different between sizable vs mountainous

sizable

English

Alternative forms

  • sizeable

Etymology

From size +? -able.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?sa?z?b?l/

Adjective

sizable (comparative more sizable, superlative most sizable)

  1. Fairly large.
    He gave a sizable cash donation, sizable enough that the IRS wondered where all that money came from.
    • 2015, Elizabeth Royte, Vultures Are Revolting. Here's Why We Need to Save Them., National Geographic (December 2015)[1]
      A vulture can wolf more than two pounds of meat in a minute; a sizable crowd can strip a zebra—nose to tail—in 30 minutes.

Derived terms

  • sizableness
  • sizably
  • unsizable

Translations

Anagrams

  • balizes

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mountainous

English

Etymology

From mountain +? -ous after Middle French montagneux, itself from montaigne or Late Latin mont?ni?sus, in turn from Latin mont?nus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?ma?nt?n?s/

Adjective

mountainous (comparative more mountainous, superlative most mountainous)

  1. Having many mountains; characterized by mountains; of the nature of a mountain; rough (terrain); rocky.
  2. Resembling a mountain, especially in size; huge; towering.
  3. (figuratively, of a problem or task) Very difficult.
  4. (obsolete) Inhabiting mountains; hence, barbarous.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:gigantic

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

  • hilly

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