sizable

Fairly large.

Adjective

  1. Fairly large.
    • He gave a sizable cash donation, sizable enough that the IRS wondered where all that money came from.
    • A vulture can wolf more than two pounds of meat in a minute; a sizable crowd can strip a zebra—nose to tail—in 30 minutes. - 2015 December, Elizabeth Royte, “Vultures Are Revolting. Here's Why We Need to Save Them.”, in...

Origin

Etymology tree English size Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English sizable From size + -able.

Forms

more sizable most sizable sizeable

Synonyms

goodly prodigious

Related

resizable

Derived

sizableness sizably unsizable