voluminous

[ vuh-loo-muh-nuhs ]

adjective

1. forming, filling, or writing a large volume or many volumes:

   a voluminous edition.

2. sufficient to fill a volume or volumes:

   a voluminous correspondence.

3. of great volume, size, or extent:

   voluminous flow of lava.

   Synonyms: ample, copious, extensive

4. of ample size, extent, or fullness:

   voluminous petticoats.

5. having many coils, convolutions, or windings.

voluminous

/ vəˈluːmɪnəs; vəˌluːmɪˈnɒsɪtɪ /

adjective

1. of great size, quantity, volume, or extent
2. (of writing) consisting of or sufficient to fill volumes
3. prolific in writing or speech
4. obsolete.
   winding

Derived Forms

• voluminosity, noun
• voˈluminously, adverb

Other Words From

• vo·lumi·nous·ly adverb
• vo·lumi·nous·ness vo·lu·mi·nos·i·ty [v, uh, -loo-m, uh, -, nos, -i-tee], noun
• hyper·vo·lumi·nous adjective
• hyper·vo·lumi·nous·ly adverb
• hyper·vo·lumi·nous·ness noun
• super·vo·lumi·nous adjective
• super·vo·lumi·nous·ly adverb
• unvo·lumi·nous adjective
• unvo·lumi·nous·ly adverb
• unvo·lumi·nous·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of voluminous¹

1605–15; < Late Latin volūminōsus full of folds, equivalent to Latin volūmin- (stem of volūmen ) volume + -ōsus -ous

Word History and Origins

Origin of voluminous¹

C17: from Late Latin volūminōsus full of windings, from volūmen volume

Example Sentences

In my youth, I carried “The Magic Mountain,” Mann’s voluminous 1924 novel, into cafes.

From Washington Blade

There are 79, believe it or not— 79 different files on different members of the Kuczynski family, including a pretty voluminous set on Ursula herself.

From Freakonomics

Star RB Alvin Kamara will also be sure to get his, and there will be other mouths to feed in a New Orleans passing game likely to be less voluminous than it was with Brees.

From Washington Post

With multiple sizes, this model creates classic, bouncy, and voluminous curls.

From Popular-Science

For this album’s rollout, she has chosen an elegant, muted approach in which she sports voluminous blonde hair, plush fabrics and lies across Persian rugs.

From Time

His papers are voluminous but arid, nothing of the man comes through.

From The Daily Beast

But the biographical inattention to his voluminous body of written work nonetheless has been a strange oversight.

From The Daily Beast

The singer covered parts of her naked body with moss, accessorizing with smokey eyeshadow and a voluminous haircut.

From The Daily Beast

Consider one bold, green dress with a voluminous skirt that shimmered with what looked like the green scales of an alligator.

From The Daily Beast

Eventually I got to see the voluminous police dossier on the case, including the photographs taken at the scene by the paparazzi.

From The Daily Beast

Frederick Spanheim died; a noted divinity professor at Leyden, and a voluminous writer.

From Project Gutenberg

Nathan Drake, an English physician, died; also a highly respectable and voluminous author.

From Project Gutenberg

But the man inside these voluminous clothes is even still more eccentric.

From Project Gutenberg

He was one of the most voluminous writers of antiquity, and probably is the most learned man whose writings have come down to us.

From Project Gutenberg

His writings were very voluminous, and in his tranquil garden he led a peaceful life of study and enjoyment.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• ample
• billowing
• comprehensive
• copious
• extensive
• numerous