Synonyms for enormous
ɪˈnɔr məsenor·mous

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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 AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.7 / 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 AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.5 / 2 votes

1. enormous

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

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

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.8 / 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

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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 SynonymesRate these synonyms:5.0 / 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

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1. enormousadjective

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

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1. List of paraphrases for "enormous":

   huge, tremendous, immense, massive, vast, great, formidable, gigantic, colossal, considerable, daunting, large, giant, big, major, mammoth, overwhelming, substantial, significant, monumental, dramatic, heavy

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1. Yeb Sano:

   Air pollution steals our livelihoods and our futures, in addition to human lives lost, there's an estimated global cost of 225 billion dollars in lost labor, and trillions in medical costs. This has enormous impacts, on our health and on our wallets.

2. Mike Richards:

   Throughout that time, Alex was open and public about his battle with cancer, this is an enormous loss for the Jeopardy ! staff, crew and all of Alex's millions of fans. He was a legend of the industry that we were all lucky to watch night after night for 37 years. Working beside him for the past year and a half as he heroically continued to host Jeopardy ! was an incredible honor.

3. Larry Finlay:

   In over 70 books, Terry enriched the planet like few before him, as all who read him know, Discworld was his vehicle to satirize this world. He did so brilliantly, with great skill, enormous humor and constant invention.

4. Cullum Clark:

   The effort to mine bitcoin around the world is consuming fully one and a half percent of the electricity output of the entire United States and is approaching 0.5 percent of the electricity output of the whole planet. That’s an enormous number.

5. Kenneth Adelman:

   Trump gave up lots of things and got absolutely nothing from the North Koreans except for one thing, which was the one thing he wanted -- enormous flattery, i think Putin will be wonderful at this to say 'Oh My God, we had such great rapport, we just get along so well,' -- that is all that Trump really wants.