Colossal

//kəˈlɒsəl// adj

adj ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Extremely large or on a great scale.

    "A single puppy can make a colossal mess."

  2. 2
    Amazingly spectacular; extraordinary; epic.

    ""It's just the very biggest thing that I ever heard of!" said I, though it was my journalistic rather than my scientific enthusiasm that was roused. "It is colossal. You are a Columbus of science who has discovered a lost world.""

Adjective
  1. 1
    so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
enormousprodigiousabysmalaerialairyaltitudinous

Example

More examples

"There are colossal mountains in the north."

Etymology

From French colossal, formed from Latin colossus, from Ancient Greek κολοσσός (kolossós, “giant statue”).

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