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Meaning of word gross from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

gross   noun

Meaning : Twelve dozen.

Synonyms : 144

Meaning : The entire amount of income before any deductions are made.

Synonyms : receipts, revenue

gross   adjective

Meaning : Before any deductions.

Example : Gross income.

Remaining after all deductions.

Net profit.
net, nett

Meaning : Lacking fine distinctions or detail.

Example : The gross details of the structure appear reasonable.

Meaning : Repellently fat.

Example : A bald porcine old man.

Synonyms : porcine

Meaning : Visible to the naked eye (especially of rocks and anatomical features).

Synonyms : megascopic

Meaning : Without qualification. Used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers.

Example : An arrant fool.
A complete coward.
A consummate fool.
A double-dyed villain.
Gross negligence.
A perfect idiot.
Pure folly.
What a sodding mess.
Stark staring mad.
A thorough nuisance.
A thoroughgoing villain.
Utter nonsense.
The unadulterated truth.

Synonyms : arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, perfect, pure, sodding, staring, stark, thorough, thoroughgoing, unadulterated, utter

Meaning : Conspicuously and tastelessly indecent.

Example : Coarse language.
A crude joke.
Crude behavior.
An earthy sense of humor.
A revoltingly gross expletive.
A vulgar gesture.
Full of language so vulgar it should have been edited.

Synonyms : crude, earthy, vulgar

Meaning : Conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible.

Example : A crying shame.
An egregious lie.
Flagrant violation of human rights.
A glaring error.
Gross ineptitude.
Gross injustice.
Rank treachery.

Synonyms : crying, egregious, flagrant, glaring, rank

gross   verb

Meaning : Earn before taxes, expenses, etc..