Definition of ENORMOUS

Examples of enormous in a Sentence

They live in an enormous house.
We chose not to undertake the project because of the enormous costs involved.

Recent Examples of enormous from the Web

The chairman of the committee wields enormous control over the actions of its members and requests for more information from intelligence agencies.

— adam entous, Washington Post, "Nunes-led House Intelligence Committee asked for ‘unmaskings’ of Americans", 2 June 2017
For each, a merger holds the promise of enormous cost savings from combining their operations and networks.

— mark davis, kansascity, "Sprint CEO visited Washington amid press for T-Mobile merger", 2 June 2017
What Roberts is saying has enormous implications for the economy, which depends not only on consumers buying things from companies, but also on companies buying from consumers, and individual consumers trading with each other.

— brian fung, chicagotribune.com, "Supreme Court ruling on printer cartridges changes what it means to buy almost anything", 1 June 2017
The N.B.A. is also the one league in which two teams meeting in the finals for the third straight year will generate enormous excitement.

— the new york times, New York Times, "Sorry, Cavaliers. It’s Warriors (in Four, Five, Six or Seven).", 31 May 2017
Braced in the beautiful woman’s hands is a round bowl, atop which is perched … an enormous bug.

— lorraine boissoneault, Smithsonian, "Why an Alabama Town Has a Monument Honoring the Most Destructive Pest in American History", 31 May 2017
Instead, Irkut uses a technology called Resin Infusion that hardens the composite without the enormous energy and capital investment required for the autoclave process.

— dominic gates, The Seattle Times, "Russia’s challenger to 737 and A320 makes first brief flight", 30 May 2017
There are an enormous number of environmental cues that lead us to eat, and possibly overeat.

— NBC News, "The Right Way to Track Calories Burned (and Consumed)", 24 May 2017
The enormous rocket will not launch until 2019 at the earliest.

— john wenz, Popular Mechanics, "The Winners and Losers in NASA's New Budget Proposal", 23 May 2017

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Origin and Etymology of enormous

Latin enormis, from e, ex out of + norma rule

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First Known Use: 1531

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enormous Synonyms

Synonym Discussion of enormous

enormous, immense, huge, vast, gigantic, colossal, mammoth mean exceedingly large. enormous and immense both suggest an exceeding of all ordinary bounds in size or amount or degree, but enormous often adds an implication of abnormality or monstrousness. an enormous expense an immense shopping mall huge commonly suggests an immensity of bulk or amount. incurred a huge debt vast usually suggests immensity of extent. the vast Russian steppes gigantic stresses the contrast with the size of others of the same kind. a gigantic sports stadium colossal applies especially to a human creation of stupendous or incredible dimensions. a colossal statue of Lincoln mammoth suggests both hugeness and ponderousness of bulk. a mammoth boulder

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