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Synonyms for enormous
ɪˈnɔr məsenor·mous

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Wiktionary4.3 / 3 votes

  1. enormousadjective

    Synonyms:
    huge, massive, gigantic, humongous

  2. enormousadjective

    Deviating from the norm; unusual, extraordinary.

    Synonyms:
    gigantic, massive, huge, humongous

  3. enormousadjective

    Exceedingly wicked; atrocious or outrageous.

    Synonyms:
    humongous, massive, gigantic, huge

  4. enormousadjective

    Extremely large; greatly exceeding the common size, extent, etc.

    Synonyms:
    huge, massive, gigantic, humongous

English Synonyms and Antonyms3.7 / 3 votes

  1. enormous

    Large denotes extension in more than one direction, and beyond the average of the class to which the object belongs; we speak of a large surface or a large solid, but of a long line; a large field, a large room, a large apple, etc. A large man is a man of more than ordinary size; a great man is a man of remarkable mental power. Big is a more emphatic word than large, but of less dignity. We do not say that George Washington was a big man.

    Synonyms:
    abundant, ample, big, broad, bulky, capacious, coarse, colossal, commodious, considerable, extensive, gigantic, grand, great, huge, immense, large, long, massive, spacious, vast, wide

    Antonyms:
    brief, diminutive, inconsiderable, infinitesimal, insignificant, limited, little, mean, microscopic, minute, narrow, paltry, petty, scanty, short, slender, slight, small, tiny, trifling, trivial

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms4.5 / 2 votes

  1. enormous

    Synonyms:
    huge, immense, gigantic, colossal, elephantine, vast, gross, monstrous, prodigious

    Antonyms:
    diminutive, insignificant, trivial, venial, average, ordinary, regular

Princeton's WordNet3.8 / 5 votes

  1. enormous, tremendousadjective

    extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree

    "an enormous boulder"; "enormous expenses"; "tremendous sweeping plains"; "a tremendous fact in human experience; that a whole civilization should be dependent on technology"- Walter Lippman; "a plane took off with a tremendous noise"

    Synonyms:
    wondrous, tremendous, terrific, howling(a), wonderful, marvellous, fantastic, terrible, awful, marvelous, rattling(a), frightful, grand

    Antonyms:
    little, small

Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. colosal

    extremely large in size,magnitude,or effect

    the museum is a colosal building

    Submitted by rinat on September 10, 2019  

Dictionary of English Synonymes5.0 / 1 vote

  1. enormousadjective

    Synonyms:
    [Rare.] inordinate, irregular, abnormal, exceptional

  2. enormousadjective

    Synonyms:
    huge, monstrous, immense, vast, gigantic, colossal, prodigious, cyclopean, herculean, elephantine, very large

  3. enormousadjective

    Synonyms:
    flagitious, very wicked

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words4.0 / 1 vote

  1. enormousadjective

    Synonyms:
    colossal, monstrous, gigantic, mammoth, prodigious, huge, heinous, atrocious, nefarious, flagrant, flagitious

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How to use enormous in a sentence?

  1. Matteo Salvini:

    Saving lives at sea is a duty, but transforming Italy into an enormous refugee camp is not, italy is done bowing its head and obeying. This time there's someone saying no.

  2. Mike Pompeo:

    I am rooting for the Biden administration to be successful — in spite of my critique and my enormous concerns about the policies that they’ve chosen, i want them to be successful.

  3. Josh Willis:

    There is enough ice in Oceans Melting Greenland to raise the sea levels by 7.5 meters, that's about 25 feet, an enormous volume of ice, and that would be devastating to coastlines all around the planet, we should be retreating already from the coastline if we are looking at many meters [ lost ] in the next century or two.

  4. Dave Nadig:

    Often, these factors result in enormous sector tilts, sectors are something most investors understand intuitively, so these 'exclusionary' portfolios might fill a niche for investors with opinions, but not yet faith in the smart beta label.

  5. Mariana Fulger:

    You can only touch infinity by achieving a heart of violins. You can not be in an enormous love more than the one that imagines that much horizon.


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