Inspiring awe:
Larger in size than others of the same kind.
Large in quantity or number: A great throng awaited us. See synonyms at large.
Extensive in time or distance: a great delay.
Remarkable or outstanding in magnitude, degree, or extent: a great crisis.
Of outstanding significance or importance: a great work of art.
Chief or principal: the great house on the estate.
Superior in quality or character; noble: “For he was great, ere fortune made him so” (John Dryden).
Powerful; influential: one of the great nations of the West.

When you eat dirt for the first time and leave your family to build a shack in the woods