enormous

[ih-nawr-muhs]

adjective

1. greatly exceeding the common size, extent, etc.; huge; immense.

   an enormous fortune.

   Synonyms: stupendous, prodigious, mammoth, gigantic, colossal, vast

2. outrageous or atrocious.

   enormous wickedness; enormous crimes.

enormous

/ ɪˈnɔːməs /

adjective

1. unusually large in size, extent, or degree; immense; vast

2. archaic,  extremely wicked; heinous

Other Word Forms

• enormously adverb
• enormousness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of enormous¹

First recorded in 1525–35; enorm + -ous

Word History and Origins

Origin of enormous¹

C16: from Latin ēnormis, from ē- out of, away from + norma rule, pattern

Synonym Study

See huge.

Example Sentences

These nodes are organized into units, shelves, and racks, forming a system of 158,976 total nodes that can handle enormous amounts of data and calculations.

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The confusion offered a glimpse of the enormous task ahead, which would require a huge expansion of the scientists’ work.

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He said that Mr Lynch had "not only perpetrated an enormous fraud, but lied about it at every stage".

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I sit up, only to be greeted by an enormous headache.

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She perched her hands on either side of her enormous middle as if showing off a tiny wasp waist.

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