About The Word Considerable
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Considerable
Considerable Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Considerable?
[adj] large or relatively large in number or amount or extent or degree; "a considerable quantity"; "the economy was a considerable issue in the campaign"; "went to considerable trouble for us"; "spent a considerable amount of time on the problem"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Considerable: appreciable | extended | extensive | goodish | goodly | hefty | respectable | right smart | significant | sizable | sizeable | substantial | tidy | wide Related Terms | Find terms related to Considerable: able | absolute | active | appreciable | ascendant | authoritarian | authoritative | authorized | autocratic | big | big-league | big-name | big-time | bigwig | bigwigged | billion | bumper | capable | clothed with authority | commanding | competent | comprehensive | consequential | controlling | decent | deep | distinguished | dominant | double-barreled | duly constituted | earthshaking | effective | efficacious | eminent | empowered | estimable | ever so many | ex officio | exhaustive | extensive | fair | full | full many | good | goodly | governing | grand | grave | great | healthy | heaped-up | heavy | heavyweight | hefty | hegemonic | hegemonistic | high-powered | illustrious | imperative | important | influential | intense | irresistible | jillion | large | large-scale | leading | main | major | man-sized | many | material | maximum | meaningful | mighty | million | momentous | monocratic | multifarious | multifold | multiple | multitudinal | multitudinous | myriad | name | no few | not a few | notable | noteworthy | noticeable | numerous | of consequence | official | plenary | potent | powerful | preeminent | prestigious | pretty | prominent | puissant | quite some | ranking | remarkable | respectable | ruling | self-important | senior | sensible | serious | significant | sizable | sizeable | smart | strong | substantial | superior | supreme | tall | thousand | tidy | total | totalitarian | very many | weighty | world-shaking | worthy | zillion See Also | Considerable In Webster's Dictionary \Con*sid"er*a*ble\, a. [Cf. F. consid['e]rable.]
1. Worthy of consideration, borne in mind, or attended to.
It is considerable, that some urns have had
inscriptions on them expressing that the lamps were
burning. --Bp. Wilkins.
Eternity is infinitely the most considerable
duration. --Tillotson.
2. Of some distinction; noteworthy; influential; respectable;
-- said of persons.
You are, indeed, a very considerable man. --Junius.
3. Of importance or value.
In painting, not every action, nor every person, is
considerable enough to enter into the cloth.
--Dryden.
A considerable sum of money. --Prescott.
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