gigantic
adjective/dʒaɪˈɡæntɪk/
/dʒaɪˈɡæntɪk/
- extremely large synonym enormous, huge
- a gigantic house
- The problem was beginning to take on gigantic proportions.
- The bomb caused a gigantic explosion.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryGigantic is used with these nouns:- house
- proportion
Word Originearly 17th cent. (in the sense ‘like or suited to a giant’): from Old French, via Latin from Greek gigas, gigant- + -ic.Definitions on the go
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