- extremely large synonym huge, immense
- an enormous house/dog
- an enormous amount of time
- Current processors can perform an enormous number of operations per second.
- Universities are under enormous pressure financially.
- young dancers who show enormous potential
- Their house is absolutely enormous!
Extra Examples- The problems facing the President are enormous.
- An enormous number of people were killed that night.
- The cost of the work was enormous.
- The council has spent an enormous amount of money on this project.
- The implications of such a proposal are enormous.
- They've bought an enormous house in the country.
- enormous fun/pleasure/importance/significance/flexibility/scope
Oxford Collocations DictionaryEnormous is used with these nouns:- advance
- advantage
- amount
- …
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin enormis ‘unusual, huge’ (from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out of’ + norma ‘pattern, standard’) + -ous.
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