What are the differences between enormous, massive, tremendous, immense, great, huge and giant :) ?

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Enormous, massive, tremendous, immense, great, huge and giant are synonyms. However, some of them have slightly different connotations. I’ve written the sentences below to give you an idea of when and how to use each word.
 
ENORMOUS / IMMENSE
extremely large
 

  • This house is enormous. You must be a pop star!
  • I’m not afraid of dogs, but this one here is enormous.
  • They’ve spent immense amounts of money on building an enormous conservatory in their back garden.
  • I’m under immense pressure at work.
  • Being a parent is enormous responsibility.

 
MASSIVE
large, heavy, solid
 

  • This prison has massive walls. Joker will never escape.
  • There’s been a massive increase in sales.
  • John had a massive heart attack. It’s a miracle he survived.

 
TREMENDOUS
extremely large, very good
 

  • It was a tremendous explosion. You could hear it from miles away.
  • To become a lawyer, you have to learn a tremendous amount of information by heart
  • Walking along the Great Wall of China was a tremendous experience.

 
GREAT
large, very good
 

  • Michael Jackson attracted great crowds wherever he went.
  • His album Thriller was a great success.
  • Watching him perform was always a great pleasure.
  • He was great friends with Michael Jordan.

 
HUGE
extremely large
 

  • There were huge crowds at Harvey Nichols before Christmas.
  • The problems our society is facing are huge.
  • You can store huge amounts of data on our server.

 
GIANT
larger than normal
 

  • “That’s one small step for a man, a giant leap for mankind.”
  • I thought that was a dog, but now I can see it’s a giant cat.
  • Have you seen that giant box under the Christmas tree? I wonder what’s inside.

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