as in gigantic
of a building or room
resembling a cave in spaciousness; very significant in size
We toured the cavernous airplane hangar. The dance was held in a cavernous hall. a cavernous auditorium
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Recent Examples of cavernous
Navajo National Monument, Betatakin Tucked inside a cavernous arch, the ancient village of Betatakin is completely sheltered by the overhanging canyon wall.
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Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Welcome to the new home of the University of Texas at San Antonio's Institute of Texan Cultures, a leaner, livelier version of the cavernous museum that called HemisFair home for more than 50 years.
—René Guzman, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Jan. 2026
Russell Cave National Monument Alabama’s cavernous archaeological site contains an exceptionally complete record of human habitation dating back more than 10,000 years, and is entirely closed to the public as a result of the winter storm.
—Owen Clarke, Outside, 26 Jan. 2026
In the cavernous, warehouse-like space, the boys turn into physical exhibitionists, showing off for one another by hoisting heavy chunks of scrap metal and flinging them across the ruin.
—Natalia Winkelman, IndieWire, 24 Jan. 2026
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Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Welcome to the new home of the University of Texas at San Antonio's Institute of Texan Cultures, a leaner, livelier version of the cavernous museum that called HemisFair home for more than 50 years.
—René Guzman, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Jan. 2026
Russell Cave National Monument Alabama’s cavernous archaeological site contains an exceptionally complete record of human habitation dating back more than 10,000 years, and is entirely closed to the public as a result of the winter storm.
—Owen Clarke, Outside, 26 Jan. 2026
In the cavernous, warehouse-like space, the boys turn into physical exhibitionists, showing off for one another by hoisting heavy chunks of scrap metal and flinging them across the ruin.
—Natalia Winkelman, IndieWire, 24 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cavernous
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Inside, explore your senses with gigantic mirrors and specialized lights.—
Elena Donovan Mauer,
Parents,
8 Feb. 2026
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Behind the credit card, ubiquitous in American economic life now for decades, stand a very few gigantic financial institutions that exert nearly unlimited power over how much consumers and businesses pay for the use of a small piece of plastic.—
Carter Dougherty,
Mercury News,
7 Feb. 2026
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And also there’s a huge music staff with a lot of know-how and really, really deep knowledge and contacts and relationships in that space.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
14 Feb. 2026
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Caudle told The Associated Press in a recent interview that his vision is to deploy smaller, newer ships when possible instead of consistently turning to huge aircraft carriers.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Feb. 2026
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Memphis singles capital of Tennessee Memphis had the highest percentage of single people among Tennessee's three largest cities.—
Jordan Green,
Memphis Commercial Appeal,
9 Feb. 2026
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She was taken to a clinic in Cortina, then transferred to a larger hospital in Treviso, a two-hour drive to the south.—
ANDREW DAMPF,
Arkansas Online,
9 Feb. 2026
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Wednesday’s strike against Ukraine comes a day after Russia launched a massive attack, deploying 470 drones in various cities and regions across the Eastern European country.—
Washington Examiner Staff,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Feb. 2026
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The least massive stars take an enormous amount of time to burn through their fuel, living as red dwarfs and dying as white dwarfs, before fading away to black after roughly a quadrillion years pass.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
11 Feb. 2026
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Wall Street wants to see evidence that these enormous expenditures will result in actual profits.—
John Towfighi,
CNN Money,
6 Feb. 2026
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Republican leaders must stay closely aligned with Trump, of course, while Schumer and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries are under enormous pressure to resist the president.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
5 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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But Greater Miami is vast, and its different neighborhoods all have their own vibe and appeal.—
Kelsey Glennon,
Southern Living,
7 Feb. 2026
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In fact, knowing that this is only a sample of how women are leading the efforts highlights just how immense and vast their contributions are.—
Anna Moeslein,
Glamour,
7 Feb. 2026
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And the country’s colossal pharma production industry is gearing up to take advantage by selling generic versions.—
Ayushi Shah,
CNN Money,
8 Feb. 2026
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Its main north-south street, Broadway, has its north terminus at the colossal lakefront Gary Works.—
Edward Keegan,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Feb. 2026
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Katharine arrived just after Labor Day in 1918 for her first day of work at GE’s mammoth, sprawling complex.—
Natalia Sánchez Loayza,
Scientific American,
5 Feb. 2026
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Meta has quietly purchased roughly 1,400 acres—an area almost twice the size of Manhattan’s Central Park—adjacent to its already-mammoth 2,250-acre Hyperion AI data center site in Richland Parish, Louisiana, Fortune has learned.—
Alexei Oreskovic,
Fortune,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Cavernous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cavernous. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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