galactic
adjective
ga·lac·tic
gə-ˈlak-tik 
Synonyms
- astronomical
- astronomic
- Brobdingnagian
- bumper
- colossal
- cosmic
- cosmical
- cyclopean
- elephantine
- enormous
- 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 galactic serving of soda that would have been enough for three moviegoers
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Phosphorus stars are predominantly found in the Milky Way’s inner galactic halo and thick disk, indicating that their distribution is not location-specific, Maren Brauner, a PhD student at Spain’s Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias and the Universidad de La Laguna, told me via email.
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Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
The debut feature from Emma Hough Hobbs and Leela Varghese follows a sheltered space princess who embarks on a galactic mission to rescue her bounty hunter ex-girlfriend from the Straight White Maliens.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 13 Jan. 2025
Active galactic nuclei are some of the most luminous objects in the universe.
—Jonathan Zrake, Discover Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
But because the signals emanate from the crowded galactic plane, optical telescopes could not see which of many stars might be producing them.
—Bydaniel Clery, science.org, 4 Dec. 2024
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Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
The debut feature from Emma Hough Hobbs and Leela Varghese follows a sheltered space princess who embarks on a galactic mission to rescue her bounty hunter ex-girlfriend from the Straight White Maliens.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 13 Jan. 2025
Active galactic nuclei are some of the most luminous objects in the universe.
—Jonathan Zrake, Discover Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
But because the signals emanate from the crowded galactic plane, optical telescopes could not see which of many stars might be producing them.
—Bydaniel Clery, science.org, 4 Dec. 2024
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“Galactic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/galactic. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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galactic
adjective
ga·lac·tic
gə-ˈlak-tik
: of or relating to a galaxy
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