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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024gi•gan•tic /dʒaɪˈgæntɪk, dʒɪ-/USA pronunciation adj. - very large;
huge:We got lost in that gigantic airport.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024gi•gan•tic (jī gan′tik, ji-),USA pronunciation adj. - very large;
huge:a gigantic statue. - of, like, or befitting a giant.
- Latin gigant- giant + -ic
- 1605–15
gi•gan′ti•cal•ly, adv. gi•gan′tic•ness, n. - 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged enormous, immense, prodigious, herculean, cyclopean, titanic. Gigantic, colossal, mammoth, monstrous are used of whatever is physically or metaphorically of great magnitude. Gigantic refers to the size of a giant, or to size or scope befitting a giant:a gigantic stalk of corn.Colossal refers to the size of a colossus, to anything huge or vast as befitting a hero or god:a colossal victory.Mammoth refers to the size of the animal of that name and is used esp. of anything large and heavy:a mammoth battleship.Monstrous means strikingly unusual or out of the normal in some way, as in size:a monstrous blunder.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged tiny.
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