massive

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective imposing in size or bulk or solidity
  2. adjective being the same substance throughout
  3. adjective imposing in scale or scope or degree or power

Etymology

From Middle English massif, from Middle French massif, equivalent to mass + -ive. The Irish sense is possibly derived from Irish mas (“fine, handsome”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

monolithic, monumental

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