Synonyms for considerable
- adjective
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Good-sized — large in amount
good-sized informal, round
2. Substantial — significant; worth considering
substantial, large, appreciable, significant, much, hefty, great, gurt UK, sizable US, sizeable UK, goodly, extensive, respectable, major, big, good, important, solid, influential, consequential, healthy, righteous, pretty dated
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Significant; worth considering.
Soon I became a considerable figure in the music industry.
- adj. 2
Large in amount.
Related words
- Word family
- consider considerably
Example sentences
- substantial Human vices provide substantial government income.
- appreciable He's shown no appreciable change of attitude.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| considerable | falling | |
| substantial | falling | |
| appreciable | falling | |
| swingeing | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- big1
- 4 letters
- good1, much1, gurt
- 5 letters
- great1, large1, major2, round1, solid2, hefty2
- 6 letters
- pretty2, goodly2
- 7 letters
- healthy2, sizable3
- 8 letters
- sizeable3
- 9 letters
- important3, extensive3, righteous2, swingeing
- 11 letters
- significant4, substantial3, influential4, respectable4, appreciable4
- 13 letters
- consequential4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (major2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- considérable
- Español
- considerable
- Deutsch
- beachtlich