Harry inherited the house and a sizeable chunk of land.
Savers with a sizeable chunk of cash would do better to leave their money elsewhere.
Synonyms: large, considerable, substantial, goodly More Synonyms of sizeable
Examples of 'sizeable' in a sentence
sizeable
What you want is an insurer which has a sizeable chunk of money in equities.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Perhaps unsurprisingly a sizeable proportion of those questioned had guilty consciences to go with their bulging wardrobes.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The phasing out of incandescent lightbulbs will condemn a sizeable number of people to darkness.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
But a sizeable chunk of those who do happen to be footballers.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It is reasonable to conclude that a sizeable proportion of that will be illicit activity.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Square numbers and cube numbers have a sizeable fan base.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
But it may still be gratified to find that it has a sizeable proportion of the public on its side.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
No doubt, there is a sizeable minority of individuals who feel that way under certain circumstances.
Stanko, Elizabeth Everyday Violence (1990)
For the sizeable minority still remaining, this question is dreaded.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Today, there are still a sizeable number of women with no choices.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
We are dealing with a minority but it's quite a sizeable minority and they need our help.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
At one point a sizeable number of players and members of both teams' coaching staff got involved in a brawl on the pitch.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
A fairly sizeable tribe has grown around tweeting, eating and meeting.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It is not the first time that a sizeable chunk of IT expenditure has gone awry.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
A sizeable number of people could benefit - certainly thousands.
The Sun (2016)
The trust holds a sizeable number of consumer stocks and trades on a 9 per cent discount to the net asset value of its portfolio.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
He settles on 35 per cent, which we suggest is a sizeable chunk.
The Sun (2014)
Yet, with each animal killed, a sizeable proportion of it is wasted.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Moreover, a sizeable minority of the others don't get very far at all.
The Times Literary Supplement (2013)
On the contrary, they make up a sizeable proportion of recruitment companies' intakes.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
It is a sizeable proportion,' she said.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
In practice, a sizeable number are likely to do so, adding to the turnover.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
According to a 2012 report, a sizeable minority of the public uses the money to make big purchases.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The owners and a sizeable minority of fans began to expect (almost to demand) that this trajectory continued indefinitely.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
And I imagine that a sizeable proportion of the film's audience will feel the same way.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
In other languages
sizeable
British English: sizeable ADJECTIVE
Sizeable means fairly large.
He inherited the house and a sizeable chunk of land.
American English: sizable
Brazilian Portuguese: considerável
Chinese: 相当大的
European Spanish: considerable
French: assez grand
German: ansehnlich
Italian: considerevole
Japanese: かなり大きい
Korean: 상당한 크기의
European Portuguese: considerável
Latin American Spanish: considerable
All related terms of 'sizeable'
sizable
quite large
sizeable stake
If you have a stake in something such as a business, it matters to you, for example because you own part of it or because its success or failure will affect you.
sizeable deposit
A deposit is a sum of money which is part of the full price of something, and which you pay when you agree to buy it.
sizeable minority
If you talk about a minority of people or things in a larger group, you are referring to a number of them that forms less than half of the larger group, usually much less than half.
sizeable proportion
A proportion of a group or an amount is a part of it.