voluminous
Americanadjective
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forming, filling, or writing a large volume or many volumes.
a voluminous edition.
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sufficient to fill a volume or volumes.
a voluminous correspondence.
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of great volume, size, or extent.
voluminous flow of lava.
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of ample size, extent, or fullness.
voluminous petticoats.
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having many coils, convolutions, or windings.
adjective
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of great size, quantity, volume, or extent
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(of writing) consisting of or sufficient to fill volumes
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prolific in writing or speech
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obsolete winding
Other Word Forms
- hypervoluminous adjective
- hypervoluminously adverb
- hypervoluminousness noun
- supervoluminous adjective
- supervoluminously adverb
- unvoluminous adjective
- unvoluminously adverb
- unvoluminousness noun
- voluminosity noun
- voluminously adverb
- voluminousness noun
Etymology
Origin of voluminous
1605–15; < Late Latin volūminōsus full of folds, equivalent to Latin volūmin- (stem of volūmen ) volume + -ōsus -ous
Example Sentences
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What many saw was a cautious career prosecutor who was forced to testify under duress and who deflected questions from both Democrats and Republicans by referring repeatedly to his voluminous report.
From Barron's • Mar. 21, 2026
As Wenger wrote in 1990: "Akangbe, bodily and spiritually voluminous, creates works of an ethereal, sublimely weightless loftiness. His work is a primary eruption of genius."
From BBC • Jan. 19, 2026
Lee, who has a voluminous head of hair, asked the country’s health minister whether the state-run healthcare plan could foot the bill for hair-loss treatment.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 5, 2026
Discovery’s voluminous film and television library, giving customers more choices of what to watch with the aim of boosting engagement.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 9, 2025
Dimple couldn’t resist rolling her eyes at the voluminous salwar kameez Mamma was holding up.
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
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