Dictionary Definition
voluminous adj
1 large in volume or bulk; "a voluminous
skirt"
2 large in number or quantity (especially of
discourse); "she took copious notes"; "extensive press coverage";
"a subject of voluminous legislation" [syn: copious, extensive]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Adjective
- Of or pertaining to volume or volumes.
- Consisting of many folds, coils, or convolutions.
- Of great volume, or bulk; large.
- Having written much, or produced many volumes; copious; diffuse; as, a voluminous writer.
Translations
Pertaining to volume
Consisting of many folds, coils, or convolutions
Of great volume
- Czech: objemný
- Dutch: volumineus
Having written much
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
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galactic, generous, gigantic, great, huge, immeasurable, immense, infinite, king-size, large, legion, loose, mammoth, massive, massy, monster, monstrous, monumental, mountainous, multifarious, multitudinal, multitudinous, numerous, outsize, overgrown, oversized, populous, prodigious, roomy, several, sizable, spacious, spreading, stupendous, substantial, sundry, titanic, tremendous, various, vast, weighty, wide, widespread