• Massive

    Pronunciation

    • UK IPA: /ˈmæs.ɪv/
    • Rhymes: -æsɪv

    Origin

    French massif.

    Full definition of massive

    Adjective

    massive

    1. Of or pertaining to a large mass; weighty, heavy, or bulky.
      A massive comet or asteroid appears to have ended the era of the dinosaurs.
    2. Much larger than normal.
      • 2013-06-21, Chico Harlan, Japan pockets the subsidy …, Across Japan, technology companies and private investors are racing to install devices that until recently they had little interest in: solar panels. Massive solar parks are popping up as part of a rapid build-up that one developer likened to an "explosion."
    3. Compared to its counterparts from World War II, the Abrams main battle tank is truly massive.
    4. Of great significance or import; overwhelming.
      • 2013-07-20, The attack of the MOOCs, Since the launch early last year of  two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete.
    5. The enlightenment comprises massive shifts in many areas of Western thought.
    6. (mineralogy) Of a specimen not exhibiting crystal form.
    7. Of particularly exceptional quality or value; awesome.
    8. Did you see Colbert last night? He was massive!
    9. (physics, of a particle) Possessing mass.
      Some bosons are massive while others are massless.

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    Antonyms

    , pint-sized, tiny, wee

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    Noun

    massive

    (plural massives)
    1. (mineralogy) A homogeneous mass of rock, not layered and without an obvious crystal structure.karst massives in western Georgia

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