Meaning & use

sizeable

adjective·Everyday

Fairly large in size, amount, or extent; a variant spelling of sizable.

See it in a sentence

The charity received a sizeable donation from an anonymous local business.

They found a sizeable gap in the fence where the deer had been getting through.

A note on using this word

Sizeable and sizable are equally correct; sizeable is more common in British English, while sizable dominates in American usage.

Words with a similar meaning

substantialconsiderablelarge

Choose a synonym to suit the sentence. Meanings can overlap without being identical.

Words with an opposite meaning

tinynegligible

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