Search Result for "massive": 
Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (4)

1. imposing in size or bulk or solidity;
- Example: "massive oak doors"
- Example: "Moore's massive sculptures"
- Example: "the monolithic proportions of Stalinist architecture"
- Example: "a monumental scale"
[syn: massive, monolithic, monumental]

2. being the same substance throughout;
- Example: "massive silver"

3. imposing in scale or scope or degree or power;
- Example: "massive retaliatory power"
- Example: "a massive increase in oil prices"
- Example: "massive changes"

4. consisting of great mass; containing a great quantity of matter;
- Example: "Earth is the most massive of the terrestrial planets"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

massive \mass"ive\ (m[.a]s"[i^]v), a. [F. massif.] 1. Forming, or consisting of, a large mass; compacted; weighty; heavy; massy. "Massive armor." --Dr. H. More. [1913 Webster] 2. (Min.) In mass; not necessarily without a crystalline structure, but having no regular form; as, a mineral occurs massive. [1913 Webster] Massive rock (Geol.), a compact crystalline rock not distinctly schistose, as granite; also, with some authors, an eruptive rock. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

massive adj 1: imposing in size or bulk or solidity; "massive oak doors"; "Moore's massive sculptures"; "the monolithic proportions of Stalinist architecture"; "a monumental scale" [syn: massive, monolithic, monumental] 2: being the same substance throughout; "massive silver" 3: imposing in scale or scope or degree or power; "massive retaliatory power"; "a massive increase in oil prices"; "massive changes" 4: consisting of great mass; containing a great quantity of matter; "Earth is the most massive of the terrestrial planets"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

137 Moby Thesaurus words for "massive": Brobdingnagian, Cyclopean, Gargantuan, adamantine, amplitudinous, astronomical, awesome, awkward, big, boundless, broad-bodied, bulky, bullnecked, burdensome, close, close-knit, close-textured, close-woven, clumsy, coarse, colossal, compact, compacted, compressed, concentrated, concrete, condensed, congested, consolidated, corpulent, cosmic, cracking, crammed, crammed full, crass, crowded, cumbersome, cumbrous, dense, durable, elephantine, enduring, enormous, extensive, fantastic, fat, firm, full, full-bodied, galactic, gargantuan, gigantic, gluey, grand, gross, hard, heavy, heavyset, heavyweight, hefty, huge, hulking, hulky, humongous, immeasurable, immense, impenetrable, impermeable, incumbent, infinite, jam-packed, jammed, jumbo, king-size, large, lasting, leaden, lubberly, lumbering, lumpish, lumpy, mammoth, massy, mighty, monster, monstrous, monumental, mortal, mountainous, nonporous, onerous, oppressive, outsize, overgrown, oversized, overweight, packed, ponderous, prodigious, rugged, serried, sizable, solid, sound, spacious, stable, steady, stout, strong, stupendous, sturdy, substantial, superincumbent, thick, thick-bodied, thick-growing, thickset, three-dimensional, titanic, tough, towering, tremendous, unwieldy, unyielding, vast, viscid, viscose, viscous, voluminous, walloping, weighty, well-built, well-constructed, well-founded, well-grounded, well-made, whopping