gigantic
adjective
gi·gan·tic
jī-ˈgan-tik 
jə-
: exceeding the usual or expected (as in size, force, or prominence)
Synonyms
- astronomical
- astronomic
- Brobdingnagian
- bumper
- colossal
- cosmic
- cosmical
- cyclopean
- elephantine
- enormous
- galactic
- gargantuan
- giant
- gigantesque
- 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 gigantic in a Sentence
a raccoon got into the trash and now there's a gigantic mess in our backyard
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Siriano posted further proof of how gigantic McCarthy's cape was on Instagram, sharing a photo of him being the grand cloak's escort.
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Michelle Lee, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025
The cone was dumping enriched semolina flour into a gigantic tank.
—Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
The theater — the first built specifically for a Blue Man production — will be on the east side of the complex, facing Universal Boulevard and wedged between two of the gigantic support posts for the Orlando Eye observation wheel.
—Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2025
As for the buildings themselves, little is known about who commissioned or designed most of the gigantic complex, only that it was constructed between the first and third centuries, when Baalbek was known by its Greek name, Heliopolis—the city of the sun.
—Youmna Melhem Chamieh, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
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Michelle Lee, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025
The cone was dumping enriched semolina flour into a gigantic tank.
—Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
The theater — the first built specifically for a Blue Man production — will be on the east side of the complex, facing Universal Boulevard and wedged between two of the gigantic support posts for the Orlando Eye observation wheel.
—Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2025
As for the buildings themselves, little is known about who commissioned or designed most of the gigantic complex, only that it was constructed between the first and third centuries, when Baalbek was known by its Greek name, Heliopolis—the city of the sun.
—Youmna Melhem Chamieh, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
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“Gigantic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gigantic. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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gigantic
adjective
gi·gan·tic
jī-ˈgant-ik
: being beyond the ordinary or expected (as in size, weight, or strength)
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