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)
- 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)
- Having many mountains; characterized by mountains; of the nature of a mountain; rough (terrain); rocky.
- Resembling a mountain, especially in size; huge; towering.
- (figuratively, of a problem or task) Very difficult.
- (obsolete) Inhabiting mountains; hence, barbarous.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:gigantic
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
See also
- hilly
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