Great

/ˈɡɹeɪt/

Synonyms for "great" (572 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (115)

Adjective(15 words)

large outstanding amazing bang-up beautiful better big boffo bravo brutal bully capital considerablecool examplecorking

Adjective(2 words)

able absolute abundant accomplished ace ace-high active acute adept admirable adroit aggrandized ample anticipating apotheosized arch ardent arrant artistic ascendant

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authoritarian authoritative authorized autocratic awesome awful badbang upbang-up banner baron basic beatified best bigbig gunbig leaguebig manbig namebig timebig with childbig-laden big-league big-name big-time bighearted bigwig bigwigged bonzer boss brassbrass hatbreeding brilliant brobdingnagian bull bully bumperbut goodcanonized capacious capital cardinal carryingcarrying a fetuscelebrated celebrity central champion chief chivalrous choir claviature clever closeclothed with authoritycolossal commanding competent comprehensive consequential considerable console consummate controlling cool corking countless crackerjack

Noun(9 words)

academic mentorart thou sickbeaut beauty bitching blast bonanzaclear design systemcrackers

Strong matches (171)

Adjective(19 words)

cracking dandy doggoneeducational pond ecosystemenceinte excellent exciting expectant extensive fantastic glorious godly gorgeous gravid groovy heavyhigh levelimmense important

critical crowning crucial cutting cyclopean dandy dedicated deep deified delicious desperate devoted dignitary dignity distinguished divine dominant double-barreled drastic ducky

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duly constitutedeager earthshaking echo egregious eighty-eight elder elevated eminence eminent empowered ennobled enormous enshrined enthroned enthusiastic establishmentex officioexalted excellent exceptional excess excessive exhaustive exorbitant expansive expecting expert extensive extraordinary extravagant extreme fab fabulous faithful famed famous fast fat father fierce figure finefine and dandyfingerboard first first-rate first-rater flagrant focal foremost full furious gargantuan gear generous genius gestating giant gifted gigantic glaring glorified glorious goodgood handgoodly gorgeous governing grand grave gravidgreat mangreat of heartgreathearted grievous groovy gross handsome headmost healthy hear heavenly heavyheavy with childheavyweight hegemonic hegemonistic heinousheld in aweheroic highhigh and mightyhigh poweredhigh-minded high-powered horrendous horrible horrific hot hugehunky doryhunky-dory husky idealistic illustrious immeasurable immense immoderate immortal immortalized imperative importantimportant personincomparable

Noun(11 words)

dang usefuldarn delacroix dope dynamite fine good goodygrand sumgrands hit

Adjective(6 words)

giga goodgr8grand grt hyper

Related words (286)

influential inordinate intemperate intense interests intimate irresistible ivories jam-upjust dandykeen keyboard keys knightlyknocked uplargelarge scalelarge-scale largehearted leading

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legendary liberal lion lofty longlords of creationloving loyal magician magisterial magnanimous magnate magnificent magnified mahatma main majormajor leaguemammothman of geniusman of markman-sized manual marked marvellous marvy massive mastermaster handmastermind matchless material maximum mean memorable mighty mogul momentous monocratic monstrous mortal nabob name neat nifty nobby noblenoble mindednoble-minded notability notable noteworthy numerous official ok okay openhandedorgan manualout of sightout of this worldout-and-outoutrageous outstanding overruling panjandrum paramount parturient passionatepast masterpeachy peachy-keen pedal pedals peerlessperson of renownpersonage personalitypiano keyspiercingpillar of societyplenary potent powerpower elitepowerfulpracticed handpredominant preeminent preggers pregnant preponderant prestigious prevailing primal primary prime princely principal prodigious prodigy proficient profound prominent pronounced proud puissant ranking raving redoubtable remarkable renowned rigorous ripping rough rulingruling circlerum sachem sage sainted sanctified scrumptious self-important senior sensational serious severe sharp shrined significant sizable skilledskilled handslap-up smashing solid solo somebody somethingsomething elsesovereign spacious spanking spectacular spiffing spiffy splendid splitting star stellar striking strong stunning stupendous sublime substantial superb supereminent superfetate superimpregnated superior superlative superstar supreme surpassing sweet swell talented tall teeming terrible terrificthe greatthe topthroned thumping tidy titanic toptop brasstop peopletopflight topnotcher total totalitarian tough towering transcendent tremendous true tycoon unconscionable unforgivable vast vehement venomousvery important personviolent vip virtuoso virulent voluminous weighty well-known whizwith childwizard wonderfulworld shakingworld-shaking worthy zealous

Adjective(31 words)

keenlarge integerlargerlarger numberlovely magnificent majuscule marvelous momentous neat nicenice exclamationniftynot badold peachy perfect significant slap-up smashing

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splendidsplendid weathersubstantial superb swell tasty terrific vastwith childwonderful yummy

Noun(12 words)

killermagnitude of normal forcemagnitude of resultant forcemagnum mahapolish transformowaćrad rattling refreshing sweet swellestthumbs up

Verb(1 words)

lit

Adjective(9 words)

macro mega over splendid super supra uber ultra zilla

Prefix(1 words)

super-

Choosing the right synonym

Closest matches in this entry: large, outstanding, beautiful, able, absolute.
exceptional: 'Exceptional' emphasizes rarity, not just great but unusually so, an outlier in quality.
Sentence evidence is available for great, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
Ranking signals come from wordnet, opengloss, derived_reverse, moby, and related lexical sources.

