Synonyms for gross
groʊsgross

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1. grossnoun

   Antonyms:
   fine

2. grossnoun

   Disgusting.

   The movie grossed three million on the first weekend.

   Antonyms:
   fine, net

3. grossnoun

   Coarse, rude, vulgar, obscene, or impure.

   But man to know God is a difficulty, except by a mean he himself inure, which is to know God’s creatures that be: at first them that be of the grossest nature, and then [...] them that be more pure. — 1874: Dodsley et al., A Select Collection of Old English Plays

   Antonyms:
   net, fine

4. grossadjective

   Great, large, palpable, bulky, or fat.

   Antonyms:
   net, fine

5. grossadjective

   Antonyms:
   fine, net

6. grossadjective

   gross domestic product

   Antonyms:
   fine, net

7. grossadjective

   Antonyms:
   fine, net

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1. gross

   Synonyms:
   adulterated, defiled, dirty, filthy, foul, immodest, impure, indecent, indelicate, lewd, mixed, obscene, polluted, stained, sullied, tainted, tarnished, unchaste, unclean

   Antonyms:
   absolute, chaste, classic, classical, clean, clear, continent, genuine, guileless, guiltless, holy, immaculate, incorrupt, innocent, mere, perfect, pure, real, sheer, simple, spotless, stainless, true, unadulterated, unblemished, uncorrupted, undefiled, unmingled, unmixed, unpolluted, unspotted, unstained, unsullied, untainted, untarnished, upright, virtuous

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1. gross

   Synonyms:
   entire, vulgar, vicious, impure, coarse, bloated, sensual, animal, bulk, indelicate, outrageous, unseemly, shameful

   Antonyms:
   partial, net, pure, refined

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1. gross, 144noun

   twelve dozen

   Synonyms:
   receipts, revenue

   Antonyms:
   decent, clear, invisible, lean, unseeable, mitigated, specific, inconspicuous, thin, nett, net, take-home

2. gross, revenue, receiptsadjective

   the entire amount of income before any deductions are made

   Synonyms:
   tax income, receipts, taxation, revenue, tax revenue

   Antonyms:
   take-home, invisible, net, clear, unseeable, nett, inconspicuous, mitigated, decent, lean, thin, specific

3. grossadjective

   before any deductions

   "gross income"

   Synonyms:
   porcine, pure(a), utter(a), unadulterated, thoroughgoing(a), double-dyed(a), crude, perfect(a), egregious, vulgar, glaring, gross(a), staring(a), arrant(a), rank, stark(a), megascopic, flagrant, crying(a), consummate(a), everlasting(a), complete(a), sodding(a), earthy

   Antonyms:
   inconspicuous, invisible, decent, nett, take-home, net, lean, specific, clear, mitigated, unseeable, thin

4. grossadjective

   lacking fine distinctions or detail

   "the gross details of the structure appear reasonable"

   Synonyms:
   porcine, pure(a), utter(a), unadulterated, thoroughgoing(a), double-dyed(a), crude, perfect(a), egregious, vulgar, glaring, gross(a), staring(a), arrant(a), rank, stark(a), megascopic, flagrant, crying(a), consummate(a), everlasting(a), complete(a), sodding(a), earthy

   Antonyms:
   take-home, net, invisible, specific, thin, decent, unseeable, mitigated, nett, lean, clear, inconspicuous

5. gross, porcineadjective

   repellently fat

   "a bald porcine old man"

   Synonyms:
   porcine, pure(a), utter(a), unadulterated, thoroughgoing(a), double-dyed(a), crude, perfect(a), egregious, vulgar, glaring, gross(a), piggy, staring(a), arrant(a), rank, hoggish, stark(a), megascopic, flagrant, crying(a), consummate(a), everlasting(a), swinish, complete(a), sodding(a), earthy, piggish

   Antonyms:
   net, lean, specific, inconspicuous, take-home, unseeable, invisible, clear, nett, thin, decent, mitigated

6. megascopic, grossadjective

   visible to the naked eye (especially of rocks and anatomical features)

   Synonyms:
   porcine, pure(a), utter(a), unadulterated, thoroughgoing(a), double-dyed(a), crude, perfect(a), egregious, vulgar, glaring, gross(a), staring(a), arrant(a), rank, stark(a), megascopic, flagrant, crying(a), consummate(a), everlasting(a), complete(a), sodding(a), earthy

