monolithic

[mon-uh-lith-ik] / ˌmɒn əˈlɪθ ɪk /

ADJECTIVE

massive

Synonyms

STRONGEST

hulking imposing

WEAK

big bulky colossal consistent elephantine enormous gargantuan giant gigantic grand great huge immense immovable mammoth permanent solid titanic towering uniform vast whopping

Example Sentences

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Of course, the U.S. oil and gas industry isn’t monolithic.

From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026

But investors no longer treat AI companies as a monolithic group.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 16, 2026

But the experience of isolation in prison is not monolithic.

From Slate • Dec. 26, 2025

Ferrari’s design chief Flavio Manzoni has talked about how he wanted to move away from the sculptural form language of past models in favor of cleaner, simpler, faster lines, with immaculate surfacing and monolithic volumes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025

“Always,” Dedd affirms, used to this fixed, monolithic language around interviewers and mythologizers of her sisters.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez

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