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- pronunciation:
- ih
mens
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective)
part of speech: |
adjective |
definition 1: |
extremely large or vast.
The Sahara is an immense area of desert.He was knocked off his surfboard by an immense wave.- synonyms:
- Brobdingnagian, colossal, cyclopean, enormous, extensive, gigantic, great, huge, humongous, prodigious, titanic, tremendous, vast, voluminous
- antonyms:
- tiny
- similar words:
- big, broad, gargantuan, giant, Herculean, large, mammoth, massive, monstrous, mountainous, oceanic, stupendous
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definition 2: |
too large to measure; boundless.
We live in an immense universe.- synonyms:
- boundless, endless, illimitable, incalculable, infinite, limitless, measureless, untold
- antonyms:
- infinitesimal
- similar words:
- abysmal, countless, immeasurable, innumerable, unbounded, unlimited, vast
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definition 3: |
(informal) very great in extent and quality.
Her notes were an immense help to me.- synonyms:
- great, huge, tremendous
- similar words:
- big, enormous, excellent, vast
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related words: |
capacious, fantastic, infinite, mighty, monster, ponderous, prodigious, spacious, towering, wide |
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derivations: |
immensely (adv.), immenseness (n.) |
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