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cavernous
Meaning: very large and open like a cave
cavernous in a sentence
How cavernous is used in real sentences:
Their voices echoed through the cavernous school gym.
The small audience looked lost inside the cavernous theater.
“The cavernous room had a ceiling three stories high, and its new white walls seemed to stretch without end.”
— from the passage The Light Between Paintings
Synonyms for cavernous
Other words for cavernous — vast, spacious and roomy — carry the same meaning.
- vast
- spacious
- roomy
Antonyms of cavernous
Words that mean the opposite of cavernous:
- cramped
- tiny
Where it comes from
From Latin caverna 'cave'
Memory hook
CAVERN is inside cavernous, so picture a huge open cave.