Gigachad

name, noun, slang

name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An exceptionally handsome man, having an even higher level of attractiveness than a Chad. slang

    "Coordinate term: gigastacy"

  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of gigachad. alt-of
  3. 3
    Alternative letter-case form of gigachad. alt-of
  4. 4
    An extremely admirable man; a Chad among Chads. Internet, broadly, sarcastic, sometimes

    "I heard Robert just donated $500 to Team Trees. What an absolute gigachad!"

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A nickname for a model from Russia, Ernest Khalimov, often featured in memes derived from several images posted by the Instagram account berlin.1969. Internet

    "Years of Bogdanoff research into genetic augmentation has finally yielded fruit. ¶ Behold, the Gigachad. The perfect human specimen destined to lead us against the reptilians. ¶ We are all witness."

  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of Gigachad. alt-of

Example

More examples

"How can I compete when I get mogged by gigachads as soon as I step outside?"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From giga- + Chad (“a very attractive man”). Although isolated uses exist earlier, the term was popularized by an anonymous poster on the 4chan /pol/ board on October 17th, 2017, who referred to Russian model Ernest Khalimov as "Gigachad". See Gigachad for more.

Etymology 2

From giga- + Chad. Coined by an anonymous poster on the 4chan /pol/ board on October 17th, 2017, who described Russian model Ernest Khalimov as a "gigachad" who was "the perfect human specimen destined to lead us against the reptilians" (see quotation below).

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.