Great

/ɡɹeɪt/

The meaning and definition of Great, with examples, synonyms, and a word game to make it stick.

Definition

noun
  1. A person of major significance, accomplishment or acclaim.
    “Newton and Einstein are two of the greats of the history of science.”
  2. (in combinations such as "two-greats", "three-greats" etc.) An instance of the word "great" signifying an additional generation in phrases expressing family relationships.
    “My three-greats grandmother.”
adjective
  1. Relatively large in scale, size, extent, number (i.e. having many parts or members) or duration (i.e. relatively long); very big.
    “A great storm is approaching our shores.”
  2. (qualifying nouns of family relationship) Involving more generations than the qualified word implies — as many extra generations as repetitions of the word great (from 1510s). [see Derived terms]
    “great-grandfather, great-great-grandfather, great-great-great-grandfather”
Synonyms gr8 grt
Antonyms mediocre ordinary tiny

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