Voluminous — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

large in volume or bulk

marked by repeated turns and bends

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/vəlˈuːmɪnəs/

🇬🇧British English

/vəlˈuːmɪnəs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/vəlˈuːmɪnəs/

4 syllables Say it as /vəlˈuːmɪnəs/.

Examples

a voluminous skirt
a tortuous road up the mountain
winding roads are full of surprises

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

twisting tortuous twisty copious winding

Parts of Speech

adjective	large in volume or bulk “a voluminous skirt”
adjective	marked by repeated turns and bends “a tortuous road up the mountain”
adjective	large in number or quantity (especially of discourse) “she took copious notes”

Word Forms

voluminousness	noun	greatness of volume
volume	noun	the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object
voluminosity	noun	greatness of volume
tortuousness	noun	a tortuous and twisted shape or position
tortuosity	noun	a tortuous and twisted shape or position
copiousness	noun	the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

voluminös

großes Volumen oder Masse

🇫🇷French

volumineux

grand en volume ou en vrac

🇪🇸Spanish

voluminoso

grande en volumen o a granel

🇮🇹Italian

voluminoso

di grande volume o massa

🇳🇱Dutch

volumineus

groot in volume of volume

🇵🇹Portuguese

volumoso

grande em volume ou a granel

🇷🇺Russian

объемный

большой по объему или объему

India

🇮🇳Hindi

मोटा

मात्रा या थोक में बड़ा

🇧🇩Bengali

বিশাল

ভলিউম বা বাল্ক বড়

🇮🇳Tamil

மிகப்பெரிய

பெரிய அளவில் அல்லது மொத்தமாக

🇮🇳Telugu

భారీ

వాల్యూమ్ లేదా బల్క్‌లో పెద్దది

🇮🇳Marathi

प्रचंड

मोठ्या प्रमाणात किंवा मोठ्या प्रमाणात

🇮🇳Gujarati

પ્રચંડ

વોલ્યુમ અથવા બલ્કમાં મોટું

🇮🇳Kannada

ಬೃಹತ್

ದೊಡ್ಡ ಪ್ರಮಾಣದಲ್ಲಿ ಅಥವಾ ಬೃಹತ್ ಪ್ರಮಾಣದಲ್ಲಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

വലിയ

വോള്യം അല്ലെങ്കിൽ ബൾക്ക് വലിയ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਵਿਸ਼ਾਲ

ਵਾਲੀਅਮ ਜਾਂ ਥੋਕ ਵਿੱਚ ਵੱਡਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

بڑا

حجم یا بلک میں بڑا

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

大量的

体积大或体积大

🇯🇵Japanese

ボリュームのある

体積が大きい、またはかさばる

🇰🇷Korean

넉넉한

부피나 부피가 크다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

đồ sộ

số lượng lớn hoặc số lượng lớn

🇹🇭Thai

มากมาย

ในปริมาณมากหรือเป็นกลุ่ม

🇮🇩Indonesian

produktif

dalam volume besar atau massal

🇵🇭Filipino

napakalaki

malaki sa dami o maramihan

🇲🇾Malay

melimpah ruah

besar dalam jumlah atau pukal

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

ضخم

كبيرة الحجم أو بكميات كبيرة

🇮🇷Persian

حجیم

بزرگ در حجم یا حجیم

🇹🇷Turkish

hacimli

hacim veya kütle olarak büyük

🇮🇱Hebrew

מְשׁוּפָּע

גדול בנפח או בתפזורת

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