great

I. a.

1.

Large, big, vast, huge, bulky, ample, immense, gigantic, Herculean, Cyclopean, enormous.

2.

Much, excessive, high.

3.

Numerous, countless.

4.

Considerable, important, weighty.

5.

Distinguished, eminent, prominent, exalted, elevated, excellent, noted, illustrious, celebrated, famous, famed, renowned, far-famed.

6.

Grand, august, dignified, noble, majestic, sublime, elevated, lofty, exalted.

7.

Magnanimous, generous, chivalrous, highminded.

8.

Sumptuous, rich, magnificent.

9.

Hard, difficult, onerous, burdensome, grievous.

10.

Chief, principal, main, leading, grand.

11.

Superior, pre-eminent.

II. n.

[With The prefixed.] Great persons, persons of rank, people of distinction.