gross: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 6 letter points · starts with G · ends with S
Meaning of gross
adj
remarkably great, big, vast in an often unpleasant way; (of behaviour) Highly or conspicuously offensive.
Example: a gross mistake; gross injustice; gross negligence; a gross insult
Excluding any deductions; including all associated amounts.
Example: gross domestic product; gross income; gross weight
Seen without a microscope (usually for a tissue or an organ); at a large scale; not detailed.
Example: gross anatomy
- Australia, Canada, US, informal
Causing disgust.
Example: I threw up all over the bed. It was totally gross.
Listed forms: grosser, grossest.
Source: Wiktionary — gross.
noun
- countable, uncountable
Twelve dozen = 144.
Example: We need to order three gross of torx screws for next week.
- countable, uncountable
The total amount (of goods, money, etc) before taxes, expenses, exceptions, tares, or similar deductions are subtracted.
- countable, uncountable
The bulk; the mass.
Listed forms: grosses.
Source: Wiktionary — gross.
verb
- transitive
To earn money, not including expenses.
Example: The movie grossed three million on the first weekend.
Listed forms: grosses, grossing, grossed.
Source: Wiktionary — gross.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for gross.
adjective
repellently fat
adjective
visible to the naked eye (especially of rocks and anatomical features)
- megascopic
adjective
without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
adjective
conspicuously and tastelessly indecent
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is gross in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of gross
G(2) + R(1) + O(1) + S(1) + S(1) = 6 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of gross
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from gross
5 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in gross. Showing up to 24, longest first.