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- Dictionaryenormous/ɪˈnɔːməs/
adjective
- 1. very large in size, quantity, or extent: "enormous sums of money"
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2 meanings: 1. unusually large in size, extent, or degree; immense; vast 2. archaic extremely wicked; heinous.... Click for more definitions.
Enormous definition: greatly exceeding the common size, extent, etc.; huge; immense. See examples of ENORMOUS used in a sentence.
Enormous suggests a marked excess beyond the norm in size, amount, or degree: an enormous boulder. Immense refers to boundless or immeasurable size or extent: an immense sky. Huge especially implies greatness of size or capacity: a huge tanker.
When something is very, very, VERY big, it can be called enormous. “Good heavens, that pimple on your cheek is absolutely enormous; it covers half your face!”. The word enormous contains within it, if you look closely, the root norm, as in normal.
adjective. us / əˈnɔːr.məs / uk / ɪˈnɔː.məs / Add to word list. B1. extremely large: an enormous car / house. He earns an enormous salary. I was absolutely enormous when I was pregnant. You've been an enormous help. Synonyms. astronomical (LARGE) informal. big (LARGE) colossal. elephantine formal. gargantuan. giant. gigantic. ginormous informal.
1. Something that is enormous is extremely large in size or amount. [...] 2. You can use enormous to emphasize the great degree or extent of something. [emphasis] [...] More. Pronunciation of 'enormous' British English pronunciation. More. Synonyms of 'enormous' • huge, massive, vast, extensive [...] • wicked, evil, vicious, outrageous [...] More.
enormous. adjective. /ɪˈnɔːməs/. /ɪˈnɔːrməs/. extremely large synonym huge, immense. an enormous house/dog. an enormous amount of time. Current processors can perform an enormous number of operations per second.
