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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Considerable \Con*sid"er*a*ble\ (k[o^]n*s[i^]d"[~e]r*[.a]*b'l), a. [Cf. F. consid['e]rable.]
1. Worthy of consideration; requiring to be observed, borne in mind, or attended to.
It is considerable, that some urns have had inscriptions on them expressing that the lamps were burning. --Bp. Wilkins.
Eternity is infinitely the most considerable duration. --Tillotson.
2. Of some distinction; noteworthy; influential; respectable; -- said of persons.
You are, indeed, a very considerable man. --Junius.
3. Of importance or value.
In painting, not every action, nor every person, is considerable enough to enter into the cloth. --Dryden.
A considerable sum of money. --Prescott.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
considerable
adjective: large or relatively large in number or amount or extent or degree; "a considerable quantity"; "the economy was a considerable issue in the campaign"; "went to considerable trouble for us"; "spent a considerable amount of time on the problem" [ant: {inconsiderable}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
128 Moby Thesaurus words for "considerable": able, absolute, active, appreciable, ascendant, authoritarian, authoritative, authorized, autocratic, big, big-league, big-name, big-time, bigwig, bigwigged, billion, bumper, capable, clothed with authority, commanding, competent, comprehensive, consequential, controlling, decent, deep, distinguished, dominant, double-barreled, duly constituted, earthshaking, effective, efficacious, eminent, empowered, estimable, ever so many, ex officio, exhaustive, extensive, fair, full, full many, good, goodly, governing, grand, grave, great, healthy, heaped-up, heavy, heavyweight, hefty, hegemonic, hegemonistic, high-powered, illustrious, imperative, important, influential, intense, irresistible, jillion, large, large-scale, leading, main, major, man-sized, many, material, maximum, meaningful, mighty, million, momentous, monocratic, multifarious, multifold, multiple, multitudinal, multitudinous, myriad, name, no few, not a few, notable, noteworthy, noticeable, numerous, of consequence, official, plenary, potent, powerful, preeminent, prestigious, pretty, prominent, puissant, quite some, ranking, remarkable, respectable, ruling, self-important, senior, sensible, serious, significant, sizable, sizeable, smart, strong, substantial, superior, supreme, tall, thousand, tidy, total, totalitarian, very many, weighty, world-shaking, worthy, zillion
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