colossal
adjective
co·los·sal
kə-ˈlä-səl 
1
: of, relating to, or resembling a colossus
colossal statues
2
: of a bulk, extent, power, or effect approaching or suggesting the stupendous or incredible
colossal rock formations
colossal stellar explosions
3
: of an exceptional or astonishing degree
a colossal failure
a colossal bore
colossal ambition
Synonyms
- astronomical
- astronomic
- Brobdingnagian
- bumper
- cosmic
- cosmical
- cyclopean
- elephantine
- enormous
- galactic
- gargantuan
- giant
- gigantesque
- gigantic
- grand
- herculean
- heroic
- heroical
- Himalayan
- huge
- humongous
- humungous
- immense
- jumbo
- king-size
- king-sized
- leviathan
- mammoth
- massive
- mega
- mighty
- monster
- monstrous
- monumental
- mountainous
- oceanic
- pharaonic
- planetary
- prodigious
- super
- super-duper
- supersize
- supersized
- titanic
- tremendous
- vast
- vasty
- walloping
- whacking
- whopping
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a colossal statue of the town's founder
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Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
The Stranger Things team is once again teasing a colossal final season.
—James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Jan. 2025
However, that colossal run has encountered periodic drawdowns.
—Michael Khouw, CNBC, 28 Jan. 2025
OpenAI's backer Microsoft, its chief rival Google, and cloud giant Amazon all got busy with colossal infrastructure investments.
—Scott Rosenberg, Axios, 28 Jan. 2025
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“Colossal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/colossal. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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colossal
adjective
co·los·sal
kə-ˈläs-əl
1
: of, relating to, or resembling a colossus
especially
: of very great size
a colossal office building
2
: extraordinary, exceptional
colossal growth
a colossal failure
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