great

The word “great” has 1 syllable: great

It's pronounced as /ɡreɪt/

What is synonym and antonym for great?

In the thesaurus, “great” has 514 synonyms and 255 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for great along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for great

A-OK
A1
Brobdingnagian
Bunyanesque
Himalayan
OK
able
abundant
acceptable
accomplished
ace
aces
acute
adept
adequate
adroit
advantageously
aeonian
aeonic
agog
agreeably
all right
all-around
all-day
all-night
all-round
amazing
ambitious
amenable
ample
antsy
anxious
appealingly
appetent
appetizingly
appreciable
arch
ardent
aristocratic
astronomic
astronomical
athirst
attractively
august
avid
awesome
bang-up
banner
beautiful
beautifully
best
better
big
biggish
blessedly
blue-blooded
blue-chip
blue-ribbon
boffo
bonnie
bonny
boss
boxcar
brag
brave
breathless
brilliant
bulky
bully
bumper
capable
capacious
capital
cardinal
cavernous
celebrated
central
champing at the bit
charmingly
chief
chivalrous
choice
chomping at the bit
classic
classical
clever
colossal
commanding
commodious
competent
compleat
complete
considerable
consummate
cool
copious
corking
cosmic
cosmical
covetous
crack
crackerjack
cracking
craving
crazy
cyclopean
dandy
decent
decided
deft
delectably
deliciously
delightfully
desirous
dexterous
dextrous
dignified
disposed
distinguished
divine
dominant
dope
down
dreamily
dynamite
eager
educated
effective
effectual
efficient
elephantine
elevated
eminent
employable
enchantingly
endless
engaged
enjoyably
ennobled
enormous
enthused
enthusiastic
enticingly
everlasting
exalted
excellent
excellently
exceptional
excessive
excited
exorbitant
experienced
expert
extended
extensive
extraordinary
extravagant
extreme
fab
fabulous
famed
famous
fancy
fantabulous
fantastic
far
fat
favorably
felicitously
fetchingly
fine
finely
first
first-class
first-rate
first-string
fit
fitted
five-star
foremost
fortunately
four-star
frontline
galactic
gallant
game
gangbuster
gangbusters
gargantuan
geeked
genteel
gentle
gentlemanly
gifted
gigantic
gilt-edge
gilt-edged
glad
glorified
glorious
gloriously
gone
good
goodly
grand
grandly
gratifyingly
greatest
greathearted
greedy
grievous
groovy
gross
gung ho
habile
handsome
handsomely
handy
hankering
happily
happy
heavenly
hefty
hellacious
helpfully
hepped up
herculean
heroic
heroical
high
high-class
high-grade
high-level
high-minded
high-test
highborn
highbred
highest
highly regarded
honorable
hopped-up
hot
huge
hulking
humongous
humungous
hung up
hungry
husky
hype
idealistic
illustrious
immense
immoderate
impatient
important
impressive
inclined
incomparable
influential
inordinate
inspiring
interested
interminable
invitingly
jim-dandy
juiced
jumbo
keen
key
king-size
king-sized
kingly
knightly
knowledgeable
ladylike
large
largish
leading
lengthy
leviathan
lofty
long
long-drawn
long-drawn-out
long-lived
long-term
longing
longish
lordly
lovely
luckily
magnanimous
magnificent
magnificently
main
majestic
major
major-league
mammoth
marathon
marvellous
marvelous
marvelously
massive
master
masterful
masterly
matchless
mean
mighty
momentous
monolithic
monstrous
monumental
mountainous
moving
multiday
multiskilled
multitalented
multiyear
natural
neat
nicely
nifty
noble
nonpareil
notable
noted
noteworthy
number one
numero uno
numerous
numinous
nuts
obsessed
okay
old
out of sight
out of this world
out-of-sight
outsize
outsized
outstanding
overbearing
overlong
overmastering
overriding
oversize
oversized
palatably
par excellence
paramount
passable
patrician
peachy
peachy keen
peerless
permanent
persistent
pharaonic
phat
pining
pleasantly
pleasingly
pleasurably
plentiful
polished
powerful
practiced
practised
predominant
preeminent
premier
premium
prestigious
prettily
primal
primary
prime
primo
princely
principal
prior
prize
prizewinning
prodigious
professed
proficient
prolonged
prominent
protracted
puissant
pumped
qualified
quality
queenly
rad
radical
raring
ready
refined
regal
remarkable
renowned
restive
restless
righteous
roomy
royal
satisfactory
satisfyingly
schooled
select
senior
sensational
sensationally
signal
significant
silk-stocking
sizable
sizeable
skilled
skillful
slick
solicitous
sovereign
sovran
spacious
special
splendid
splendidly
staggering
standard
star
stately
stellar
sterling
stoked
strong
stupendous
sublime
substantial
super
super-duper
superb
superbly
superfine
superior
superlative
supernal
supersized
supreme
sure-handed
surpassing
sweetly
swell
swimmingly
talented
taught
temptingly
terrific
thick
thirsty
tidy
tip-top
titanic
tolerable
too much
top
top-notch
top-of-the-line
top-shelf
topflight
topping
towering
traditional
trained
transcendent
tremendous
tutored
unequaled
unequalled
unparalleled
unreluctant
unsurpassed
unusual
uplifting
upper-class
upper-crust
valiant
vast
vasty
venerable
versed
veteran
virtuoso
voluminous
voracious
walloping
welcomely
well
well-rounded
wellborn
whacking
whopping
wild
willing
winningly
wizard
wonderful
wonderfully
workmanlike
worthy

