adj · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/ɪˈmɛns/
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rhymes with -ɛns
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Huge, gigantic, very large.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Supremely good.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial
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3
adj
Meaning 3
Major; to a great degree.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial
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4
noun
Meaning 4
Immense extent or expanse; immensity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: poetic
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5
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope- W.R.Inge
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
huge government spending
huge country estates
huge popular demand for higher education
a huge wave
the Los Angeles aqueduct winds like an immense snake along the base of the mountains
immense numbers of birds
at vast (or immense) expense
the vast reaches of outer space
the vast accumulation of knowledge...which we call civilization
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: huge, vast, Brobdingnagian
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English immens, inmens, from Old French immense, from Latin immensus, from in- (“not”) + mensus (“measured”). Compare incommensurable.
Across languages
Translations
53 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
عِمْلاق
(ʕimlāq)
— huge, gigantic, very large
Bulgarian:
грамаден
(gramaden)
— huge, gigantic, very large
Bulgarian:
огромен
(ogromen)
— huge, gigantic, very large
Catalan:
immens
— huge, gigantic, very large
Cherokee:
ᎤᎪᏗᏗ
(ugodidi)
— huge, gigantic, very large
Chinese Mandarin:
廣大 /广大
(guǎngdà)
— huge, gigantic, very large
Chinese Mandarin:
巨大
(jùdà)
— huge, gigantic, very large
Czech:
ohromný
— huge, gigantic, very large
Dutch:
immens
— huge, gigantic, very large
Esperanto:
grandega
— huge, gigantic, very large
Finnish:
suunnaton
— huge, gigantic, very large
Finnish:
suunnattoman suuri
— huge, gigantic, very large
Finnish:
valtava
— huge, gigantic, very large
French:
immense
— huge, gigantic, very large
Galician:
inmenso
— huge, gigantic, very large
German:
immens
— huge, gigantic, very large
Ancient Greek:
παμμεγέθης
(pammegéthēs)
— huge, gigantic, very large
Hungarian:
mérhetetlen
— huge, gigantic, very large
Hungarian:
roppant
— huge, gigantic, very large
Irish:
ábhal
— huge, gigantic, very large
Italian:
immenso
— huge, gigantic, very large
Japanese:
広大
(kōdai)
— huge, gigantic, very large
Japanese:
莫大
(bakudai)
— huge, gigantic, very large
Korean:
거대한
(geodaehan)
— huge, gigantic, very large
Latin:
immensus
— huge, gigantic, very large
Latvian:
milzīgs
— huge, gigantic, very large
Latvian:
gigantisks
— huge, gigantic, very large
Ligurian:
grandìscimu
— huge, gigantic, very large
Norman:
înmense
— huge, gigantic, very large
Norwegian:
gigantisk
— huge, gigantic, very large
Polish:
ogromny
— huge, gigantic, very large
Polish:
przeogromny
— huge, gigantic, very large
Polish:
niezmierny
— huge, gigantic, very large
Portuguese:
imenso
— huge, gigantic, very large
Portuguese:
enorme
— huge, gigantic, very large
Rapa Nui:
nui nui
— huge, gigantic, very large
Romanian:
imens
— huge, gigantic, very large
Romanian:
uriaș
— huge, gigantic, very large
Russian:
огро́мный
(ogrómnyj)
— huge, gigantic, very large
Russian:
гига́нтский
(gigántskij)
— huge, gigantic, very large
Russian:
непоме́рный
(nepomérnyj)
— huge, gigantic, very large
Russian:
неизмери́мый
(neizmerímyj)
— huge, gigantic, very large
Scottish Gaelic:
an-mhòr
— huge, gigantic, very large
Spanish:
inmenso
— huge, gigantic, very large
Thai:
มหึมา
(má-hʉ̀-maa)
— huge, gigantic, very large
Thai:
มหาศาล
(máhăa săan)
— huge, gigantic, very large
Turkish:
kocaman
— huge, gigantic, very large
Bulgarian:
великолепен
(velikolepen)
— supremely good
Italian:
immenso
— supremely good
Portuguese:
maravilhoso
— supremely good
Portuguese:
ótimo
— supremely good
Russian:
потряса́ющий
(potrjasájuščij)
— supremely good
Russian:
сногсшиба́тельный
(snogsšibátelʹnyj)
— supremely good