sizable

English

Alternative forms

• sizeable

Etymology

From size +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaɪzəbəl/

Adjective

sizable (comparative more sizable, superlative most sizable)

1. Fairly large.

   He gave a sizable cash donation, sizable enough that the IRS wondered where all that money came from.

   • 2015 December, Elizabeth Royte, “Vultures Are Revolting. Here's Why We Need to Save Them.”, in National Geographic‎^[1], archived from the original on 13 December 2015:

     A vulture can wolf more than two pounds of meat in a minute; a sizable crowd can strip a zebra—nose to tail—in 30 minutes.

Derived terms

• sizableness
• sizably
• unsizable

Related terms

• resizable

Translations

fairly large

• Bulgarian: доста голям (dosta goljam)
• Catalan: apreciable
• Esperanto: ampleksa, larĝa (eo), vasta (eo)
• Finnish: kookas (fi)
• French: ample (fr), étendu (fr), large (fr)
• Galician: grandeiro
• Greek: ευρύς (el) (evrýs)

  Ancient: εὐρύς (eurús)

• Latgalian: makans
• Latvian: prāvs m
• Polish: znaczny (pl), znaczący (pl)
• Portuguese: considerável (pt)
• Scottish Gaelic: tomadach
• Swedish: ansenlig (sv)

Anagrams

• balizes