guid, oleaginous, unguinous, lardacious, butyraceous; soapy, saponaceous, waxy; buttery, floating in grease or butter.
2. oily, unctuous, slippery, smooth, slithery, suave, smooth-tongued, glib, facile, mealy-mouthed, fawning, gushing, groveling, flattering.
3. slimy, dirty, grimy, begrimed, smudged, Inf. sloppy, SI. grungy, SI. yucky.

great, adj. 1. prodigious, unlimited, boundless, vast, immense, grand, extensive, spacious, capacious; large, big, huge, massive, gigantic, monstrous, gargantuan, Cyclopean, titanic, Brobdingnagian; numerous, many, multitudinous, manifold, abundant, voluminous, ample, countless.
2. extreme, pronounced, excessive, exorbitant; preposterous, outrageous, unreasonable, undue, inordinate.
3. important, salient, significant, consequential, weighty, momentous, commanding, influential, dominant, paramount, critical, serious, vital; noteworthy, essential, principal, primary, main, capital.
4. illustrious, famed, prominent, noted, eminent, renowned, admirable; preeminent, distinguished, celebrated, exalted, elevated, dignified, esteemed; major, notable, leading, of high rank, supreme, signal, grand, superior, peerless, matchless, incomparable, high, top, popular, well-known.
5. high-minded, magnanimous, philanthropic, altruistic, noble, generous, unselfish, humane, beneficent; benevolent, kind-hearted, kindly, gracious; just, fair, impartial, unbiased, unprejudiced; honorable, chivalrous, heroic, lofty, princely.
6. sublime, magnificent, majestic, grand, august; glorious, imperial, towering, tall.
7. absolute, positive, utmost, uttermost, unequivocal, unconditional, unqualified, intense, profound; perfect, complete, thoroughgoing, full, consummate, thundering; stark, sheer, arrant, flagrant, downright, glaring. -n. 8. leader, prince, champion, person of distinction, legend, legend in one's own time; star, superstar, headliner; patriarch, teacher, Inf. guru, prophet; forerunner. pioneer, trailblazer; captain, father, founder.

greatness, n. 1. magnitude, immensity, largeness, bigness, enormity; dimension, scope, mass, volume, bulk, size, vastness; depth, height, extent; measure, full measure, amplitude, fullness, quantity, deal, abundance, sufficiency.
2. high degree, intensity, potency, power, force, influence, strength; excellence, fineness, quality, distinctiveness, caliber, attainment.
3. importance, significance, influence; seriousness, gravity, import, urgency, solemnity.
4. majesty, nobility, loftiness, augustness, grandeur, stateliness; eminence, preeminence, distinction, dignity; fame, celebrity, renown, notoriety.
5. magnanimity, generosity, altruism, nobleness, high-mindedness, loftiness of purpose, liberality, disinterestedness, humanitarianism.

greed, n. 1. avarice, graspingness, acquisitiveness, SI. grabbiness, rapaciousness; selfishness, miserliness, penuriousness, parsimony, niggardliness; stinginess, meanness, closefistedness, tight-fistedness; mercenariness, venality.
2. ravenousness, voraciousness, gluttony, gormand-ism, edacity, open-mouthedness, hoggishness, piggishness; insatiability, insatiateness, omnivorousness, gulosity.
3. avidity, cupidity, yearning, craving, covetousness; eagerness, keenness, itch, appetite, stomach, U.S. Dial. big eye, appetence; anxiousness, breathlessness, impa-