Voluminous

//vəˈlu.mə.nəs// adj

adj ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to volume or volumes.
  2. 2
    Consisting of many folds, coils, or convolutions.

    "I remember that the Baroness was clad in a voluminous silk dress, pale grey in colour, and adorned with flounces and a crinoline and train."

  3. 3
    Of great volume, or bulk; large.

    "Matters of a much more extraordinary kind are to be the subject of this history, or I should grossly mis-spend my time in writing so voluminous a work […]"

  4. 4
    Having written much, or produced many volumes.

    "a voluminous writer"

Adjective
  1. 1
    large in number or quantity (especially of discourse) wordnet
  2. 2
    large in volume or bulk wordnet
  3. 3
    marked by repeated turns and bends wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
largeabundantampleamplitudinousastronomicastronomical

Example

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"The information the ancients didn’t have was very voluminous."

Etymology

From Late Latin voluminosus, from volumen, from volvō (“roll, turn about”) + -men (noun-forming suffix). Related to volume.

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