Antonyms for great

Lilliputian
OK
abased
abbreviated
abominable
abominably
abrupt
aloof
amateur
amateurish
annoyingly
apathetic
appallingly
artless
atrocious
auxiliary
averse
awful
awfully
awkward
bad
badly
bantam
base
baseborn
bastard
beginning
brief
casual
clumsy
coarse
collateral
common
condensed
contemptible
conventional
crap
crude
curtailed
dastardly
debased
degenerate
degraded
degrading
despicable
detached
detestable
diminutive
dinky
dirty
disagreeably
discreditable
disgustingly
disinclined
disinterested
distressingly
dreadfully
dwarf
dwarfish
ephemeral
execrable
extra
few
fleeting
green
half-pint
halfhearted
ham-fisted
ham-handed
hateful
heavy-handed
hesitant
horrendously
horrible
horribly
horridly
humble
humiliating
ignoble
ignominious
ignorant
ill
illegitimate
impassive
impermanent
incapable
incompetent
inconsequential
inconsiderable
inconspicuous
incurious
indifferent
ineffective
ineffectual
inefficient
inept
inessential
inexperienced
inexpert
infamous
inferior
infinitesimal
insignificant
insouciant
irritatingly
jackleg
junior
knavish
lackadaisical
languid
languorous
last
least
little
little bitty
loath
loathe
loth
lousy
low
low-grade
lower-class
lowly
lukewarm
mean
mediocre
menial
microminiature
microscopic
microscopical
middling
mild
mini
miniature
minor
minuscule
minute
moderate
momentary
narrow
negligible
new
nonaristocratic
nonchalant
nonessential
offensive
ordinary
pathetic
petite
pint-size
pint-sized
plain
plebeian
pocket-size
pocket-sized
poor
powerless
primitive
puny
pygmy
raw
reluctant
repulsive
rotten
rough
rude
run-of-the-mill
second-class
second-rate
secondary
shockingly
short
short-lived
short-range
short-term
shortened
shortish
shrimpy
sickeningly
slender
slight
slim
small
small-minded
smallish
soft
sordid
sorry
spiritless
squalid
stolid
stupid
subordinate
subsidiary
substandard
sudden
talentless
teensy
teensy-weensy
teeny
teeny-weeny
terrible
terribly
thin
tiny
transient
transitory
trifling
trivial
ugly
unable
unamazing
uncelebrated
unconcerned
undersize
undersized
undignified
uneager
unenthusiastic
unfit
unfitted
ungenteel
ungifted
unimportant
unimpressive
uninterested
unknown
unnecessary
unpleasantly
unpolished
unprofessional
unqualified
unremarkable
unsatisfactory
unschooled
unseasoned
unskilled
unskillful
untalented
untaught
untested
untrained
untried
untutored
unwilling
usual
vexingly
vicious
vile
vilely
vulgar
weak
wee
would-be
wretched

Meanings of great

noun
1. A person of major significance, accomplishment or acclaim.
2. The main division in a pipe organ, usually the loudest division.
3. (in combinations such as "two-greats", "three-greats" etc.) An instance of the word "great" signifying an additional generation in phrases expressing family relationships.
adjective
1. Relatively large in scale, size, extent, number (i.e. having many parts or members) or duration (i.e. relatively long); very big.
2. Of larger size or more importance than others of its kind.
3. (qualifying nouns of family relationship) Involving more generations than the qualified word implies — as many extra generations as repetitions of the word great (from 1510s). [see Derived terms].
4. (followed by 'with') Pregnant; large with young; full of.
5. (except with 'friend' and similar words such as 'mate','buddy') Intimate; familiar.
6. Extreme or more than usual.
7. Of significant importance or consequence; important.
8. (applied to actions, thoughts and feelings) Arising from or possessing idealism; admirable; superior; commanding; heroic; illustrious; eminent.
9. Impressive or striking.
10. Much in use; favoured.
11. (applied to persons) Endowed with extraordinary powers; of exceptional talents or achievements; uncommonly gifted; able to accomplish vast results; remarkable; strong; powerful; mighty; noble.
12. Title referring to an important leader.
13. Doing or exemplifying (a characteristic or pursuit) on a large scale; active or enthusiastic.
14. (often followed by 'at') Skilful or adroit.
15. Very good; excellent; wonderful; fantastic (from 1848).
16. Intensifying a word or expression, used in mild oaths.
adverb
1. Very well (in a very satisfactory manner).
interjection
1. Expression of gladness and content about something.
2. Sarcastic inversion thereof.

Example Sentences

The team did a great job finishing the project ahead of schedule.
She had a great time at the concert last night.
The view from the mountain was absolutely great.
It was a great opportunity to learn from such experienced professionals.
He made a great impression during the job interview.

On this page you'll find 769 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to great, such as: A-OK, A1, Brobdingnagian, Bunyanesque, Himalayan, Lilliputian, OK.

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