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monumental

  • adjective
  • /ˌmɒnjʊˈmɛntəl/

In the manner of a monument.

Other meanings

  1. Large, grand and imposing.

  2. Taking a great amount of time and effort to complete.

Related words

  • monumentalise
  • monumentalism
  • monumentality
  • monumentalization
  • premonumental
  • monumentalize
  • monumentally
  • monumental mason
  • monumental masonry
  • unmonumental

Word history

From Latin "monumentum".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “monumental” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.