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 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 Their grandeur and immensity manage to surprise us even in an age when humans are building larger and larger things. — Jessica Camille Aguirre, New Yorker, 2 May 2026 This is the brilliance and haunting immensity of Cauleen Smith’s The Warden, 2025. — Horace D. Ballard, Artforum, 22 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for immensity

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Noun

Good luck drawing a crowd of that magnitude every other week via one of the digital upstarts.

— Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 31 July 2026
Desperate struggles against the encroaching elements become a brief interlude before the situation unravels into a disaster of a different magnitude.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 30 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

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

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

Definition of enormity

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