voluminous

vo·lu·mi·nous

adjective \və-ˈlü-mə-nəs\

Definition of VOLUMINOUS

1

: consisting of many folds, coils, or convolutions : winding

2

a : having or marked by great volume or bulk : large <long voluminous tresses>; also : full <a voluminous skirt>

b : numerous <trying to keep track of voluminous slips of paper>

3

a : filling or capable of filling a large volume or several volumes <a voluminous literature on the subject>

b : writing or speaking much or at great length <a voluminous correspondent>

— vo·lu·mi·nous·ly adverb

— vo·lu·mi·nous·ness noun

Examples of VOLUMINOUS

1. the building's high ceilings and voluminous spaces
2. a writer of voluminous output

Origin of VOLUMINOUS

Late Latin voluminosus, from Latin volumin-, volumen

First Known Use: 1611

Related to VOLUMINOUS

Synonyms

big, biggish, boxcar, bulky, considerable, goodly, grand, great, handsome, hefty, hulking, husky, largish, outsize (also outsized), oversize (or oversized), sizable (or sizeable), substantial, tidy, large

Antonyms

bantam, dinky, dwarf, dwarfish, little, puny, shrimpy, small, smallish, undersized (also undersize)

Related Words

astronomical (also astronomic), Brobdingnagian, bumper, Bunyanesque, cavernous, colossal, cosmic (also cosmical), cyclopean, elephantine, enormous, galactic, gargantuan, gigantic, gross, hellacious, herculean, heroic (also heroical), Himalayan, huge, humongous (also humungous), immense, jumbo, king-size (or king-sized), leviathan, major, mammoth, massive, monolithic, monstrous, monumental, mountainous, pharaonic, prodigious, staggering, stupendous, super, super-duper, supersized, titanic, tremendous, vast, vasty, walloping, whacking, whopping; excessive, exorbitant, extravagant, extreme, immoderate, inordinate; abundant, ample, appreciable, copious, plentiful; fat, thick; capacious, commodious, roomy, spacious

Near Antonyms

diminutive, half-pint, infinitesimal, Lilliputian, little-bitty, microminiature, microscopic (also microscopical), mini, miniature, minuscule, minute, pint-size (or pint-sized), pocket-size (also pocket-sized), pygmy, teensy, teensy-weensy, teeny, teeny-weeny, tiny, wee; petite, slender, slight, slim, thin

Rhymes with VOLUMINOUS

albuminous, aluminous, bituminous, ceruminous, leguminous, quadrumanous