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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. President Trump:

    We will soon be finding out, it would be a great thing if they are, we’ll soon be finding out.

  2. Fox News viewers:

    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.

  3. Alexander Pope:

    At every trifle take offense, that always shows great pride or little sense.

  4. Victor Hugo:

    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.

  5. Leland Melvin:

    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.

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#99196ignoble
#118861inconsiderable
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