monolithic

[mon-uh-lith-ik] / ˌmɒn əˈlɪθ ɪk /

ADJECTIVE

massive

Synonyms

STRONGEST

hulking imposing

WEAK

big bulky colossal consistent elephantine enormous gargantuan giant gigantic grand great huge immense immovable mammoth permanent solid titanic towering uniform vast whopping

Example Sentences

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Of course, the U.S. oil and gas industry isn’t monolithic.

From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026

But investors no longer treat AI companies as a monolithic group.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 16, 2026

Above the monolithic platform hung three large monitors.

From Slate • Jan. 13, 2026

Because these components are compatible with monolithic integration in photonic integrated circuits, they may also enable a wide range of future technologies, including broad-band imaging and ultrafast spectroscopy operating on femtosecond timescales.

From Science Daily • Jan. 7, 2026

There was something fluid, insubstantial, in the very heaviness of this city built of monoliths, this monolithic state that called the part and the whole by the same name.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

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