Massive \Mass"ive\, a. [F. massif.] 1. Forming, or consisting of, a large mass; compacted; weighty; heavy; massy. ``Massive armor.'' --Dr. H. More. 2. (Min.) In mass; not necessarily without a crystalline structure, but having no regular form; as, a mineral occurs massive. {Massive rock} (Geol.), a compact crystalline rock not distinctly schistone, as granite; also, with some authors, an eruptive rock.