adj. relating to or characteristic of heroes of antiquity; "heroic legends"; "the heroic age"

adj. having or displaying qualities appropriate for heroes; "the heroic attack on the beaches of Normandy"; "heroic explorers"

adj. of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope; "an expansive lifestyle"; "in the grand manner"; "collecting on a grand scale"; "heroic undertakings"

adj. (of persons) dangerously reckless or violent as from urgency or despair; "a desperate criminal"; "taken hostage of desperate men"

adj. very imposing or impressive; surpassing the ordinary (especially in size or scale); "an epic voyage"; "of heroic proportions"; "heroic sculpture"

adj. possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching; "Familiarity with danger makes a brave man braver but less daring"- Herman Melville; "a frank courageous heart...triumphed over pain"- William Wordsworth; "set a courageous example by leading them safely into and out of enemy-held territory"

adj. being attentive to women like an ideal knight

adj. having or showing valor; "a valiant attempt to prevent the hijack"; "a valiant soldier"

adj. used especially of persons; "a stalwart knight"; "a stouthearted fellow who had an active career in the army"

adj. having or showing or indicative of high or elevated character; "a noble spirit"; "noble deeds"

adj. having great beauty and splendor; "a glorious spring morning"; "a glorious sunset"; "splendid costumes"; "a kind of splendiferous native simplicity"

adj. having or showing great strength or force or intensity; "struck a mighty blow"; "the mighty logger Paul Bunyan"; "the pen is mightier than the sword"- Bulwer-Lytton

adj. based on or told of in traditional stories; lacking factual basis or historical validity; "mythical centaurs"; "the fabulous unicorn"

adj. invulnerable to fear or intimidation; "audacious explorers"; "fearless reporters and photographers"; "intrepid pioneers"

adj. presumptuously daring; "a daredevil test pilot having the right stuff"

adj. showing or requiring courage and contempt of danger; "the nervy feats of mountaineers"

adj. made bold or courageous

adj. marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences; "foolhardy enough to try to seize the gun from the hijacker"; "became the fiercest and most reckless of partisans"-Macaulay; "a reckless driver"; "a rash attempt to climb Mount Everest"

adj. revealing excessive self-confidence; reaching for the heights; "vaulting ambition"

adj. having or showing undue valor or boldness; "a foolish overvaliant act"

adj. inspiring awe or admiration or wonder; "New York is an amazing city"; "the Grand Canyon is an awe-inspiring sight"; "the awesome complexity of the universe"; "this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath"- Melville; "Westminster Hall's awing majesty, so vast, so high, so silent"

adj. commanding attention; "an arresting drawing of people turning into animals"; "a sensational concert--one never to be forgotten"; "a stunning performance"

adj. impressive in appearance; "a baronial mansion"; "an imposing residence"; "a noble tree"; "severe-looking policemen sat astride noble horses"; "stately columns"

adj. sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect; "a dramatic sunset"; "a dramatic pause"; "a spectacular display of northern lights"; "it was a spectacular play"; "his striking good looks always created a sensation"

adj. of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope; "an expansive lifestyle"; "in the grand manner"; "collecting on a grand scale"; "heroic undertakings"

adj. having or displaying great dignity or nobility; "a gallant pageant"; "lofty ships"; "majestic cities"; "proud alpine peaks"

adj. impressive because of unnecessary largeness or grandeur; used to show disapproval

adj. impressive in appearance

adj. intellectually or emotionally overwhelming; "a mind-boggling display"; "a mind-boggling puzzle"

adj. suitable for or like a palace; "palatial furnishings"; "a palatial yacht"

adj. notably out of the ordinary; "the year saw one signal triumph for the Labour party"

adj. extraordinarily big or impressive; "a thundering success"; "the thundering silence of what was left unsaid"

adj. moving at very high speed; "a breakneck pace"

adj. of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk; "an extremely dicey future on a brave new world of liquid nitrogen, tar, and smog"- New Yorker

adj. able or likely to do harm

adj. involving risk or danger; "skydiving is a hazardous sport"; "extremely risky going out in the tide and fog"; "a wild financial scheme"

adj. intended to entrap

adj. caught in a difficult or dangerous situation; "there I was back on the hook"

adj. fraught with danger; "dangerous waters"; "a parlous journey on stormy seas"; "a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat"; "the precarious life of an undersea diver"; "dangerous surgery followed by a touch-and-go recovery"

adj. dangerous to yourself or your interests; "suicidal impulses"; "a suicidal corporate takeover strategy"; "a kamikaze pilot"

adj. dangerously unstable and unpredictable; "treacherous winding roads"; "an unreliable trestle"

adj. fairly large; "a sizable fortune"; "an ample waistline"; "of ample proportions"

adj. inconceivably large

adj. unusually good; outstanding; "a banner year for the company"

adj. large or big relative to something else

adj. highest in quality

adj. somewhat large

adj. being puffed out; used of hair style or clothing; "a bouffant skirt"

adj. of large size for its weight

adj. large in capacity; "she carried a capacious bag"

adj. extraordinarily large in size or amount or degree

adj. inconceivably extended in space or time

adj. of great mass; huge and bulky; "a jumbo jet"; "jumbo shrimp"

adj. unusually large in scope; "a large-scale attack on AIDS is needed"

adj. relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind; "a great juicy steak"; "a great multitude"; "the great auk"; "a great old oak"; "a great ocean liner"; "a great delay"

adj. of great size and bulk; "a hulking figure of a man"; "three hulking battleships"

adj. (used informally) very large; "a thumping loss"

adj. extra large; "a king-size bed"

adj. constructed or drawn to a big scale; "large-scale maps"

adj. being of the same size as an original; "a life-size sculpture"

adj. very large in scale or scope or capability

adj. very large; appropriate to the size of a man; "a man-sized piece of cake"

adj. imposing in size or bulk or solidity; "massive oak doors"; "Moore's massive sculptures"; "the monolithic proportions of Stalinist architecture"; "a monumental scale"

adj. abnormally large

adj. like a mountain in size and impressiveness; "mountainous waves"; "a mountainous dark man"

adj. unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope; "huge government spending"; "huge country estates"; "huge popular demand for higher education"; "a huge wave"; "the Los Angeles aqueduct winds like an immense snake along the base of the mountains"; "immense numbers of birds"; "at vast (or immense) expense"; "the vast reaches of outer space"; "the vast accumulation of knowledge...which we call civilization"- W.R.Inge

adj. larger than normal for its kind

adj. excessively large

adj. so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe; "colossal crumbling ruins of an ancient temple"; "has a colossal nerve"; "a prodigious storm"; "a stupendous field of grass"; "stupendous demand"

adj. (used especially of beds) not as large as king-size; "a queen-sized bed"

adj. allowing ample room for ranging

adj. very large in expanse or scope; "a broad lawn"; "the wide plains"; "a spacious view"; "spacious skies"

adj. extremely large; "another super skyscraper"

adj. severe; punishingly bad; "swingeing taxation"; "swingeing damages awarded by the judge"

adj. of great force or power

adj. large in volume or bulk; "a voluminous skirt"

adj. limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a little dining room"; "a little house"; "a small car"; "a little (or small) group"