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• “he is one of the greats of American music“

• “larger than others of its kind“
• “a great juicy steak“
• “a great multitude“
• “the great auk“
• “a great old oak“
• “a great ocean liner“
• “a great delay“

• “a great work of art“
• “Einstein was one of the outstanding figures of the 20th centurey“

Synonyms

• outstanding distinguished from others in excellence; having a quality that thrusts itself into attention; owed as a debt; of major significance or importance

• “a great crisis“
• “had a great stake in the outcome“

• “he did a bully job“
• “a neat sports car“
• “had a great time at the party“
• “you look simply smashing“
• “we had a grand old time“

Synonyms

• bang-up very good
• bully very good; be bossy towards; discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; a cruel and brutal fellow ; a hired thug
• corking very good
• cracking very good; a sudden sharp noise; the act of cracking something ; the process whereby heavy molecules of naphtha or petroleum are broken down into hydrocarbons of lower molecular weight (especially in the oil-refining process)
• dandy very good; a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance ; a sailing vessel with two masts
• groovy very good; (British informal) very chic
• keen express grief verbally; a funeral lament sung with loud wailing ; having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions; intense or sharp; very good; painful as if caused by a sharp instrument; having a sharp cutting edge or point
• neat clean or organized; showing care in execution; free from clumsiness; superficially impressive, but lacking depth and attention to the true complexities of a subject; very good; (of an alcoholic drink) without water
• nifty very good
• not bad(p)
• peachy very good; of something resembling a peach in color
• slap-up very good
• swell very good; the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea ; a rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor) ; a crescendo followed by a decrescendo ; a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance ; increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity; become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger; expand abnormally; come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things); come up, as of a liquid; cause to become swollen
• smashing very good; the act of breaking something into small pieces
• old(a)

• “capital A“
• “great A“
• “many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script“

Synonyms

• capital first-rate; of primary importance; uppercase; assets available for use in the production of further assets ; wealth in the form of money or property owned by a person or business and human resources of economic value ; a seat of government ; one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis; a center that is associated more than any other with some activity or product; the federal government of the United States ; a book written by Karl Marx (1867) describing his economic theories ; the upper part of a column that supports the entablature
• majuscule of or relating to a style of writing characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters; uppercase; one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis

• “was big with child“
• “was great with child“

Synonyms

• big(p)
• enceinte in an advanced stage of pregnancy
• expectant marked by eager anticipation; in an advanced stage of pregnancy
• gravid in an advanced stage of pregnancy
• great(p)
• large(p)
• heavy(p)
• with child(p)