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

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

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

Matched Categories

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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How to use gross in a sentence?

1. Christopher Rolland:

   The top line looked a little bit light of the Street and gross margin looked a little bit light, pC was weaker in the fourth quarter than we were expecting.

2. George Bernard Shaw:

   Love is a gross exaggeration of the difference between one person and everybody else.

3. Gene Dodaro:

   The highest in the United States government’s history of debt held by the public as a percent of gross domestic product was 1946, right after World War II, we’re on mark to hit that in the next 15 to 25 years.

4. Jason Chaffetz:

   The facts before us on the impeachment go solely to what Mr. Koskinen did and didn’t do when he was under subpoena, there was a lot of gross negligence, things he should have done, could have done.

5. Todd Rosenbluth:

   Through May, the Janus fund declined in value this year, underperforming its peers and the Barclays Aggregate index, despite the strong brand name Bill Gross has with fixed-income investors, a fund with a short record that underperforms will face challenges gathering fresh assets.