monumental
Of lasting importance
Monumental describes something massive in scale or significance.
A monumental achievement or monumental effort is extraordinarily impressive.
Monumental architecture is built to impress—think pyramids, cathedrals, war memorials.
The word can also mean serving as a monument: a monumental inscription.
Informally, monumental intensifies negatives: a monumental failure, a monumental waste of time.
Extremely large in scale
- titanicEnormously strong or large
- gargantuanExtremely immense in scope
- giganticImmensely large in scale
- immenseExtremely large in scope
enormous · towering · mammoth · vast · huge · massive · behemoth · hulking
Of great significance
- historicOf lasting significance
- pivotalVitally important, deciding
- landmarkNotable point of reference
- groundbreakingIntroducing radical new ideas
watershed · epoch-making · consequential · far-reaching · milestone · turning point · game-changing · unprecedented
Unaffected by eras
- permanentFixed without end
- lastingContinuing through time
- eternalLasting without end
- perpetualLasting without interruption
everlasting · ageless · immortal · indelible · unforgettable · imperishable · abiding · steadfast
Thing preserving remembrance
- statueThree-dimensional sculpted likeness
- obeliskTapering stone monument
- cenotaphTomb without a body
- mausoleumMonumental building for interment
shrine · plaque · dedication · tribute · homage · remembrance · inscription · epitaph
Exceptionally beautiful or impressive
- majesticImpressively dignified and beautiful
- awe-inspiringEvoking reverential wonder
- statelyGrand and imposing
- imposingImpressively grand in scale
sublime · grand · splendid · impressive · breathtaking · resplendent · palatial · august
colossal
Extremely large in scale
- titanicEnormously strong or large
- gargantuanExtremely immense in scope
- giganticImmensely large in scale
immense · enormous · towering · mammoth · vast · huge · massive · behemoth · hulking · oversized
momentous
Of great significance
groundbreaking · watershed · epoch-making · consequential · far-reaching · milestone · turning point · game-changing · unprecedented · defining
timeless
Unaffected by eras
perpetual · everlasting · ageless · immortal · indelible · unforgettable · imperishable · abiding · steadfast · enduring
memorial
Thing preserving remembrance
mausoleum · shrine · plaque · dedication · tribute · homage · remembrance · inscription · epitaph · monolith
magnificent
Exceptionally beautiful or impressive
- majesticImpressively dignified and beautiful
- awe-inspiringEvoking reverential wonder
- statelyGrand and imposing
imposing · sublime · grand · splendid · impressive · breathtaking · resplendent · palatial · august · noble
landmark
Notable point of reference
artifact · epoch · civilization · archaeological · ancient · legendary · storied · chronicle · dynasty · iconic
- size wordsbig, small, short, large, huge
- Building Adjectivesangular, arched, columned, domed, vaulted
- epicIliad, Odyssey, Beowulf, Aeneid, Gilgamesh
- Scalevast, immense, huge, enormous, massive
- awe-inspiringawe-inspiring, awesome, breathtaking, jaw-dropping, magnificent
- Extreme Adjectivesastronomical, boundless, colossal, countless, endless
monumentaltrivial
Lacking significance or weight
insignificant · inconsequential · negligible · trifling · unimportant
monumentalunimpressive
Failing to inspire admiration
unimposing · humble · unprepossessing · modest · unremarkable
- war monumentsStructures honoring combat dead
- ancient monumentsHistoric structures from antiquity
- national monumentLegally protected landmark
- Washington MonumentCommemorative stone tower, D.C.
- historic monumentsPreserved structures of significance
- stone monumentsLasting rock tributes
monument, monuments, monumentally, monumentality, monumentalize, monumentalized, monumentalism