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 her great-aunt forbade an immense, book-length list of things, and she couldn’t obey them all.

From Literature

Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw has been rightly known until now for her immense scholarly work, establishing terms like “intersectionality” and “critical race theory” that now have grown into entire fields of study.

From Los Angeles Times

It could very well fail to rebuild Gaza, where immense challenges remain.

From The Wall Street Journal

York is going public at a time when there is an immense amount of enthusiasm surrounding space companies.

From Barron's

Travel enough through Central or South America, however, and you get a sense of the immense impact of humans and their inseparable accoutrements—their roads, guns, agriculture.

From The Wall Street Journal

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