IMMENSITY Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

immensity

noun

i-ˈmen(t)-sə-tē

Definition of immensity

as in magnitude

the quality or state of being very large the immensity of the mountain was awe-inspiring, especially up close

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Recent Examples of immensity 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 The immensity of the body of water, which resembles an 186-mile vericose vein snaking across southern Utah, is difficult to comprehend or convey. — Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 7 June 2026 After a day pondering the immensity of Tikal, the lake becomes more than scenery. — Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026 The immensity of recreational fishing also likely has effects on freshwater ecosystems that have gone unrecognized by fisheries managers. — Matthew Robertson, The Conversation, 6 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for immensity

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Noun

Not since the aftermath of Watergate in 1974 had the GOP faced a statehouse reckoning of this magnitude, according to the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee.

— Luke Fountain, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2026
Outnumbered two-to-one and outspent by many magnitudes more, the election plunges California Republicans deeper into the political wilderness.

— Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of magnitude

Noun

The home’s dissolving interior boundary suits an artist who has spent her career questioning where humans fit within the vastness of space and time.

— Jane Horowitz, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
The oceans’ vastness can feel ominous, and though scientists have studied what lurks beneath, so much remains unknown.

— Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of vastness

Noun

The script brilliantly lays that out to counteract some of the hugeness of her character.

— David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 28 July 2026
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

Definition of hugeness

Noun

For perspective on the enormity of the measure before voters, one of the state’s existing down payment programs, California Dream For All, launched several years ago with $500 million, just 2% of the funding involved in Proposition 37.

— Audrey McGlinchy, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026
As yet, and in spite of his former student’s prescience, Bell could not imagine the enormity of what would follow.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2026

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