gigantic

pronunciation

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Adjective:

so exceedingly large or extensive as to suggest a giant or mammoth

Word Origin

gigantic (adj.): 1610s, "pertaining to giants," from Latin gigant- stem of gigas "giant" (see giant) + -ic. Replaced earlier gigantine (c. 1600), gigantical (c. 1600), giantlike (1570s). The Latin adjective was giganteus. Of material or immaterial things, actions, etc., "of extraordinary sine or proportions," by 1797.

Synonym

adj.

monumental colossal huge immense tremendous vast enormous mammoth

Antonym

adj.

small diminutive little

Example

1. The market for these derivatives is gigantic .

2. The movie clueless is a gigantic joke about the mobile phone .

3. A gigantic flagship floated in the air above hogwarts .

4. Vessels became gigantic , with the latest capable of carrying 15000 standard containers .

5. Her husband wears gigantic cowboy hats .

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