FromMiddle Englishmassif, fromMiddle Frenchmassif, equivalent tomass +‎-ive. The Irish sense is possibly derived fromIrishmas(“fine, handsome”).

• (UK)IPA^(key):/ˈmæs.ɪv/

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• Rhymes:-æsɪv

massive (comparativemoremassive,superlativemostmassive)

1. Very large in size or extent.

   Compared to its counterparts from World War II, the Abrams main battle tank is trulymassive.

   • 2013 June 21,Chico Harlan, “Japan pockets the subsidy[…]”, inThe Guardian Weekly, volume189, number 2, page30:

     Across Japan, technology companies and private investors are racing to install devices that until recently they had little interest in: solar panels.Massive solar parks are popping up as part of a rapid build-up that one developer likened to an "explosion."

   The enlightenment comprisesmassive shifts in many areas of Western thought.

   • 2013 July 20, “The attack of the MOOCs”, inThe Economist, volume408, number8845:

     Since the launch early last year of[…] two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs,massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete.

2. Very large orbulky andheavy andsolid.

   Amassive comet or asteroid appears to have ended the era of the dinosaurs.

   • 1959,Georgette Heyer, chapter 1, inThe Unknown Ajax:

     But Richmond[…]appeared to lose himself in his own reflections. Some pickled crab, which he had not touched, had been removed with a damson pie; and his sister saw, peeping around themassive silver epergne that almost obscured him from her view, that he had eaten no more than a spoonful of that either.

3. (informal) To a very great extent;total,utter.
   • 2007, Christine Conrad,Mademoiselle Benoir, page171:

     Notwithstanding Catherine's assurances, I was apprehensive about meeting Denys, worried that I would come off as amassive idiot[…]

4. (colloquial) Of particularly exceptionalquality orvalue;awesome.

   Did you see Colbert last night? He wasmassive!

   • 1995 November 29, harry knowles, “INDEPENDENCE DAY---MASSIVE COOL SPOILERS DON'T OPEN IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW”, inrec.arts.sf.movies (Usenet):

     Ok true believers here is the low down ofmassive coolness.

   • 1998 February 13, David Farrar, “nz.reg.wellington.general”, inRe: Te Papa (Usenet):

     Heaps excited about it - I'm planning for amassive day.

   • 1998 July 2, super disco dan, “Deasties rock the Hurricane- 06/21/98”, inalt.music.beastie-boys (Usenet):

     saw the beasties last week in GERMANY at amassive little party called the Hurricane Festival outside Hamburg and here's how it all shook down[…]

   • 2003 June 11, Glenn Wendyhouse, “WENDYHOUSE June 21st”, inuk.people.gothic (Usenet):

     OPEN THROUGH THE SUMMER: We are on the 3rd Saturday of the month, remain at the same venue, at the same price, at the same times and always give you amassive night out to remember (unless you've drunk too much bargain University booze!).

   • 2010 July 30, Robbie, “Re: Survivable album chart from 2001”, inuk.music.charts (Usenet):

     I own this one, bought it because I liked Slide. The album is quite dull. They weremassive back in the day

5. (colloquial,informal,Ireland)Outstanding,beautiful.

   Your dress ismassive, love. Where did you get it?

6. (medicine) Affecting a large portion of the body, or severe.

   amassive heart attack

7. (physics) Having a largemass.
   • 2019 August 15, “Young Jupiter was smacked head-on bymassive newborn planet”, inRice University News‎^[1], archived fromthe original on1 October 2020:

     Young Jupiter was smacked head-on bymassive newborn planet[…] "The only scenario that resulted in a core-density profile similar to what Juno measures today is a head-on impact with a planetary embryo about 10 times moremassive than Earth," Liu said.

8. (physics, of aparticle) Having anymass.

   Some bosons aremassive while others are massless.

9. (geology) Homogeneous, unstructured.
   1. (mineralogy) Not having an obviouscrystalline structure.

• (of or pertaining to a large mass):bulky,heavy,hefty,substantial,weighty
• (much larger than normal):colossal,enormous,gargantuan,giant,gigantic,great,huge,mahoosive(slang),titanic
• (of great significance or import):consequential,meaningful,overwhelming,significant,weighty
• (of grandeur):awesome,super,excellent,stupendous

• (antonym(s) of“of or pertaining to a large mass”):insubstantial,light
• (antonym(s) of“much larger than normal”):dwarf,little,microscopic,midget,minuscule,pint-sized,tiny,wee
• (antonym(s) of“of great significance or import”):inconsequential,insignificant,piddling,trifling,trivial,unimportant
• (antonym(s) of“of grandeur”):lame,stale,disappointing,crappy
• (antonym(s) of“of having nonzero mass”):massless

massive (pluralmassives)

1. (mineralogy) Ahomogeneousmass ofrock, not layered and without an obviouscrystal structure.

   karstmassives in western Georgia

2. (MLE,slang) A group of people from a locality, or sharing a collective aim, interest, etc.

   Synonyms:clique,gang,set

   Big up to the Croydonmassive!

• mavises

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massive

1. femininesingular ofmassif

• IPA^(key):[maˈsiːvə]

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massive

1. inflection ofmassiv:
   1. strong/mixednominative/accusativefemininesingular
   2. strongnominative/accusativeplural
   3. weaknominative all-gendersingular
   4. weakaccusativefeminine/neutersingular

massive

1. feminineplural ofmassivo

massive

1. definitesingular ofmassiv
2. plural ofmassiv

massive

1. definitesingular ofmassiv
2. plural ofmassiv