SIZABLE Synonyms: 152 Similar and Opposite Words

sizable

adjective

ˈsī-zə-bəl

variants or sizeable

Definition of sizable

as in large

of a size greater than average of its kind a sizable sum of money

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Relevance

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

as in considerable

sufficiently large in size, amount, or number to merit attention a sizable increase in attendance since the team began its winning streak a sizable raise

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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of sizable The show very much felt like a victory lap for a debut album that has already found a sizable audience. — Alicia Urrea, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2026 Impeachment politics next year could be driven by an incoming crop of progressive lawmakers who could form a sizable bloc in the caucus. — Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 9 Oct. 2026 More than a dozen small businesses were inside the shopping center when the fire destroyed the complex, which made up a sizeable part of the small town's sales tax revenue. — Sarah Horbacewicz, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026 However, only one of us has legally ended the lives of a sizable proportion of them. — Dr. Jacob Appel, New York Daily News, 8 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for sizable

Recent Examples of Synonyms for sizable

Adjective

In Lyon, France's third-largest city where about 20,000 protesters joined the march, a fire broke out inside a tourist office.

— SYLVIE CORBET, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026
El-Sayed’s primary challenger, Haley Stevens, who of course lost to El-Sayed, did carry Michael counties with large Black populations.

— NBC news, NBC news, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of large

Adjective

But the fee puts considerable professional access within reach of people financing their own ambitions.

— Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2026
In Japan, this has meant not only a great deal of collusion between yakuza gangs and law enforcement but also considerable overlap between crime and politics—especially, though not exclusively, right-wing politics.

— Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of considerable

Adjective

For a complicated model with multiple color changes, the waste can become substantial.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2026
Its existing capabilities provide a starting point for the conversion, although the transport configuration cannot perform the new mission without substantial modifications.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of substantial

Adjective

Sullivan and Peltola have already faced off this year, but Thursday's debate was widely seen as the most significant for the general electorate.

— Matthew Choi The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026
That reality makes the latest Carrera T more significant than its understated badge might suggest.

— Bradley Iger, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of significant

Adjective

At the end of September, leaders of several of the biggest AI companies went to the White House and signed an accord committing to internal risk controls, independent audits and board-level oversight of safety.

— Giorgos Tsetis, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
Go rebound the basketball, go protect the rim, be a big big for us.

— Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2026