ENORMOUSNESS Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

enormousness

noun

Definition of enormousness

as in magnitude

the quality or state of being very large the enormousness of the mall is such that one could shop at a different store for every day of the year

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Noun

Learning from others Other countries that have experienced higher magnitude earthquakes with less damage, can serve as models to follow, Martinez Cruzado said.

— Syra Ortiz-Blanes, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026
These desperate struggles against the encroaching elements are merely a brief interlude before the situation unravels into a disaster of an entirely different magnitude.

— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 24 July 2026

Definition of magnitude

Noun

Nothing but verdant grey hills, sheep, and waist-high walls of ancient stones that vanished into the vastness of the landscape.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 July 2026
The reef itself becomes the subject, inviting viewers to imagine its vastness from the perspective of one of its smallest inhabitants.

— Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026

Definition of vastness

Noun

Take in the 55-foot-high arches with their 29,000 Guastavino ceiling tiles, the larger-than-life windows, and try, just try, to reckon with the immensity of Detroit's story.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 July 2026
But Supergirl doesn’t quite want to deal with the immensity of its protagonist’s feelings; her drunken stupor is often played for laughs, defined by disheveled hair, big sunglasses, and plenty of slurred speech.

— David Sims, The Atlantic, 26 June 2026

Definition of immensity

Noun

Nowhere in the vestiges of what was once the sprawl of corporate hugeness known as The General Electric Company are there signs that Katharine Blodgett's laboratory notebooks still exist.

— Natalia Sánchez Loayza, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2026
Like Phish or Taylor Swift or The Dead, 21P have created a universe for their fans that is a self-sustaining mechanism, even if the hugeness of it doesn’t always translate into huge chart success.

— Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 23 Sep. 2025

Definition of hugeness

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In one sign of the enormity of Meta’s AI investments, the company’s free cash flow in the second quarter fell to $784 million, the lowest level since the third quarter of 2022, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

— Bloomberg, Mercury News, 30 July 2026
In a statement, a spokesperson for Lineage said the citations were due to the enormity of the cleanup effort.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2026

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