massive

 
Pronunciation: /ˈmasɪv/

adjective

  • 1large and heavy or solid: a massive rampart of stone
  • 2exceptionally large: massive crowds are expected
  • very serious: a massive heart attack
  • informal very successful or influential: the band are going to be massive
  • 3 Geology (of rocks or beds) having no discernible form or structure: a massive limestone without bedding planes
  • (of a mineral) not visibly crystalline: massive sulphides

noun

British informal
  • a group of young people from a particular area with a common interest in dance music: the Bristol massive

Derivatives

massively

adverb
[as submodifier]: a massively complicated network

massiveness

noun

Origin:

late Middle English: from French massif, -ive, from Old French massis, based on Latin massa (see mass)