity. We do not say that George Washington was a big man.

    Antonyms:
    brief, diminutive, inconsiderable, infinitesimal, insignificant, limited, little, mean, microscopic, minute, narrow, paltry, petty, scanty, short, slender, slight, small, tiny, trifling, trivial

    Synonyms:
    abundant, ample, big, broad, bulky, capacious, coarse, colossal, commodious, considerable, enormous, extensive, gigantic, grand, huge, immense, large, long, massive, spacious, vast, wide

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms2.5 / 2 votes

  1. great

    Antonyms:
    little, narrow, puny, scanty, few, short, mean, ignoble, weak, unimportant

    Synonyms:
    big, wide, huge, numerous, protracted, excellent, large, immense, bulky, majestic, gigantic, vast, grand, sublime, august, eminent, magnanimous, noble, powerful, exalted, noticeable

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. greatadjective

    a person who has achieved distinction and honor in some field

    "he is one of the greats of American music"

    Antonyms:
    bad, lowercase, little, unimportant, small, nonpregnant, ordinary

  2. greatadjective

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

    "a great juicy steak"; "a great multitude"; "the great auk"; "a great old oak"; "a great ocean liner"; "a great delay"

    Antonyms:
    lowercase, ordinary, little, nonpregnant, small, unimportant, bad

    Synonyms:
    slap-up, gravid, majuscule, cracking, neat, capital, great(p), enceinte, swell, expectant, heavy(p), keen, nifty, with child(p), bang-up, smashing, not bad(p), corking, groovy, big(p), large(p), bully, dandy, peachy, outstanding

  3. great, outstandingadjective

    of major significance or importance

    "a great work of art"; "Einstein was one of the outstanding figures of the 20th centurey"

    Antonyms:
    small, nonpregnant, unimportant, bad, ordinary, little, lowercase

    Synonyms:
    slap-up, gravid, majuscule, cracking, neat, capital, great(p), owing(p), enceinte, swell, spectacular, expectant, heavy(p), keen, nifty, with child(p), bang-up, smashing, prominent, not bad(p), corking, groovy, striking, salient, big(p), undischarged, large(p), bully, dandy, peachy, outstanding, great

  4. greatadjective

    remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect

    "a great crisis"; "had a great stake in the outcome"

    Antonyms:
    lowercase, ordinary, nonpregnant, little, unimportant, small, bad

    Synonyms:
    slap-up, gravid, majuscule, cracking, neat, capital, great(p), enceinte, swell, expectant, heavy(p), keen, nifty, with child(p), bang-up, smashing, not bad(p), corking, groovy, big(p), large(p), bully, dandy, peachy, outstanding

  5. bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad(p), peachy, slap-up, swell, smashingadjective

    very good

    "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing"

    Antonyms:
    lowercase, little, bad, unimportant, small, nonpregnant, ordinary

  6. capital, great, majusculeadjective

    uppercase

    "capital A"; "great A"; "many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script"

    Antonyms:
    unimportant, small, little, ordinary, lowercase, bad, nonpregnant

    Synonyms:
    slap-up, gravid, large(p), cracking, neat, majuscule, great(p), enceinte, swell, expectant, heavy(p), keen, nifty, with child(p), bang-up, smashing, not bad(p), corking, groovy, big(p), great, bully, dandy, peachy, outstanding, capital

  7. big(p), enceinte, expectant, gravid, great(p), large(p), heavy(p), with child(p)adjective

    in an advanced stage of pregnancy

    "was big with child"; "was great with child"

    Antonyms:
    small, little, bad, lowercase, nonpregnant, ordinary, unimportant

Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. bad

    because great is a nice word

    this is such a great day opposite (this is such a bad day)

    Submitted by anonymous on December 7, 2020  

How to use Great in a sentence?

  1. Joe Carthy:

    Aoife dealt with the devastating impact of her accident with great bravery and fortitude, she will be greatly missed by her family and wide circle of friends.

  2. Michael Spavor:

    The seed was planted for this hockey exchange in 2005 when I saw my first DPRK hockey game while living in Pyongyang, a Canadian friend and I thought that this would be a great way to build stronger relationships between Canada and the DPRK.

  3. Tony Dungy:

    What Peyton Manning did was turn the city from an [ NBA ] Indiana Pacers town into an Indianapolis Colts town, i think Peyton Manning had a great impact on Peyton Manning team and us as a city. That’s what those generational quarterbacks do. They lift the ability of everybody around them. LIVE UPDATES : NFL DRAFT 2021.

  4. James Marape:

    These are great outcomes for all stakeholders of the project but more so the National Government.

  5. Rachel Lang:

    This is great for everyone, it doesn't matter what age or gender or skin type. This is beauty and health anti-aging from the inside out. It supports and amplifies whatever routine you already have and will give you positive results regardless of your skin condition, because it refreshes and detoxifies, the massages are also good for hangovers.

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#50848diminutive
#57224paltry
#58405infinitesimal
#67164scanty
#69037trifling
#99196ignoble
#118861inconsiderable
#169888nonpregnant

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