The moon landing was a monumental achievement.
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Monumental
//ˌmɒnjʊˈmɛntəl//
Synonyms for "monumental" (150 found)
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Closest matches (30)
Strong matches (45)
Related words (75)
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5 entriessimilar
5 entriesTranslations
38 translations across 16 languages.
Belarusian
2 entries- манумента́льны adj (in the manner of a monument)
- манумента́льны adj (large, grand and imposing)
Bulgarian
2 entries- величествен adj (large, grand and imposing)
- монументален adj (large, grand and imposing)
Catalan
3 entries- monumental adj (in the manner of a monument)
- monumental adj (large, grand and imposing)
- monumental adj (taking a great amount of time and effort to complete)
Esperanto
1 entries- monumenta adj (large, grand and imposing)
Finnish
4 entries- mahtava adj (in the manner of a monument)
- mittava adj (taking a great amount of time and effort to complete)
- monumentaalinen adj (in the manner of a monument)
- monumentaalinen adj (large, grand and imposing)
Galician
1 entries- monumental adj (in the manner of a monument)
Georgian
3 entries- გრანდიოზული adj (large, grand and imposing)
- მონუმენტური adj (large, grand and imposing)
- შთამბეჭდავი adj (large, grand and imposing)
German
2 entries- monumental adj (large, grand and imposing)
- monumental adj (taking a great amount of time and effort to complete)
Hungarian
4 entries- emlékművi adj (in the manner of a monument)
- hatalmas adj (taking a great amount of time and effort to complete)
- monumentális adj (large, grand and imposing)
- nagyszabású adj (large, grand and imposing)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- monumental adj (large, grand and imposing)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- monumental adj (large, grand and imposing)
Polish
2 entries- monumentalny adj (large, grand and imposing)
- monumentalny adj (taking a great amount of time and effort to complete)
Romanian
3 entries- monumental adj (in the manner of a monument)
- monumental adj (large, grand and imposing)
- monumental adj (taking a great amount of time and effort to complete)
Russian
2 entries- монумента́льный adj (in the manner of a monument)
- монумента́льный adj (large, grand and imposing)
Spanish
1 entries- monumental adj (in the manner of a monument)
Ukrainian
2 entries- монумента́льний adj (in the manner of a monument)
- монумента́льний adj (large, grand and imposing)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
A lot of sport clubs are still burdened by a monumental amount of debt. The worst thing about it, is that some of them are clubs that play a heavy role in leagues; clubs like Barcelona and Chelsea, and others more, are on the list that goes on and on.
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It's a monumental task.
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In Algeria, building the East-West Freeway was a monumental undertaking.
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