Synonym selection checklist

Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "great".
Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.

When not to replace "great"

Keep "great" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.

If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.

Replacement workflow

1. Preserve meaning

Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "great" intact in the sentence you are editing.

2. Tune tone

Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.

3. Re-read context

Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.

Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.

Final fit check

After choosing a replacement for "great", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.

If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "great" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.

How these synonyms differ

exceptional - 'Exceptional' emphasizes rarity, not just great but unusually so, an outlier in quality.
magnificent - 'Magnificent' implies grandeur and splendor, something great in a way that inspires awe or admiration.
outstanding - 'Outstanding' means standing above the rest, great in a measurable, comparative sense.
remarkable - 'Remarkable' means worth commenting on, something that breaks the pattern enough to be noteworthy.

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

11 entries

achieverexpression of frustrationexpression of praiseimportance interjection magnitude quality size succeeder success winner

More specific

14 entries

approval exclamationdramatic enormousironic exclamationmassive momentousnegative reactionoutstanding pivotalpositive reactionpraise exclamationpronouncedsarcastic exclamationsuperb

Collocations

10 entries

great dealgreat extentgreat ideagreat importancegreat jobgreat pointgreat potentialgreat significancegreat successgreat variety

Inflections

2 entries

greater greatest

Derivations

3 entries

greaten greatly greatness

similar

8 entries

big extraordinary good important largeof importpregnant uppercase

Translations

58 translations across 31 languages.

Bulgarian

1 entries

чуде́сно intj (great!)

Central Kurdish

2 entries

باشە intj (great!)
زۆر چاکە intj (great!)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

偉大 /伟大 adj (uncommonly gifted)

Danish

3 entries

fedt intj (great!)
nice intj (great!)
super intj (great!)

Dutch

2 entries

fantastisch intj (great!)
fijn intj (great!)

Finnish

3 entries

lahjakas adj (uncommonly gifted)
nerokas adj (uncommonly gifted)
mahtavaa intj (great!)

French

4 entries

grand adj (uncommonly gifted)
chouette intj (great!)
génial intj (great!)
très bien intj (great!)

Georgian

1 entries

ვაშა intj (great!)

German

2 entries

prima intj (great!)
super intj (great!)

Greek

1 entries

θαυμάσια intj (great!)

Hebrew

3 entries

טוב מאוד intj (great!)
מעולה intj (great!)
נהדר intj (great!)

Hungarian

1 entries

szuper intj (great!)

Icelandic

2 entries

frábært intj (great!)
æðislegt intj (great!)

Irish

1 entries

go hiontach intj (great!)

Italian

3 entries

bene intj (great!)
grande intj (great!)
grandioso intj (great!)

Japanese

3 entries

偉大な adj (uncommonly gifted)
非凡な adj (uncommonly gifted)
すごい intj (great!)

Kabuverdianu

1 entries

nhaku adj (uncommonly gifted)

Latin

2 entries

magnus adj (uncommonly gifted)
babae intj (great!)

Macedonian

2 entries

одлично intj (great!)
супер intj (great!)

Malay

1 entries

bagus intj (great!)

Maore Comorian

1 entries

-ɓole adj (uncommonly gifted)

Persian

1 entries

والا adj (uncommonly gifted)

Polish

2 entries

super intj (great!)
świetnie intj (great!)

Portuguese

2 entries

magnífico intj (great!)
ótimo intj (great!)

Russian

3 entries

здо́рово intj (great!)
класс intj (great!)
отли́чно intj (great!)

Spanish

2 entries

bien intj (great!)
genial intj (great!)

Swedish

1 entries

jättebra intj (great!)

Tamil

3 entries

சூப்பர் intj (great!)
செம்ம intj (great!)
பிரமாதம் intj (great!)

Thai

1 entries

ยอดเยี่ยม intj (great!)

Venetan

1 entries

vèrceghe intj (great!)

Vietnamese

2 entries

tuyệt intj (great!)
tuyệt vời intj (great!)

Sample sentences

47 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

You are the great love of my life.

Source: tatoeba (1788)

The discrepancy between the stories of the two parties involved in the accident was so great that the authorities had a hard time deciding which side was telling the truth.

Source: tatoeba (1918)

I have a great fear of being disdained by those I love and care about.

Source: tatoeba (1920)

Most people have a great disinclination to get out of bed early, even if they have to.

Source: tatoeba (1921)

Showing 4 of 47 available sentences.

Common questions

What are the closest synonyms for "great"?

Closest matches include large, outstanding, beautiful, able, absolute.

How is "exceptional" different from "great"?

'Exceptional' emphasizes rarity, not just great but unusually so, an outlier in quality.

How should I check whether a synonym fits "great"?

Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.

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