   Antonyms:
   inconspicuous, lean, net, clear, unseeable, take-home, decent, invisible, mitigated, nett, specific, thin

7. arrant(a), complete(a), consummate(a), double-dyed(a), everlasting(a), gross(a), perfect(a), pure(a), sodding(a), stark(a), staring(a), thoroughgoing(a), utter(a), unadulteratedadjective

   without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers

   "an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth"

   Antonyms:
   inconspicuous, unseeable, thin, invisible, decent, take-home, mitigated, specific, nett, lean, net, clear

8. crude, earthy, gross, vulgaradjective

   conspicuously and tastelessly indecent

   "coarse language"; "a crude joke"; "crude behavior"; "an earthy sense of humor"; "a revoltingly gross expletive"; "a vulgar gesture"; "full of language so vulgar it should have been edited"

   Synonyms:
   rough, plebeian, rank, coarse, perfect(a), consummate(a), unadulterated, raw, primitive, common, flagrant, arrant(a), porcine, crying(a), unwashed, staring(a), sodding(a), megascopic, unrefined, rough-cut, glaring, crude(a), rude, crude, complete(a), gross(a), egregious, double-dyed(a), stark(a), vernacular, pure(a), unprocessed, uncouth, blunt, everlasting(a), down-to-earth, earthy, thoroughgoing(a), vulgar, utter(a)

   Antonyms:
   specific, unseeable, decent, nett, inconspicuous, lean, take-home, clear, net, invisible, mitigated, thin

9. crying(a), egregious, flagrant, glaring, gross, rankverb

   conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible

   "a crying shame"; "an egregious lie"; "flagrant violation of human rights"; "a glaring error"; "gross ineptitude"; "gross injustice"; "rank treachery"

   Antonyms:
   net, inconspicuous, clear, mitigated, decent, take-home, nett, lean, specific, thin, unseeable, invisible

10. grossverb

    earn before taxes, expenses, etc.

    Antonyms:
    invisible, decent, lean, inconspicuous, clear, unseeable, nett, thin, take-home, specific, net, mitigated

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1. • Earn
   • Large Integer

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1. desgusting

   not a nice look or smells bad

   Submitted by anonymous on February 23, 2021  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. grossadjective

   Synonyms:
   large, big, bulky, great

2. grossadjective

   Synonyms:
   dense, thick, not attenuated

3. grossadjective

   Synonyms:
   coarse, rough, rude, unrefined, indelicate, sensual, impure, vulgar, low, broad

4. grossadjective

   Synonyms:
   enormous, flagrant, shameful, unseemly, unbecoming, outrageous

5. grossadjective

   Synonyms:
   palpable, manifest, glaring

6. grossadjective

   Synonyms:
   whole, total, entire

7. grossnoun

   Synonyms:
   whole, total, aggregate, gross amount, sum total

8. grossnoun

   Synonyms:
   twelve dozen

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1. grossnoun

   Synonyms:
   aggregate

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1. List of paraphrases for "gross":

   crude, raw, flagrant, rough, brute, bruto, blatant, serious, disgusting, total, grave, bully, mao, glaring, unworked, macroscopic, brutal, severe, coarse, egregious, bullies, grossed-up

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1. Loren Fleckenstein:

   Our net inflow in February 2015 across all DoubleLine open-end funds was more than three times the average monthly net inflow in 2014 through August - the last full month before Bill Gross left Pimco, our two largest intermediate-term bond funds, DoubleLine Total Return Bond and DoubleLine Core Fixed Income, continue to see a large volume of subscriptions from investors moving out of Pimco Total Return Bond Fund as well as other investors.

2. Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck:

   Gross National Happiness is more important than Gross National Product.

3. Bob Menendez:

   President Obama's actions have vindicated the brutal behavior of the Cuban government, trading Mr. Gross for three convicted criminals sets an extremely dangerous precedent. It invites dictatorial and rogue regimes to use Americans serving overseas as bargaining chips.

4. John Wesley:

   A feast of dedication; yet he calls it a feast to Jehovah; for as brutish as they were, they did not design to terminate their adoration in the image; but they made it for a representation of the true God...yet this did not excuse them from gross idolatry.”

5. Michael McCaul:

   It's reprehensible that the International Olympic Committee has bowed down to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), ignored their gross human rights violations, and allowed them to host this year's Olympics, just as they did in 2008, the CCP will certainly use these Olympics in an attempt to whitewash their genocide, military aggression and oppression of their own people.