gargantuan
19
7.3
- adjective
- /ɡɑrˈɡænʧuən/
:
gigantesco
- Right away, I realized this was a mistake of gargantuan proportions.
- a gargantuan task
- a gargantuan explosion
It's not offered despite this gargantuan sized Hummer.
- It's not offered despite this gargantuan sized Hummer.
- And so streaming took many, many, many more years to take off and become the, you know, the gargantuan thing the Juggernaut is today.
- But against those astronauts, it's practically gargantuan.
Examples
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What's really important to remember is that the scale is so much more gargantuan in the Great Hall.
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As the helicopters near the craft, we see how tiny they appear against the gargantuan spaceship.
Fiction book (1996) -
Now let's remember what a gargantuan effort this actually was.
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All of Washington is under the shadow of this gargantuan alien craft.
Fiction book (1996) -
Even though the growth had been far less than anticipated, the unit contained gargantuan numbers of the bacteria.
Fiction book (1999) -
I don't know how big London is compared to LA, but they are both gargantuan urban areas.
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Since independence in 1947, India has welcomed gargantuan river-diverting dam projects.
Academic text (2009) -
Tucker marveled at the gargantuan appetite of Market Shiflett's cat.
Fiction book (1995) -
We all know there's one man who hits gargantuan drives off the tee and has a lock picker's touch around the greens.
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The construction project required a gargantuan amount of resources and time to complete.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Larger than usual in size or amount
∞
1.0
Bigger than average in size, number, or amount
∞
1.0
Very large in size, amount, or degree
∞
1.0
Very large in size or number
940
2.9
Very large and impressive in scale
918
3.0
Impressive and large in appearance or style
878
1.0
Very large in size
842
2.1
Very large in size, amount, or effect
794
3.0
Very large or impressive
721
2.1
Very large in size or amount
141
3.7
Very large in size, amount, or degree
139
3.2
Very large, much bigger than normal
65
3.8
Very large and affecting many people or places
64
3.7
Quite large in size or amount
55
4.7
So large in size or amount that it causes great surprise
45
4.1
Being large in amount and often expensive
37
3.6
Very large in size, much bigger than normal
30
5.6
Very large in amount or size
21
4.5
Very large in size or amount, much bigger than normal
19
7.5
Very large or impressive in a way that surprises people
15
3.3
Very large and much bigger than usual
13
4.8
A person or thing that seems bigger and more exciting than normal
6
6.6
Much larger than normal or expected
5
3.9
Very large in size or amount
2
7.5
Very large, heavy, and clumsy
1
1.8
Much larger than usual
1
7.1
Very large in number, cost, or size
Very large, often said in a playful way
Antonyms
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Etymology
Gargantuan comes from the name Gargantua, a giant in an old French story who ate huge amounts and did giant things, so he became a picture of great size. That's why gargantuan means 'extremely large' or 'enormous'.