immense

[ih-mens] / ɪˈmɛns /

ADJECTIVE

extremely large

Synonyms

STRONGEST

boundless colossal endless enormous extensive gigantic great huge immeasurable infinite limitless mammoth massive monstrous monumental prodigious tremendous vast

WEAK

barn door brobdingnagian elephantine eternal giant gross humongous illimitable interminable jumbo measureless mighty stupendous super titanic unbounded

Antonyms

STRONGEST

bounded calculable common ending finite insignificant limited little measurable miniature minute narrow ordinary restricted short small teeny tiny unimportant

Example Sentences

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But financial experts are worried that the company is overvalued and that its stock will be prone to immense volatility, despite SpaceX’s steps to minimize turbulence.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

The court was shown conditions on the weir on that day, with the prosecution explaining it showed "immense turbulence" of the water.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

"We still know very little about beluga whales, despite their immense popularity," said Dr. Greg O'Corry-Crowe of Florida Atlantic University, lead author of the paper in Frontiers in Marine Science.

From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026

The need to clear that nearly 33,000-investment logjam presents an immense task that stretches firms thin and weighs on fundraising, bankers and consultants say.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

It was an Osage trading store, and nearby was a grubby rooming house and a blacksmith shop with an immense pile of horseshoes.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

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