gar·gan·tu·an (gär-g n ch - n)adj. Of immense size, volume, or capacity; gigantic. See Synonyms at enormous. |
gargantuan [gɑːˈgæntjʊən]
adj
(sometimes capital) huge; enormous
Usage: Some people think that gargantuan should only be used to describe things connected with food: a gargantuan meal; his gargantuan appetite
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Adj. | 1. | gargantuan - of great mass; huge and bulky; "a jumbo jet"; "jumbo shrimp" big, large - above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world" |
gargantuan
adjective huge, big, large, giant, massive, towering, vast, enormous, extensive, tremendous, immense, mega (slang), titanic, jumbo (informal), gigantic, monumental, monstrous, mammoth, colossal, mountainous, prodigious, stupendous, fuck-off (offensive taboo slang), elephantine, ginormous (informal), Brobdingnagian, humongous or humungous (U.S. slang) a marketing event of gargantuan proportions
little, small, minute, tiny, miniature, meagre, paltry, petite, puny, pygmy or pigmy
little, small, minute, tiny, miniature, meagre, paltry, petite, puny, pygmy or pigmy
Usage: Some people think that gargantuan should only be used to describe things connected with food: a gargantuan meal; his gargantuan appetite. Nevertheless, the word is now widely used as a synonym of colossal or massive.
Translations
gargantuan [gɑːˈgæntjʊən] adj (frm) → gargantuesco/a
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