enormous
Extremely large.
enormous in a sentence
- The enormous pumpkin was so heavy that it took four of us to lift it onto the cart.
- An enormous cruise ship, taller than the church tower, slid slowly into the little harbour.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to enormous?
- Alittle
- Bsmall
- Ctiny
- Dhuge
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D: huge. The other three mean the opposite of enormous.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to enormous?
- Agiant
- Bmassive
- Chuge
- Dtiny
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D: tiny. The other three mean nearly the same as enormous.
Words that mean something similar
huge, giant, massive
Words that mean the opposite
tiny, small, little
More words about size & amount
- estimate: To work out roughly how much or how many, without counting exactly.
- extraordinary: So unusual or amazing that it is far beyond normal.
- fragment: A small piece that has broken off something.
- gigantic: Very much bigger than normal.
- hefty: Big, heavy and solid.
- immense: Huge in size or amount, often too big to measure easily.
- inferior: Not as good as something else.
- infinite: Without any end or limit.
More words to explore
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