N. greatness, magnitude, size, multitude,
immensity,
enormity, infinity, might, strength, intensity, fullness, importance, great quantity, quantity, deal, power, sight, pot, volume, world, mass,
heap, stock,
peck,
bushel, load,
cargo, cartload,
wagonload,
shipload, flood, spring tide, abundance, principal part, chief part, main part, greater part, major part, best part, essential part, bulk, mass
V. be great, run high,
soar, tower,
transcend, rise to a great height, carry to a great height, know no bounds,
ascend, mount,
enlarge, (expand) 194
Adj. great, greater, large, considerable, fair, above par,
big, huge,
herculean,
cyclopean, ample, abundant full, intense, strong, sound, passing, heavy,
plenary, deep, high, signal, at its height, in the zenith,
world-wide,
widespread,
far-famed, extensive,
wholesale, many, goodly, noble, precious, mighty,
sad, grave, heavy, serious, far gone,
arrant,
downright, utter,
uttermost,
crass, gross, arch, profound, intense,
consummate, rank,
uninitiated,
red-hot,
desperate,
glaring,
flagrant, stark staring,
thorough-paced,
thoroughgoing,
roaring,
thumping, extraordinary, important, unsurpassed, complete, august, grand,
dignified,
sublime,
majestic, vast, immense, enormous, extreme,
inordinate, excessive,
extravagant,
exorbitant,
outrageous,
preposterous,
unconscionable,
swinging,
monstrous, overgrown, towering,
stupendous,
prodigious,
astonishing,
incredible,
marvelous, unlimited, unapproachable, unutterable, indescribable,
ineffable, unspeakable, inexpressible, beyond expression,
fabulous, undiminished,
unabated, unreduced, unrestricted, absolute, positive,
stark, decided,
unequivocal, essential, perfect, finished, remarkable, of mark, marked, pointed, veriest, noteworthy,
renowned Adv. truly, decidedly,
unequivocally, purely, absolutely, seriously, essentially, fundamentally, radically,
downright, in all conscience, for the most part, in the main, entirely, abundantly, widely, far and wide, greatly, much,
muckle, well, indeed, very, very much, a deal, no end of, most, not a little, pretty, pretty well, enough, in a great measure, richly, to a large extent, to a great extent, to a gigantic extent, on a large scale, so, never so, ever so, ever so dole,
scrap,
shred,
tag,
splinter,
rag, much, by wholesale, mighty, powerfully, with a witness,
ultra, in the extreme, extremely, exceedingly, intensely,
exquisitely, acutely, indefinitely,
immeasurably, beyond compare, beyond comparison, beyond measure, beyond all bounds,
incalculably, infinitely, preeminently,
superlatively, immoderately,
monstrously,
preposterously,
inordinately,
exorbitantly, excessively, enormously, out of all proportion, with a vengeance, particularly, remarkably, singularly, curiously, uncommonly, unusually, peculiarly, notably, signally, strikingly, pointedly, mainly, chiefly, famously,
egregiously, prominently,
glaringly,
emphatically, κατ’ ἐξοχήν, strangely, wonderfully,
amazingly, surprisingly,
astonishingly,
incredibly,
marvelously,
awfully,
stupendously, peculiarly,
furiously,
severely,
desperately,
tremendously,
extravagantly, confoundedly, deucedly,
devilishly, with a vengeance, a outrance, a toute outrance, painfully,
sadly, grossly,
sorely, bitterly,
piteously,
grievously,
miserably, cruelly,
woefully,
lamentably,
shockingly,
frightfully,
dreadfully,
fearfully,
terribly,
horribly Phr. a maximis ad minima, "greatness knows itself", "mightiest powers by deepest calms are fed", minimum decet libere cui multum licet, "some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them"
N. severity, strictness, harshness,
rigor,
stringency,
austerity,
inclemency,
arrogance,
precisianism, arbitrary power,
absolutism,
despotism,
dictatorship,
autocracy,
tyranny,
domineering, oppression, assumption,
usurpation,
inquisition, reign of terror,
martial law, iron heel, iron rule, iron hand, iron sway, tight grasp, brute force, brute strength,
coercion, strong hand, tight hand, hard lines, hard measure, tender mercies, sharp practice, pipe-clay,
officialism,
tyrant,
disciplinarian,
precisian,
martinet,
stickler,
bashaw,
despot, hard master,
draco,
oppressor,
inquisitor,
extortioner,
harpy,
vulture,
accipitres, birds of prey, raptorials, raptors
V. be -severe, assume,
usurp,
arrogate, take liberties,
domineer,
bully,
tyrannize,
inflict,
wreak, stretch a point, put on the screw, be hard upon, bear a heavy hand on, lay a heavy hand on, be down upon, come down upon, ill treat, deal hardly with, deal hard measure to, rule with a rod of iron, chastise with scorpions, dye with blood,
oppress,
override, trample under foot, tread under foot, tread upon, trample upon, tread down upon, trample down upon, crush under an iron heel, ride roughshod over, rivet the yoke, hold a tight hand, keep a tight hand, force down the throat,
coerce, give no quarter
Adj. severe, strict, hard, harsh,
dour, rigid, stiff, stern,
rigorous,
uncompromising, exacting,
exigent, exigeant,
inexorable, inflexible,
obdurate,
austere,
hard-headed, hard-nosed,
hard-shell, relentless,
spartan,
draconian,
stringent,
strait-laced, searching,
unsparing, iron- handed,
peremptory, absolute, positive, arbitrary,
imperative,
coercive,
tyrannical,
extortionate,
grinding,
withering,
oppressive,
inquisitorial, inclement, cruel,
haughty,
arrogant,
precisian Adv. severely, with a high hand, with a strong hand, with a tight hand, with a heavy hand, at the point of the sword, at the point of the bayonet
Phr. delirant reges plectuntur achivi, manu forti, ogni debole ha sempre il suo tiranno
