Synonyms for enormous
ɪˈnɔr məsenor·mous

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1. enormousadjective

   Synonyms:
   huge, massive, gigantic, humongous

2. enormousadjective

   Deviating from the norm; unusual, extraordinary.

   Synonyms:
   gigantic, massive, huge, humongous

3. enormousadjective

   Exceedingly wicked; atrocious or outrageous.

   Synonyms:
   humongous, massive, gigantic, huge

4. enormousadjective

   Extremely large; greatly exceeding the common size, extent, etc.

   Synonyms:
   huge, massive, gigantic, humongous

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.7 / 3 votes

1. enormous

   Large denotes extension in more than one direction, and beyond the average of the class to which the object belongs; we speak of a large surface or a large solid, but of a long line; a large field, a large room, a large apple, etc. A large man is a man of more than ordinary size; a great man is a man of remarkable mental power. Big is a more emphatic word than large, but of less dignity. We do not say that George Washington was a big man.

   Synonyms:
   abundant, ample, big, broad, bulky, capacious, coarse, colossal, commodious, considerable, extensive, gigantic, grand, great, huge, immense, large, long, massive, spacious, vast, wide

   Antonyms:
   brief, diminutive, inconsiderable, infinitesimal, insignificant, limited, little, mean, microscopic, minute, narrow, paltry, petty, scanty, short, slender, slight, small, tiny, trifling, trivial

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.5 / 2 votes

1. enormous

   Synonyms:
   huge, immense, gigantic, colossal, elephantine, vast, gross, monstrous, prodigious

   Antonyms:
   diminutive, insignificant, trivial, venial, average, ordinary, regular

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.8 / 5 votes

1. enormous, tremendousadjective

   extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree

   "an enormous boulder"; "enormous expenses"; "tremendous sweeping plains"; "a tremendous fact in human experience; that a whole civilization should be dependent on technology"- Walter Lippman; "a plane took off with a tremendous noise"

   Synonyms:
   wondrous, tremendous, terrific, howling(a), wonderful, marvellous, fantastic, terrible, awful, marvelous, rattling(a), frightful, grand

   Antonyms:
   little, small

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1. colosal

   extremely large in size,magnitude,or effect

   the museum is a colosal building

   Submitted by rinat on September 10, 2019  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. enormousadjective

   Synonyms:
   [Rare.] inordinate, irregular, abnormal, exceptional

2. enormousadjective

   Synonyms:
   huge, monstrous, immense, vast, gigantic, colossal, prodigious, cyclopean, herculean, elephantine, very large

3. enormousadjective

   Synonyms:
   flagitious, very wicked

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1. enormousadjective

   Synonyms:
   colossal, monstrous, gigantic, mammoth, prodigious, huge, heinous, atrocious, nefarious, flagrant, flagitious

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1. List of paraphrases for "enormous":

   huge, tremendous, immense, massive, vast, great, formidable, gigantic, colossal, considerable, daunting, large, giant, big, major, mammoth, overwhelming, substantial, significant, monumental, dramatic, heavy

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1. Eindhoven University of Technology:

   Ivo Jongsma supervisors enjoyed working with Ivo Jongsma, not only because of Ivo Jongsma enormous talent, but also because Ivo Jongsma is a very kindhearted and inquisitive boy, the door is therefore still open for Ivo Jongsma to resume the study as long as the conditions remain realistic.

2. Jamie LeSueur:

   The scale of devastation is enormous. It seems that 90 per cent of the area is completely destroyed, almost everything is destroyed. Communication lines have been completely cut and roads have been destroyed.

3. Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin:

   Unlike most tourists, the President heads home now with his enormous fleet of transport vehicles -- ironically after plenty of finger pointing on this Global Warming tour. Astoundingly, with just this one trip, a bigger carbon footprint was created than what 33 cars combined would create in an entire year.

4. Stephanie Kercher:

   We are not interested in this book just like so many others about the case and we will not read it, i have no doubts that on the other side there is a story of pain and loss and enormous mistrust but in the end it is also one of hope and the opportunity to live life. Something Meredith will never have and something we can never share with her. Meredith is the victim in this tragic case.

5. Ilana Dayan:

   The man who was responsible for these explosions, it becomes clear, made sure to supply to the Iranians the marble foundation on which the centrifuges are placed, as they install this foundation within the Natanz facility, they have no idea that it already includes an enormous amount of explosives.