What are some opposite words for Great?
Antonyms for Great
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This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term Great.
English Synonyms and Antonyms
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, trivialSynonyms:
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 Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
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, ordinarygreatadjective
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, badSynonyms:
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, outstandinggreat, 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, lowercaseSynonyms:
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, greatgreatadjective
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, badSynonyms:
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, outstandingbang-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, ordinarycapital, great, majusculeadjective
uppercase
"capital A"; "great A"; "many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script"
Antonyms:
unimportant, small, little, ordinary, lowercase, bad, nonpregnantSynonyms:
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, capitalbig(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
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
greatadjective
Synonyms:
immense, enormous, prodigious, gigantic, numerous, countless, superior, excellent, admirable, eminent, famous, illustrious, distinguished, renowned, famed, noted, egregious, flagrant, serious, grievous, fabulous, excessive, immoderate, exorbitant
Editors Contribution
bad
because great is a nice word
this is such a great day opposite (this is such a bad day)
How to use Great in a sentence?
We will soon be finding out, it would be a great thing if they are, we’ll soon be finding out.
Glee, we are going to see music of all types of all genres, but kind of presented like a film score— just happening right before your eyes and ears. It’s going to help tell this story and there are movements to it and the music, even though it’s so different they tie together in a really great way. You’re going to go on a journey is the best way I think to say it.
At every trifle take offense, that always shows great pride or little sense.
Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake.
It's really about three things : access, opportunity and belief in themselves, we have to make sure kids get it, because every ZIP code does not have access and we have Katherine Johnsons in the wings waiting to do great things, but don't have that access to those opportunities. The opportunities are there, and we just need to keep pumping in that inspiration.
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#209 | great | |
#350 | small | |
#398 | little | |
#575 | few | |
#746 | short | |
#751 | limited | |
#841 | bad | |
#1008 | mean | |
#1981 | minute | |
#2436 | brief | |
#3889 | narrow | |
#4106 | tiny | |
#4690 | ordinary | |
#4981 | weak | |
#7516 | slight | |
#12556 | trivial | |
#13331 | petty | |
#19838 | microscopic | |
#19918 | slender | |
#20267 | insignificant | |
#27453 | lowercase | |
#32026 | unimportant | |
#42948 | puny | |
#50848 | diminutive | |
#57224 | paltry | |
#58405 | infinitesimal | |
#67164 | scanty | |
#69037 | trifling | |
#99196 | ignoble | |
#118861 | inconsiderable | |
#169888 | nonpregnant |
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