GREAT DEAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does great deal mean? 

• GREAT DEAL (noun)
  The noun GREAT DEAL has 1 sense:

1. (often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extent

  Familiarity information: GREAT DEAL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GREAT DEAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extent

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

muckle; wad; tidy sum; stack; spate; slew; sight; raft; quite a little; pot; plenty; pile; peck; passel; batch; mountain; mint; mickle; mess; mass; lot; heap; hatful; great deal; good deal; flock; deal

Context example:

a wad of money

Hypernyms ("great deal" is a kind of...):

large indefinite amount; large indefinite quantity (an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "great deal"):

deluge; flood; inundation; torrent (an overwhelming number or amount)

haymow (a mass of hay piled up in a barn for preservation)

 Context examples 

We were only in anxiety and distress during the last two hours, and previously there had been a great deal of enjoyment.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

"Not a great deal, to be sure," agreed Bessie: "at any rate, a beauty like Miss Georgiana would be more moving in the same condition."

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

"Laurie and his grandfather would care a great deal, and we should all be very sorry to have any harm happen to you," said Meg heartily.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

I would have given a great deal to have hailed him and told him how we were placed, but it was too dangerous, lest we should be heard.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I danced with a very agreeable young man, introduced by Mr. King; had a great deal of conversation with him—seems a most extraordinary genius—hope I may know more of him.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

“You intend to be very rich?” said Edmund, with a look which, to Fanny's eye, had a great deal of serious meaning.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

I think the job on the table represents a very big advancement with a great deal of responsibility and power.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

After a great deal of hard work, for the Lion was heavy, they managed to get him up on the truck.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

I will give you my horse, and you shall give me the silver; which will save you a great deal of trouble in carrying such a heavy load about with you.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

I tell you your party is rotten and filled with grafters, and instead of flying into a rage you hum and haw and admit there is a great deal in what I say.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)