gigantic

adjective

gi·​gan·​tic jī-ˈgan-tik How to pronounce gigantic (audio)
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: exceeding the usual or expected (as in size, force, or prominence)
gigantically
jī-ˈgan-ti-k(ə-)lē How to pronounce gigantic (audio)
jə-
adverb

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enormous, immense, huge, vast, gigantic, colossal, mammoth mean exceedingly large.

enormous and immense both suggest an exceeding of all ordinary bounds in size or amount or degree, but enormous often adds an implication of abnormality or monstrousness.

an enormous expense
an immense shopping mall

huge commonly suggests an immensity of bulk or amount.

incurred a huge debt

vast usually suggests immensity of extent.

the vast Russian steppes

gigantic stresses the contrast with the size of others of the same kind.

a gigantic sports stadium

colossal applies especially to a human creation of stupendous or incredible dimensions.

a colossal statue of Lincoln

mammoth suggests both hugeness and ponderousness of bulk.

a mammoth boulder

Examples of gigantic in a Sentence

a raccoon got into the trash and now there's a gigantic mess in our backyard
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Then try Wilmot’s Warehouse, a strangely cheerful take on working in a gigantic storage warehouse. — Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2025 Explaining this, the paper proposes that the gigantic impact which formed the roughly 1,600 mile (2,500 kilometers) wide SPA basin around 4.2 billion years ago modified the chemical and physical properties of the moon's mantle in this region. — Andrew Jones, Space.com, 18 Mar. 2025 The wintry Atlantic roiling, frothing, glittering like a gigantic skin shaking itself, great galleon-clouds passing overhead, torn and tattered by the wind. — Joyce Carol Oates, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2025 In 1845, near Birr Castle in Ireland, workers put the finishing touches on a gigantic telescope. — Danny Robb, JSTOR Daily, 15 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for gigantic

Word History

Etymology

Greek gigantikos, from gigant-, gigas giant

First Known Use

1630, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of gigantic was in 1630

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gigantic

adjective
gi·​gan·​tic jī-ˈgant-ik How to pronounce gigantic (audio)
: being beyond the ordinary or expected (as in size, weight, or strength)

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