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. Nicole Kidman:

   There’s an enormous amount of pain and an enormous amount of joy on the other side of it, the flipside of going through so much yearning and pain to get there is the feeling of ‘ Ahhhh ! ’ when Nicole Kidman have the child.

2. Marya Mannes:

   It is not enough to show people how to live better there is a mandate for any group with enormous powers of communication to show people how to be better.

3. Leslie Miklosy:

   Enormous gain includes enormous loss.

4. John W. Gardner:

   Josh Billings said, It is not only the most difficult thing to know oneself, but the most inconvenient one, too. Human beings have always employed an enormous variety of clever devices for running away from themselves, and the modern world is particularly rich in such stratagems.

5. Miguel Southwell:

   It can't be a one size fits all, in addition to the background checks as an employee, there's an enormous amount of training that goes on. There's an enormous amount of retraining that goes on as well.