gross
[adjective]
Synonyms:
- fat, corpulent, hulking, obese, overweight
- total, aggregate, before deductions, before tax, entire, whole
- vulgar, coarse, crude, indelicate, obscene, offensive
- blatant, flagrant, grievous, heinous, rank, sheer, unmitigated, utter
[verb]
Synonyms:
- earn, bring in, make, rake in (informal), take

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Antonyms: petty, net
Contrasted words: paltry, trifling, trivial, decent, decorous, proper, refined
Related Words: excessive, exorbitant, extreme, immoderate, inordinate, animal, carnal, fleshy, sensual, loathsome, offensive, repulsive, revolting, improper, unrefined

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. gross¹ S3 /ɡrəʊs $ ɡroʊs/ adjective
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: gros 'big, thick', from Latin grossus]

1. TOTAL [only before noun]
a) a gross sum of money is the total amount before any tax or costs have been taken away ⇒ net:
a gross profit of $5 million
gross income/salary/pay etc
a family with gross earnings of just £75 per week
b) a gross weight is the total weight of something, including its wrapping

2. VERY BAD [only before noun] clearly wrong and unacceptable
gross negligence/misconduct etc
soldiers accused of gross violations of human rights
The company described reports of environmental disaster as gross exaggeration.
gross indecency (=the crime of doing something that is sexually offensive)

3. NASTY spoken very unpleasant to look at or think about Synonym : disgusting:
Ooh, gross! I hate spinach!

4. FAT informal extremely fat and unattractive
—grossly adverb [+ adjective/adverb]:
Lambert was grossly overweight.
Medical records were found to be grossly inadequate.
—grossness noun [uncountable]

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. gross² adverb
earn £20,000/$30,000 etc gross to earn £20,000 etc before tax has been taken away ⇒ net:
a junior executive earning $50,000 gross

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

III. gross³ verb [transitive]
to gain an amount as a total profit, or earn it as a total amount, before tax has been taken away ⇒ net:
The movie has already grossed over $10 million.
gross somebody ↔ out phrasal verb
American English spoken to make someone wish they had not seen or been told about something because it is so unpleasant Synonym : disgust:
His dirty fingernails really gross me out.
—grossed out adjective

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

IV. gross⁴ noun (plural gross) [countable]
a quantity of 144 things
gross of
two gross of candles

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