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enormous adjective [ ɪˈnɔːməs ]

• very large in size, quantity, or extent.
• "enormous sums of money"
Similar: huge, vast, extensive, expansive, broad, wide, boundless, immeasurable, limitless, infinite, cosmic, gigantic, very big, very large, great, giant, massive, colossal, mammoth, immense, tremendous, mighty, stupendous, monumental, epic, prodigious, mountainous, monstrous, titanic, towering, elephantine, king-sized, king-size, gargantuan, Herculean, Brobdingnagian, substantial, hefty, bulky, weighty, heavy, gross, mega, monster, whopping, whopping great, thumping, thumping great, humongous, jumbo, hulking, bumper, astronomical, astronomic, whacking, whacking great, ginormous,
Opposite: tiny,
Origin: mid 16th century: from Latin enormis ‘unusual, huge’ (see enormity) + -ous.


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