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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition: |
very large in size or amount; huge.
The Atlantic Ocean contains an enormous amount of water.The Empire State building is an enormous building.- synonyms:
- gigantic, huge, immense, mammoth, tremendous, vast
- antonyms:
- diminutive, tiny
- similar words:
- extensive, giant, great, jumbo, massive, monstrous, mountainous, numerous
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| related words: |
big, great, large, mortal, vast |
| derivations: |
enormously (adv.), enormousness (n.) |
The word enormous
contains the following parts:
e-
Latin
prefix
that means out, out of, away
  More about this word part:
The prefix e-
is an assimilated form of ex- used before roots beginning with certain consonants (b d, g, j, l, m, n, r, v). See ex-.
Example words:
educate, eject, elaborate, elect, eligible, eloquent, elude, emancipate, emerge, emergency, emigrate, eminent, emit, enormous, enunciate, eradicate, erase, erode, erupt, evacuate, evade, evaluate, event, evict, evident, evolution, evolve
norm
Latin
root
that means rule, pattern
Example words:
-ous, -ious
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means full of, characterized by
More about this word part:
The suffix "-ous
, -ious
" attaches to Latin, Greek, and native English roots
Example words:
adventurous, ambiguous, atrocious, carnivorous, curious, delicious, enormous, ferocious, generous, gracious, inconspicuous, intravenous, joyous, malicious, poisonous, porous, precious, spacious, unanimous, vicious
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