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astronomical adjective [ astrəˈnɒmɪk(ə)l ]

• relating to astronomy.
• "astronomical observations"
Similar: celestial, planetary, stellar, astronomic, heavenly,
• (of an amount) extremely large.
• "he wanted an astronomical fee"
Similar: huge, enormous, very large, very great, very big, prodigious, tremendous, monumental, mammoth, colossal, vast, gigantic, massive, epic, monstrous, terrific, titanic, towering, king-sized, king-size, substantial, considerable, sizeable, hefty, handsome, kingly, princely, lavish, generous, inordinate, astronomic, almighty, whopping, whopping great, thumping, thumping great, bumper, mega, monster, jumbo, humongous, serious, dirty great, rip-roaring, whacking, whacking great, ginormous,
Opposite: insignificant, small,
Origin: mid 16th century: via Latin from Greek astronomikos, from astronomia (see astronomy).


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