Meanings
comparative more monumental · superlative most monumental
- Taking a great amount of time and effort to complete.
a monumental task
1 more example
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 - archaeologyRelating to monuments.
Monumental construction.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveof outstanding significance
adjectiveimposing in size or bulk or solidity
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinmonumentum
- Late Latinmonumentālis
- Englishmonumental
Borrowed from Late Latin monumentālis, from Latin monumentum; equivalent to monument + -al.
More words from Late Latin, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian величествен, монументален
- величествен (veličestven)large, grand and imposing
- монументален (monumentalen)large, grand and imposing
Catalan monumental, monumental
- monumentalin the manner of a monument
- monumentallarge, grand and imposing
- monumentaltaking a great amount of time and effort to complete
Esperanto monumenta
- monumentalarge, grand and imposing
Finnish monumentaalinen, mahtava
- monumentaalinenin the manner of a monument
- mahtavain the manner of a monument
- valtavalarge, grand and imposing
- suunnatonlarge, grand and imposing
- monumentaalinenlarge, grand and imposing
- valtavataking a great amount of time and effort to complete
- mittavataking a great amount of time and effort to complete
- monumentaalinentaking a great amount of time and effort to complete
German monumental, monumental
- monumentallarge, grand and imposing
- monumentaltaking a great amount of time and effort to complete
Hungarian emlékművi, monumentális
- emlékműviin the manner of a monument
- monumentálislarge, grand and imposing
- nagyszabásúlarge, grand and imposing
- hatalmastaking a great amount of time and effort to complete
Norwegian Bokmål monumental
- monumentallarge, grand and imposing
Polish monumentalny, monumentalny
- monumentalnylarge, grand and imposing
- monumentalnytaking a great amount of time and effort to complete
Romanian monumental, monumental
- monumentalin the manner of a monument
- monumentallarge, grand and imposing
- monumentaltaking a great amount of time and effort to complete
Russian монумента́льный, монумента́льный
- монумента́льный (monumentálʹnyj)in the manner of a monument
- монумента́льный (monumentálʹnyj)large, grand and imposing
Spanish monumental
- monumentalin the manner of a monument
Ukrainian монумента́льний, монумента́льний
- монумента́льний (monumentálʹnyj)in the manner of a monument
- монумента́льний (monumentálʹnyj)large, grand and imposing
Cite this entry
monumental. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monumental
“monumental.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monumental. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “monumental,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monumental.
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