gross meaning and definition

GROSS noun

Definition of gross (noun)

1. twelve dozen
   • synonyms: 144
2. the entire amount of income before any deductions are made
   • synonyms: receipts, revenue

GROSS verb

Definition of gross (verb)

1. earn before taxes, expenses, etc.

GROSS adjective

Definition of gross (adjective)

1. before any deductions
   • "gross income"
   • antonym: net
2. lacking fine distinctions or detail
   • "the gross details of the structure appear reasonable"
3. repellently fat
   • "a bald porcine old man"
   • synonyms: porcine
4. visible to the naked eye (especially of rocks and anatomical features)
   • synonyms: megascopic
5. without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
   • "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 thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth"
   • synonyms: arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, perfect, pure, sodding, staring, stark, thoroughgoing, unadulterated, utter
6. conspicuously and tastelessly indecent
   • "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
7. conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
   • "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