Epic and Mean

Epic

Epic adjective - Large and impressive in size, grandeur, extent, or conception.
Usage example: an epic plan for the revitalization of the city

Mean is an antonym for epic.

Nearby Word: epical

Mean

Mean adjective - Being about midway between extremes of amount or size.

Epic is an antonym for mean.

Nearby Words: means, meaning, meanness, meant, meanly

How words are described

old old epic old mean
full full epic full mean
standard standard epic standard mean
true true epic true mean
Other adjectives: downright, big, huge, animated, exciting, full-blown.

Both words in one sentence

  • Recap / Doctor Who 2010 CS "A Christmas Carol" Epic Hail: Amy and Rory find themselves on a crashing spaceship, so naturally they summon the Doctor.Rory: The lights gone out... So, does this mean he's coming, or does it mean I need to change the bulb?
  • Intergenerational Friendship: Just because there may some small age gaps doesn't mean we can't still be epic friends Mood Whiplash: Constantly Multinational Team: We got our Americans, our Canadians, our English girl from Malta, our EVERYONE!
  • In Mean Girls Janis and Damien have what would be an epic movie ending kiss in any other movie... Except here Damien is gay and Janis is a straight girl everyone thinks is a lesbian.
    Source: Awkward Kiss
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