sizable

3 definitions found

sizable - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Sizable \Siz"a*ble\, a.
     1. Of considerable size or bulk. "A sizable volume." --Bp.
        Hurd.
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     2. Being of reasonable or suitable size; as, sizable timber;
        sizable bulk. --Arbuthnot.
        [1913 Webster]

sizable - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  sizable
      adj 1: fairly large; "a sizable fortune"; "an ample waistline";
             "of ample proportions" [syn: ample, sizable,
             sizeable]
      2: large in amount or extent or degree; "it cost a considerable
         amount"; "a goodly amount"; "received a hefty bonus"; "a
         respectable sum"; "a tidy sum of money"; "a sizable fortune"
         [syn: goodly, goodish, healthy, hefty, respectable,
         sizable, sizeable, tidy]

sizable - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  54 Moby Thesaurus words for "sizable":
     Gargantuan, amplitudinous, astronomical, awesome, big, boundless,
     bulky, bumper, colossal, considerable, cosmic, enormous, extensive,
     galactic, gigantic, good, goodly, grand, great, healthy, hefty,
     huge, immeasurable, immense, infinite, king-size, large,
     large-scale, major, mammoth, man-sized, massive, massy, monster,
     monstrous, monumental, mountainous, numerous, outsize, overgrown,
     prodigious, respectable, sensible, smart, spacious, stupendous,
     substantial, tall, tidy, titanic, tremendous, vast, voluminous,
     weighty