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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | gigantic, very large |
| Synonyms: | Brobdingnagian, Herculean, colossal, elephantine, enormous, epic, gargantuan, giant, huge, immense, jumbo, larger-than-life, mammoth, massive, monstrous, monumental, titan, towering, tremendous, vast |
| Main Entry: | difficult |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hard on someone; hard to do |
| Synonyms: | Gargantuan, Herculean, ambitious, arduous, backbreaker, bothersome, burdensome, challenging, crucial, demanding, difficile, easier said than done, effortful, exacting, formidable, galling, hard-won, heavy, immense, intricate, irritating, labored, laborious, no picnic, not easy, onerous, operose, painful, problem, problematic, prohibitive, rigid, severe, stiff, strenuous, titanic, toilsome, tough, troublesome, trying, unyielding, uphill, upstream, wearisome |
| Antonyms: | calm, easy, free, manageable, plain, simple, uncomplicated |
| 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: | enormous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very large |
| Synonyms: | astronomic, barn door, blimp, colossal, excessive, gargantuan, gigantic, gross, huge, humongous, immense, jumbo, mammoth, massive, monstrous, mountainous, prodigious, stupendous, super-colossal, titanic, tremendous, vast, whopping |
| Antonyms: | insignificant, little, minute, small, tiny |
| Main Entry: | forceful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | effective, powerful |
| Synonyms: | ball of fire, bullish, cogent, coming on strong, commanding, compelling, constraining, convincing, dominant, dynamic, electric, elemental, energetic, forcible, gutsy, mighty, persuasive, pithy, potent, powerhouse, puissant, punch, punchy, steamroller, stringent, strong, take-charge, take-over, telling, titanic, vehement, vigorous, violent, virile, weighty |
| Notes: | forcible indicates the use of brute force, forced means done involuntarily, and forceful suggests a potential for force |
| Antonyms: | feeble, impotent, ineffective, meek, unforceful, weak |
| 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: | giant |
| 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: | great |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very large |
| Synonyms: | abundant, ample, big, big league, bulky, bull, colossal, considerable, decided, enormous, excessive, extended, extensive, extravagant, extreme, fat, gigantic, grievous, high, huge, humongous, husky, immense, inordinate, jumbo, lengthy, long, major league, mammoth, mondo, numerous, oversize, prodigious, prolonged, pronounced, protracted, strong, stupendous, terrible, titanic, towering, tremendous, vast, voluminous |
| Antonyms: | few, little, miniature, minute, short, small |
| 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
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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