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   massive

   /ˈmasɪv/

   adjective

   • 1. large and heavy or solid: "a massive rampart of stone"
   • 2. exceptionally large: "massive crowds are expected"
   • ▪ very serious: "a massive heart attack"
   • ▪ very successful or influential: informal "the band are going to be massive"
   • 3. (of rocks or beds) having no discernible form or structure: "a massive limestone without bedding planes"
   • ▪ (of a mineral) not visibly crystalline: "massive sulphides"

   noun

   • 1. a group of young people from a particular area with a common interest in dance music: informal British "the Bristol massive"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from French massif, -ive, from Old French massis, based on Latin massa (see mass).

   Derivatives

   • 1. massiveness noun

   Scrabble Points: 12

   • M

     3

   • A

     1

   • S

     1

   • S

     1

   • I

     1

   • V

     4

   • E

     1

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