monolith C2 Topic:Technology & Computing US /ˈmɑn.əˌlɪθ/ UK /ˈmɒn.ə.lɪθ/ See IPA manual Freq #44413 Meanings 1 noun a large single block of stone, especially one used as a monument The ancient monolith stood alone on the plain. 2 noun a massive, uniform, and hard-to-change organization, system, or structure The startup slowly turned into a bureaucratic monolith. 3 noun a software system built and deployed as one large unified application The team split the monolith only after the domain boundaries were clear. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a large single block of... standing stonemegalith 2 noun · a massive, uniform, and... behemothblocgiant 3 noun · a software system built and... monolithic application ↔ Opposites microservicemodulefederation Word family Forms monolithicmonoliths Derived forms monolithsmonolithicmonolithicallymonolithism Related forms megalithmicrolithmonolithic Etymology From French monolithe, ultimately from Greek monolithos (made of one stone), from mono- (single) + lithos (stone). Topics Technology & Computing External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # monolith **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈmɑn.əˌlɪθ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈmɒn.ə.lɪθ/ **Frequency rank:** 44413 ## Meanings 1. a large single block of stone, especially one used as a monument 2. a massive, uniform, and hard-to-change organization, system, or structure 3. a software system built and deployed as one large unified application ## Examples - The ancient monolith stood alone on the plain. - The startup slowly turned into a bureaucratic monolith. - The team split the monolith only after the domain boundaries were clear. ## Synonyms - standing stone - megalith - behemoth - bloc - giant ## Antonyms - microservice - module - federation ## Derived Forms - monoliths - monolithic - monolithically - monolithism ## Related Forms - megalith - microlith - mono - lithic ## Etymology From French monolithe, ultimately from Greek monolithos (made of one stone), from mono- (single) + lithos (stone). ## Topics - Technology & Computing markdown