1. (

• great

) a person who has achieved distinction and honor in some field; "he is one of the greats of American music" ;

1. (

• great ,

) relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind; "a great juicy steak"; "a great multitude"; "the great auk"; "a great old oak"; "a great ocean liner"; "a great delay" ;

2. (

• great ,
• outstanding

) of major significance or importance; "a great work of art"; "Einstein was one of the outstanding figures of the 20th centurey" ;

3. (

• great ,

) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; "a great crisis"; "had a great stake in the outcome" ;

4. (

• bang-up ,
• bully ,
• corking ,
• cracking ,
• dandy ,
• great ,
• groovy ,
• keen ,
• neat ,
• nifty ,
• not_bad ,
• peachy ,
• slap-up ,
• swell ,
• smashing ,
• old

) very good; "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing"; "we had a grand old time" ;

5. (

• capital ,
• great ,
• majuscule

) uppercase; "capital A"; "great A"; "many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script" ;

6. (

• big ,
• enceinte ,
• expectant ,
• gravid ,
• great ,
• large ,
• heavy ,
• with_child

) in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child"; "was great with child" ;