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| Main Entry: |
giant
 [jahy-uhnt] 
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very large |
| Synonyms: | Herculean, big, blimp, brobdingnagian, colossal, cyclopean, elephantine, enormous, gargantuan, gigantic, gross*, huge, hulking, humongous*, immense, jumbo, mammoth, monstrous*, mountainous, prodigious, super-duper, titanic, vast, whale of a, whaling |
| Antonyms: | dwarf, little, miniature, miniscule, minor, small, teeny, tiny |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | colossal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very large |
| Synonyms: | barn door, behemothic, blimp, cyclopean, elephantine, enormous, gargantuan, giant, gigantic, huge, humongous*, immense, jumbo, mammoth, mondo, monstrous, mountainous, super, titanic, vast |
| Antonyms: | small, teeny, tiny |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | colossus |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | giant thing |
| Synonyms: | Cyclops, Gargantua, Goliath, Hercules, Samson, behemoth, giant, leviathan, mammoth, titan |
Example Sentences
- All that's left is a giant scoop of vanilla bean ice cream.
- The giant planet's moons were gnats, rather than gnarled landscapes of methane lakes and dusty geysers.
- Print detailed illustrations of giant tree frogs and other animals to color or use in school projects.
| Main Entry: | elephantine |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | huge |
| Synonyms: | behemothic, big, colossal, enormous, extensive, gargantuan, giant, gigantic, grand, great, humongous, immense, jumbo, large, mammoth, massive, monstrous, monumental, mountainous, titanic, towering |
| Main Entry: | gargantuan |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very large |
| Synonyms: | big, colossal, elephantine, enormous, giant, gigantic, heavyweight, huge, humongous, immense, jumbo, leviathan, mammoth, massive, monstrous, monumental, mountainous, prodigious, super-colossal, super-duper, titanic, towering, tremendous, vast, whopping |
| Antonyms: | little, miniscule, small, tiny |
| Main Entry: | gigantic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very large |
| Synonyms: | Herculean, Moby, blimp, brobdingnagian, colossal, cyclopean, elephantine, enormous, gargantuan, giant, gross*, huge, immense, jumbo, mammoth, massive, monster, monstrous, prodigious, stupendous, super-colossal, titan, tremendous, vast, whopping |
| Antonyms: | dwarfed, little, miniature, miniscule, small, teeny, tiny |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | high |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tall; at a great distance aloft |
| Synonyms: | aerial, alpine, altitudinous, big, colossal, elevated, eminent, flying, formidable, giant, gigantic, grand, great, high rise, high-reaching, hovering, huge, immense, large, lofty, long, sky-high, sky-scraping, soaring, steep, towering, tremendous, uplifted, upraised |
| Antonyms: | dwarfed, low, lowly, short, stunted |
| Main Entry: | huge |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extremely large |
| Synonyms: | behemothic, bulky, colossal, cyclopean, elephantine, enormous, extensive, gargantuan, giant, gigantic, great, gross*, humongous, immeasurable, immense, jumbo, leviathan, lusty, magnificent, mammoth, massive, mighty, mondo, monster*, monstrous*, monumental, mountainous, outsize, oversize, planetary, prodigious, stupendous, titanic, towering, tremendous, vast, walloping, whopping |
| Antonyms: | dwarf, little, miniature, minute, small, teeny, tiny |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | immense |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extremely large |
| Synonyms: | Brobdingnagian, barn door, boundless, colossal, elephantine, endless, enormous, eternal, extensive, giant, gigantic, great, gross, huge, humongous, illimitable, immeasurable, infinite, interminable, jumbo, limitless, mammoth, massive, measureless, mighty, monstrous, monumental, prodigious, stupendous, super, titanic, tremendous, unbounded, vast |
| Antonyms: | little, miniature, minute, small, teeny, tiny |
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