monumental
/ˌmɒnjʊˈmɛntəl/US/ˌmɑnjəˈmɛntəl/
monumental adjective: in the manner of a monument.
Adjective
monumental (comparative more monumental, superlative most monumental)
- In the manner of a monument.
- Large, grand and imposing.
- Taking a great amount of time and effort to complete.
- Creating a complete map of the human connectome would therefore be a monumental milestone but not the end of the journey to understanding how our brains work.2012 March-April, Terrence J. Sejnowski, “Well-connected Brains”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 27 Apr 2017, page 171
- a monumental task
- Relating to monuments.
- Monumental construction.
monumental meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
monumental in Hindi
- स्मारकीय
monumental in Tamil
- சிறப்புமிக்க, நினைவூட்டுச்சின்னமான, நிலைத்திரு
monumental in Urdu
- عجب, بےپاراں, جید, یاد گاری, زبردست
monumental in Bengali
- স্মৃতিস্তম্ভ সংক্রান্ত, প্রকাণ্ড, অত্যন্ত গুরুত্বপূর্ণ, ঐতিহাসিক
More languagesFewer languages
- monumental in Malayalam
- സ്മാരകമായ, ഓർമ്മയെ നിലനിർത്തുന്ന, കേമ, ബൃഹത്തായ
- monumental in Kannada
- ಸ್ಮಾರಕಾರ್ಥ, ಚಿರಸ್ಮರಣೀಯ, ಚಿರಸ್ಥಾಯಿಯಾದ, ಭಾರಿ
Examples of monumental in a sentence
- Today will go down as a monumental failure.
- Not everyone who lives in the Ps is immediately gang affiliated, you monumental herb.
- Not long after completing the colossal project, Ganna was ready for his next monumental challenge.
Forms of monumental
| comparative | more monumental |
|---|---|
| superlative | most monumental |
Origin of monumental
Borrowed from Late Latin monumentālis, from Latin monumentum; equivalent to monument + -al.
Words formed from monumental
Phrases with monumental
Questions about monumental
- What does monumental mean?
- Monumental means in the manner of a monument.
- What is monumental in Hindi?
- Monumental in Hindi is स्मारकीय. See Monumental meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is monumental?
- Monumental is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce monumental?
- Monumental is pronounced /ˌmɒnjʊˈmɛntəl/ (UK).
Words near monumental in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: monumental (page history and authors); monumental (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); monumental (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); monumental (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); monumental (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); monumental (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); monumental (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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