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- pronunciation:
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- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Explorer, Word Parts
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adjective |
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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, gigantic, huge, immense, mammoth, prodigious, titanic, tremendous, vast
- antonyms:
- diminutive, tiny
- similar words:
- elephantine, extensive, giant, great, humongous, jumbo, massive, monstrous, mountainous, numerous, stupendous
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abysmal, almighty, big, fantastic, great, herculean, immense, large, mighty, monster, monumental, mortal, towering, vast |
adverb + (adj.)enormous
potentially, under
(adj.)enormous
+ noun
accomplishment,
advantage,
amount,
appetite,
belly,
benefit,
boost,
boulder,
burden,
capacity,
casualty,
challenge,
clout,
complexity,
consequence,
contribution,
cost,
courage,
damage,
debt,
deficit,
difficulty,
disparity,
ego,
energy,
enthusiasm,
expansion,
expenditure,
expense,
explosion,
fireplace,
frustration,
gap,
gratitude,
impact,
implication,
increase,
influence,
leap,
leverage,
mansion,
oak,
obstacle,
odds,
platter,
popularity,
potential,
pressure,
prestige,
pride,
profit,
progress,
proportion,
publicity,
quantity,
relief,
resource,
respect,
responsibility,
sacrifice,
significance,
strain,
stress,
stride,
subsidy,
success,
suffering,
sum,
sympathy,
talent,
toll,
uncertainty,
undertaking,
warehouse,
wealth
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| derivations: |
enormously (adv.), enormousness (n.) |
The word enormous
contains the following parts:
e-
Latin
prefix
that means out, out of, away
  More about this word part:
The prefix e-
is an assimilated form of ex- used before roots beginning with certain consonants (b d, g, j, l, m, n, r, v). See ex-.
Example words:
ebullient, edentulous, edict, educate, educe, egregious, egress, ejaculate, eject, elaborate, elate, elect, elicit, elide, eligible, elite, elocution, elongate, eloquence, eloquent, elucidate, elude, emaciate, emancipate, emasculate, emend, emerge, emergency, emigrate, eminent, emissary, emit, emollient, emolument, emulsion, enervate, enormity, enormous, enumerate, enunciate, eradicate, erase, erode, eruct, erudite, erupt, evacuate, evade, evaluate, evanesce, event, eventuate, evert, evict, evident, evocative, evoke, evolution, evolve, ineluctable, ineradicable
norm
Latin
root
that means rule, pattern
Example words:
-ous, -ious
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means full of, characterized by
More about this word part:
The suffix "-ous
, -ious
" attaches to Latin, Greek, and native English roots
Example words:
adventurous, ambiguous, amorous, amorphous, anadromous, androgynous, anomalous, apetalous, apocarpous, apterous, aqueous, atrocious, auspicious, avaricious, azygous, captious, carnivorous, chromous, coterminous, covetous, curious, delicious, diadromous, diaphanous, dicephalous, dioecious, disingenuous, egregious, endogenous, enormous, epigynous, euphonious, extemporaneous, ferocious, fortuitous, generous, glorious, gracious, gregarious, heterogamous, heterogeneous, homogeneous, homogenous, homologous, homopterous, hydrous, hypogynous, illustrious, impecunious, impervious, incommodious, incongruous, inconspicuous, indecorous, infamous, infelicitous, innocuous, intravenous, isogenous, isomerous, joyous, judicious, laborious, ludicrous, lustrous, magnanimous, malicious, malodorous, monoclinous, monoecious, multiparous, nauseous, perigynous, poisonous, porous, precious, quadrumanous, ramous, rebellious, spacious, subaqueous, synchronous, tubuliflorous, unanimous, valorous, vicious, wondrous, xerophilous
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