Gargantuan

//ɡɑːˈɡæn.t͡ʃu.ən//

Synonyms for "gargantuan" (140 found)

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Closest matches (28)

Strong matches (42)

Adjective(27 words)

considerable cyclopean daniel lambertish elephantic elephantine enormous expansive full generous giant giantesque gigantesque gigantic ginormous good-sized grand great great big hefty hench

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honkin'huge hulking humongous hunormous immane immense

cosmic cosmical cyclopean epic extensive galactic giantlike herculean heroic homeric humongous immeasurable infinite

Adjective(2 words)

elephantine giant

Related words (70)

jumbo king size king-size large mammoth massive massy mighty monster monstrous monumental mountainous outsize overgrown prodigious profound sizable spacious stupendous thumping

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titan titanic towering tremendous vast voluminous walloping weighty whaling

Adjective(40 words)

jumbo larger than life largifical leviathan long mahoosive mammoth massive mastodonic mega monstrous monumental mountainous outsized overlarge oversize oversized pantagruelian prodigious pyramidal

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pythonic roomy rotund sizeable spacious stonking stupendous substantial super supergiant supersized swingeing tall titanic tremendous vast voluminous whopping wide yuge

Adjective(1 words)

jumbo

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

4 relation types

Synonyms

8 entries

colossal elephantine enormous giant gigantic huge humongous immense

derived

5 entries

gargantuanism gargantuanly gargantuanness hypergargantuan supergargantuan

related to

3 entries

huge immense tremendous

similar

2 entries

big large

Translations

42 translations across 17 languages.

Danish

2 entries

enorm adj (huge)
gigantisk adj (huge)

Dutch

1 entries

immens adj (huge)

Estonian

2 entries

hiigelsuur adj (huge)
hiiglaslik adj (huge)

Finnish

4 entries

jättiläismäinen adj (huge)
jättimäinen adj (huge)
suunnaton adj (huge)
valtava adj (huge)

French

2 entries

gargantuesque adj (huge)
gargantuesque adj (of the giant Gargantua or his appetite)

German

1 entries

gigantisch adj (huge)

Hungarian

2 entries

rettentő nagy adj (huge)
óriási adj (huge)

Indonesian

3 entries

besar adj (huge)
luar biasa adj (huge)
raksasa adj (huge)

Italian

3 entries

gargantuesco adj (huge)
gargantuesco adj (of the giant Gargantua or his appetite)
gigantesco adj (huge)

Japanese

4 entries

ガルガンチュワの adj (of the giant Gargantua or his appetite)
夥しい adj (huge)
巨大な adj (huge)
膨大な adj (huge)

Kannada

4 entries

ದೈತ್ಯಾಕಾರದ adj (huge)
ದೊಡ್ಡ adj (huge)
ಬೃಹದಾಕಾರದ adj (huge)
ರಾಕ್ಷಸಾಕಾರದ adj (huge)

Macedonian

1 entries

гига́нтски adj (huge)

Malayalam

1 entries

വളരെ വലിയ adj (huge)

Polish

3 entries

gargantuiczny adj (huge)
gargantuiczny adj (of the giant Gargantua or his appetite)
gigantyczny adj (huge)

Romanian

4 entries

colosal adj (huge)
enorm adj (huge)
gargantuesc adj (of the giant Gargantua or his appetite)
imens adj (huge)

Russian

1 entries

гига́нтский adj (huge)

Swedish

2 entries

enorm adj (huge)
gigantisk adj (huge)

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

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Developing Algiers is a gargantuan task.

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They convinced Tom to stay by offering gargantuan incentives.

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There is a gargantuan spider in the bathroom.

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These gargantuan beasts are also among the most intelligent.

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