monumental
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6.3
- adjective
- /ˌmɒn.jəˈmɛn.təl/
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monumental
- Ma'am, we took on a monumental challenge... in a difficult work environment.
- monumental architecture
- monumental sculpture
- monumental construction
Oh, you haven't read Proust's, you know, monumental opus, which I'll admit I haven't read.
- Oh, you haven't read Proust's, you know, monumental opus, which I'll admit I haven't read.
- Designing a fast laptop is a monumental challenge because of two things, heat and power.
- Sometimes, most times in fact, monumental leaps of improvement and clarity and happiness and focus.
- And at that time, Passiri built a monumental staircase leading up into the citadel of the ancient city.
- And it doesn't seem like this huge month, monumental feat.
Examples
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The trees had grown, and the monumental structure of Hotel de Ville had darkened over the years.
Fiction book (1991) -
Designing a fast laptop is a monumental challenge because of two things, heat and power.
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You are making a monumental mistake.
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It was a monumental job, but a job which had to be done.
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Ancient heroes were defined by their monumental deeds as much as by their tragic ends.
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Unlike the Met, the museum seemed emptily monumental, too big for its actual holdings.
Academic text (1998) -
Needless to say, the Hercules was a monumental undertaking.
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Already, Tokyo Teleport Town bristles with monumental and unusual new buildings.
Academic text (1998) -
With the press of a button, Roosevelt puts into operation the Tennessee Valley Dam, a monumental accomplishment that provides flood control... and electricity to the southern states.
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The new museum features a monumental statue that attracts tourists from all over the world.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Important and famous because of high quality or influence
∞
1.0
Very large in size, amount, or degree
940
2.9
Very large and impressive in scale
918
3.0
Impressive and large in appearance or style
878
1.0
Very large in size
794
3.0
Very large or impressive
501
3.9
Important in history and often remembered for a long time
141
3.7
Very large in size, amount, or degree
139
3.2
Very large, much bigger than normal
55
4.7
So large in size or amount that it causes great surprise
19
7.5
Very large or impressive in a way that surprises people
19
7.3
Very large, much bigger than usual
9
7.4
Very large and beautiful, like a palace
7
4.2
Is very large and impressive in size or purpose
6
7.8
Very large and solid in shape with no separate parts
5
3.9
Very large in size or amount
1
4.1
Something that is very large and like a mountain
1
3.7
Larger than usual to show more detail in maps or models
Very tall and impressive, rising high above other things
Antonyms
How Impressive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Monumental comes from monument, from the old Latin monumentum meaning 'a reminder', from monere 'to remind'. So monumental describes something very large and impressive, like a monument.