gross

(noun) twelve dozen. Synonyms: 144.

(noun) the entire amount of income before any deductions are made. Synonyms: revenue, receipts.

(verb) earn before taxes, expenses, etc..

(adj) before any deductions. Synonyms: gross (vs. net). Examples: "Gross income."

(adj) lacking fine distinctions or detail. Examples: "The gross details of the structure appear reasonable."

(adj) repellently fat. Synonyms: porcine. Examples: "A bald porcine old man."

(adj) visible to the naked eye (especially of rocks and anatomical features). Synonyms: megascopic.

(adj) without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers. Synonyms: arrant(prenominal), complete(prenominal), consummate(prenominal), double-dyed(prenominal), everlasting(prenominal), gross(prenominal), perfect(prenominal), pure(prenominal), sodding(prenominal), stark(prenominal), staring(prenominal), thoroughgoing(prenominal), utter(prenominal), unadulterated. Examples: "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."

(adj) conspicuously and tastelessly indecent. Synonyms: crude, earthy, vulgar. Examples: "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."

(adj) conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible. Synonyms: crying(prenominal), egregious, flagrant, glaring, rank. Examples: "A crying shame." "An egregious lie." "Flagrant violation of human rights." "A glaring error." "Gross ineptitude." "Gross injustice." "Rank treachery."