sizable en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈsaɪzəbəl/
- (General-American) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree English size Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English sizable From size + -able.
Meanings
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Fairly large.
He gave a sizable cash donation, sizable enough that the IRS wondered where all that money came from.
A vulture can wolf more than two pounds of meat in a minute; a sizable crowd can strip a zebra—nose to tail—in 30 minutes.
2015 December, Elizabeth Royte, “Vultures Are Revolting. Here's Why We Need to Save Them.”, in National Geographic, archived from the original on 13 Dec 2015:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more sizable | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most sizable | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| sizeable | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
unsizable · sizably · sizableness
Relateds
Synonyms
Translations (21)
eo ampleksa (fairly large) · fi kookas (fairly large) · pl znaczny (fairly large) · fr ample (fairly large) · ar ضَخْم (fairly large) · sv ansenlig (fairly large) · gl grandeiro (fairly large) · gd tomadach (fairly large) · eo larĝa (fairly large) · el ευρύς (fairly large) · ltg makans (fairly large) · eo vasta (fairly large) · de beträchtlich (fairly large) · pl znaczący (fairly large) · ca apreciable (fairly large) · pt considerável (fairly large) · fr étendu (fairly large) · lv prāvs (fairly large) · fr large (fairly large) · grc εὐρύς (fairly large) · bg доста голям (fairly large)