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e·nor·mous
 enormous
- pronunciation:
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adjective |
| definition: |
extremely large in size, quantity, or extent; huge; immense.The blue whale is an enormous animal that can be over one hundred feet in length.There is an enormous number of stars in our galaxy.This issue was of enormous importance at the turn of the century.
- synonyms:
- Brobdingnagian, colossal, gargantuan, giant, gigantic, great, huge, immense, jumbo, mammoth, monstrous, mountainous, prodigious, titanic, tremendous, vast
- antonyms:
- diminutive, tiny
- similar words:
- elephantine, extensive, humongous, massive, numerous, stupendous
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| related words: |
abysmal, almighty, big, fantastic, great, herculean, immense, large, mighty, monster, monumental, mortal, towering, vast |
| derivations: |
enormously (adv.), enormousness (n.) |
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