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, Elizabeth Royte, Vultures Are Revolting. Here's Why We Need to Save Them., National Geographic (December 2015)[1]

     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

Translations

fairly large

• Catalan: apreciable
• Finnish: kookas (fi)
• Latgalian: makans
• Latvian: prāvs m
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• Polish: znaczny (pl), znaczący (pl)
• Scottish Gaelic: tomadach
• Swedish: ansenlig (sv)

Anagrams

• balizes