variants
or less commonly cosmical
1
a
: of or relating to the cosmos, the extraterrestrial vastness, or the universe in contrast to the earth alone
cosmic radiation
b
: of, relating to, or concerned with abstract spiritual or metaphysical (see metaphysical sense 2) ideas
cosmic wisdom
2
: characterized by greatness especially in extent, intensity, or comprehensiveness
a cosmic thinker
a book of cosmic significance
Synonyms
- astronomical
- astronomic
- Brobdingnagian
- bumper
- colossal
- 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
Examples of cosmic in a Sentence
The discovery caused a cosmic shift in people's views of the world.
predicted that the war would forever be regarded as a cosmic error
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About 2 million years ago—yesterday, on cosmic timescales—the largest star’s thermonuclear core ignited.
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Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
Researchers are testing the cosmic potential of the renewable material as humans explore living in space.
—Andrew Torgan, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
So, a successful search for cosmic AI might require a search strategy that is quite different from the type of search needed when looking for biological aliens.
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Rubins first voted in the 2016 presidential election from the International Space Station, and next cast her cosmic ballot again in 2020, according to NASA.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2024
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Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
Researchers are testing the cosmic potential of the renewable material as humans explore living in space.
—Andrew Torgan, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
So, a successful search for cosmic AI might require a search strategy that is quite different from the type of search needed when looking for biological aliens.
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Rubins first voted in the 2016 presidential election from the International Space Station, and next cast her cosmic ballot again in 2020, according to NASA.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Cosmic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cosmic. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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