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enormous
adjective · Say it: ih-NOR-muhss
What it means
Foundationvery, very big
Grandma baked an enormous chocolate cake for my birthday party.
Similar and opposite words
Synonyms (similar meaning)
- giant
- huge
- immense
- massive
Antonyms (opposite meaning)
- small
- tiny
More examples
- There was an enormous queue for the rides at the funfair.
Where the word comes from
It comes from the Latin word 'enormis', meaning unusually large.
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