voluminous

C2+ Topic:Numbers & Quantity
US /vəˈlumənəs/ UK /vəˈluːmɪnəs/
adj

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    occupying great space or bulk; of great quantity, as writing

    She left behind a voluminous correspondence with her publisher.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · occupying great space or... copiousamplecapaciousextensivebulkymassiveabundantprolific
Opposites
Word family
Derived forms voluminouslyvoluminousness
Related forms volumevolublerevolve

Etymology

From Late Latin voluminosus, from Latin volumen ('roll, scroll, coil'), from volvere ('to roll'); originally describing many scrolls of writing.

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