Monumental

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Monumental \Mon`u*men"tal\, a. [L. monumentalis: cf. F.
     monumental.]
     1. Of, pertaining to, or suitable for, a monument; as, a
        monumental inscription.
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     2. Serving as a monument; memorial; preserving memory. "Of
        pine, or monumental oak." --Milton.
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              A work outlasting monumental brass.   --Pope.
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     3. Of lasting significance; as, a monumental work of
        literature; a monumental accomplishment.
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     4. Exceptionally large in quantity, quality, or degree; as, a
        monumental amount of work to be done
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  monumental
       adj 1: relating or belonging to or serving as a monument; "the use
              of the arch in monumental architecture"; "monumental
              sculptures"
       2: of outstanding significance; "Einstein's monumental
          contributions to physics"
       3: imposing in size or bulk or solidity; "massive oak doors";
          "Moore's massive sculptures"; "the monolithic proportions
          of Stalinist architecture"; "a monumental scale" [syn: {massive},
           {monolithic}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  129 Moby Thesaurus words for "monumental":
     Atlantean, Brobdingnagian, Cyclopean, Gargantuan, Herculean,
     Homeric, Olympian, abject, abysmal, aerial, airy, altitudinous,
     amplitudinous, ascending, aspiring, astronomic, astronomical,
     awe-inspiring, awesome, awful, boundless, bulky, calamitous,
     catastrophic, classic, colossal, commemorative, cosmic, cracking,
     dominating, egregious, elephantine, elevated, eminent, enduring,
     enormous, epic, ethereal, exalted, extensive, fantastic, galactic,
     giant, giantlike, gigantic, glorious, grand, haughty, heroic, high,
     high-pitched, high-reaching, high-set, high-up, historic, huge,
     immeasurable, immense, impressive, infinite, jumbo, king-size,
     large, lasting, lofty, magnificent, mammoth, marmoreal, massive,
     massy, memorable, memorial, mighty, monster, monstrous, mortal,
     mountainous, mounting, notable, noteworthy, outsize, outstanding,
     outtopping, overgrown, overlooking, overtopping, overwhelming,
     permanent, prodigious, profound, prominent, sculptitory,
     sculptural, sculpturesque, significant, sizable, soaring, spacious,
     spectacular, spiring, staggering, statuary, statuelike, statuesque,
     steep, striking, stupendous, sublime, superlative, supernal,
     terrible, titanic, topless, toplofty, topping, towering, towery,
     tremendous, unbelievable, unforgettable, unforgivable, uplifted,
     upreared, vast, voluminous, weighty, whopping, wonderful,
     wondrous