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Gross

noun
/ɡɹəʊs/
Word Frequency: 20.4

Definitions

1.nounTwelve dozen = 144.
2.nounThe total nominal earnings or amount, before taxes, expenses, exceptions or similar are deducted. That which remains after all deductions is called net.
3.nounThe bulk, the mass, the masses.
4.verbTo earn money, not including expenses.
"The movie grossed three million on the first weekend."
5.adjective(of behaviour considered to be wrong) Highly or conspicuously offensive.
"a gross mistake;  gross injustice;  gross negligence; a gross insult"
6.adjective(of an amount) Excluding any deductions; including all associated amounts.
"gross domestic product; gross income; gross weight"
7.adjectiveSeen without a microscope (usually for a tissue or an organ); at a large scale; not detailed.
"gross anatomy"
8.adjectiveCausing disgust.
"I threw up all over the bed. It was totally gross."
9.adjectiveLacking refinement in behaviour or manner; offending a standard of morality.
10.adjective(of a product) Lacking refinement; not of high quality.
11.adjective(of a person) Heavy in proportion to one's height; having a lot of excess flesh.
12.adjectiveNot sensitive in perception or feeling.
13.adjectiveDifficult or impossible to see through.
14.adjectiveEasy to perceive.

Synonyms

aggregateentireoveralltotalwholeappallingegregiousflagrantseriousshamefulbulkyfat

Antonyms

finemicroscopicnet

Rhymes With

moroseclosegrandiosebellicoseengrosscomatosedoseploce
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