super-size

Make it bigger

Super-size means to increase dramatically in size, especially to upgrade a fast-food order to the largest available portion: Do you want to super-size that?

The term gained currency through McDonald's promotions in the 1990s.

It extends to anything made excessively large: super-sized ambitions, a super-sized ego.

Also spelled supersize.

portions

mega

Million-fold prefix

giant · upsized · enlarged · massive · whopper · grande · value meal · combo · double · triple

fastfood

McDonald's

Global fast food chain

value menu · documentary · obesity · marketing · consumerism · franchises · counter · ordering · upgrade · premium

excess

gluttony

Greedy excess in consumption

surplus · overload · extravagance · gorging · bingeing · stuffed · bloated · excessive · wasteful · American

scaling

enlarge

Increase in size

inflate · maximize · boost · increase · extend · stretch · blow up · upscale · multiply · augment

Categories
Opposites
portion size

super-sizedownsize

Reduce scale or staff

miniaturize · small · mini · petite · fun-size

scaling/enlargement

super-sizedownsize

Reduce scale or staff

shrink · minimize · reduce · scale down · diminish

dietary philosophy

super-sizeportion-control

Regulating serving sizes

diet · light · moderate · lean · healthy

Family

supersize, supersized, supersizing

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Mostly American · Everyday, not technical · Rated G