To Brian's surprise, his debt amounted to a considerable sum.
Source: tatoeba (34303)
Considerable
//kənˈsɪdəɹəbl̩//
Synonyms for "considerable" (194 found)
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Closest matches (39)
Strong matches (58)
Related words (97)
largelyleadinglotmainmajormajor leagueman-sizedmanymarkedmaterialmaximummeaningfulmessmightymillionmintmomentousmonocraticmuchmultifarious
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Antonyms
3 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesderived
3 entriesrelated to
8 entriessimilar
18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
Translations
55 translations across 23 languages.
Belarusian
1 entries- зна́чны adj (worth considering)
Bulgarian
3 entries- важен adj (worth considering)
- голям adj (large in amount)
- значителен adj (worth considering)
Catalan
3 entries- apreciable adj (worth considering)
- considerable adj (worth considering)
- considerable adj (large in amount)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 可觀 /可观 adj (worth considering)
Czech
1 entries- značný adj (worth considering)
Dutch
4 entries- aanmerkelijk adj (worth considering)
- aanzienlijk adj (worth considering)
- aanzienlijk adj (large in amount)
- beduidend adj (worth considering)
Finnish
3 entries- huomattava adj (large in amount)
- melkoinen adj (large in amount)
- varteenotettava adj (worth considering)
French
1 entries- considérable adj (large in amount)
Galician
1 entries- considerábel adj (worth considering)
German
3 entries- beachtlich adj (worth considering)
- beträchtlich adj (worth considering)
- erheblich adj (worth considering)
Hungarian
1 entries- tetemes adj (worth considering)
Italian
1 entries- considerabile adj (large in amount)
Japanese
4 entries- かなり adj (large in amount)
- 大切 adj (worth considering)
- 相当 adj (large in amount)
- 重要 adj (worth considering)
Latin
2 entries- aliquantus adj (worth considering)
- aliquantus adj (large in amount)
Latvian
2 entries- ievērojams adj (worth considering)
- redzams adj (worth considering)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- betraktelig adj (large in amount)
- betydelig adj (worth considering)
- betydelig adj (large in amount)
Norwegian Nynorsk
3 entries- betrakteleg adj (large in amount)
- betydeleg adj (worth considering)
- betydeleg adj (large in amount)
Polish
3 entries- spory adj (worth considering)
- znaczny adj (worth considering)
- znaczący adj (worth considering)
Portuguese
2 entries- considerável adj (worth considering)
- considerável adj (large in amount)
Russian
1 entries- значи́тельный adj (worth considering)
Spanish
3 entries- considerable adj (worth considering)
- considerable adj (large in amount)
- cuantioso adj (large in amount)
Swedish
4 entries- ansenlig adj (worth considering)
- ansenlig adj (large in amount)
- avsevärd adj (worth considering)
- beaktansvärd adj (worth considering)
Turkish
1 entries- hatırı sayılır adj (worth considering)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
The ship was built at considerable expense.
Source: tatoeba (45704)
The nuclear ship was built at a considerable expense.
Source: tatoeba (48191)
A considerable amount of time and effort have been spent already.
Source: tatoeba (51898)
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