enormous

1. 1.

   extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree

   “an enormous boulder”

   “enormous expenses”

   “tremendous sweeping plains”

   “a tremendous fact in human experience; that a whole civilization should be dependent on technology”

   “a plane took off with a tremendous noise”

   Synonymstremendous

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Questions about enormous

What does enormous mean?

enormous means "extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree".

How many syllables are in enormous?

enormous has 3 syllables: e-nor-mous. The stress falls on "nor". In IPA it is /ɪˈnɔɹməs/.

What is another word for enormous?

Close synonyms include tremendous. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is enormous a common word?

enormous is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.