enormous
[ ih-nawr-muhs ]
/ ɪˈnɔr məs /
adjective
greatly exceeding the common size, extent, etc.; huge; immense: an enormous fortune.
outrageous or atrocious: enormous wickedness; enormous crimes.
SYNONYMS FOR enormous
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1. See huge.
OTHER WORDS FROM enormous
e·nor·mous·ly, adverbWords nearby enormous
enology, enophile, enophthalmos, enorm, enormity, enormous, enormousness, Enos, e-nose, enosis, enostosis
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British Dictionary definitions for enormous
enormous
/ (ɪˈnɔːməs) /
adjective
unusually large in size, extent, or degree; immense; vast
archaic extremely wicked; heinous
Derived forms of enormous
enormously, adverbenormousness, nounWord Origin for enormous
C16: from Latin ēnormis, from ē- out of, away from + norma rule, pattern
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