MASSIVENESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does massiveness mean? 

• MASSIVENESS (noun)
  The noun MASSIVENESS has 2 senses:

1. an unwieldy largeness

2. the property of being large in mass

  Familiarity information: MASSIVENESS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MASSIVENESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An unwieldy largeness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

bulkiness; massiveness

Hypernyms ("massiveness" is a kind of...):

bigness; largeness (the property of having a relatively great size)

Derivation:

massive (imposing in size or bulk or solidity)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The property of being large in mass

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

heft; heftiness; massiveness; ponderosity; ponderousness

Hypernyms ("massiveness" is a kind of...):

heaviness; weightiness (the property of being comparatively great in weight)

Derivation:

massive (consisting of great mass; containing a great quantity of matter)

massive (imposing in size or bulk or solidity)

 Context examples 

The face, with large features and strong lines, of the square order, yet well filled out, was apparently massive at first sight; but again, as with the body, the massiveness seemed to vanish, and a conviction to grow of a tremendous and excessive mental or spiritual strength that lay behind, sleeping in the deeps of his being.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)