Adjectives - size

Ben C. (United States of America)
Useful words for describing the size of something (some for places and some for people)
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  1. big
    above average in size or number or quantity
  2. colossal
    so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe
  3. great
    a person who has achieved distinction in some field
  4. gigantic
    exceedingly large or extensive
  5. huge
    unusually great in amount or degree or extent or scope
  6. large
    above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude
  7. miniature
    being on a very small scale
  8. mammoth
    extinct elephant widely distributed in the Pleistocene
  9. petite
    very small
  10. tall
    great in vertical dimension; high in stature
  11. thin
    of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite
  12. tiny
    very small
  13. massive
    containing a great quantity of matter
  14. insignificant
    conveying nothing
  15. humongous
    very large
  16. great
    a person who has achieved distinction in some field
Created on Thu Aug 22 10:26:12 EDT 2013 (updated Fri Sep 13 22:40:44 EDT 2013)

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