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| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Notably above average in amount, size, or scope: big, considerable, extensive, good, healthy, large, large-scale, sizable. Informal : tidy. See BIG. 2. Widely known and esteemed: celebrated, distinguished, eminent, famed, famous, illustrious, notable, noted, preeminent, prestigious, prominent, redoubtable, renowned. See KNOWLEDGE, RESPECT. 3. Informal. Exceptionally good of its kind: ace, banner, blue-ribbon, brag, capital, champion, excellent, fine1, first-class, first-rate, prime, quality, splendid, superb, superior, terrific, tiptop, top. Informal : A-one, bully, dandy, swell, topflight, topnotch. Slang : boss. Chiefly British : tophole. See GOOD. 4. Informal. Particularly excellent: divine, fabulous, fantastic, fantastical, glorious, marvelous, sensational, splendid, superb, terrific, wonderful. Informal : dandy, dreamy, ripping, super, swell, tremendous. Slang : cool, groovy, hot, keen1, neat, nifty. Idioms: out of this world. See GOOD. 5. Archaic. Carrying a developing fetus within the uterus: big, enceinte, expectant, expecting, gravid, parturient, pregnant. Slang : gone. Idioms: in a family way, with child. See REPRODUCTION.
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