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
Recent Examples on the Web
Editor’s Choice Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Is the best hotel in South Florida inside of a gigantic electric guitar?
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Rudie Obias, Variety, 22 Apr. 2024
The Opening Ceremony will be the first ever held in a city center, with gigantic Olympic rings to be displayed on the Eiffel Tower overlooking the Seine, on which a swarm of boats will carry athletes toward the Tower.
—Paris Wilson, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Apr. 2024
In gigantic machine rooms, turbines whirled around the clock.
—Maria Varenikova Nicole Tung, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2024
An 11-year-old found the fossil of a gigantic ocean reptile.
—Morgan Haefner, Quartz, 18 Apr. 2024
A couple of gigantic junipers along the spur road make for shady lunch spots with views of ravens and hawks riding airwaves above the water.
—Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 18 Apr. 2024
During the Rhaetian, gigantic ichthyosaurs swam while dinosaurs walked on land.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 17 Apr. 2024
So, yes, certainly this story explores the fundamentally unspeakable mysteries of human personalities in conjunction with one another, especially after some sort of gigantic event in a life, not unlike an earthquake, which heaves things about and rearranges them.
—Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
The seafront here is striking, with huge gray rocks and crumbled sea stacks scattered across the water, like some gigantic game of marbles.
—Jackie Burrell, The Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2024
Rudie Obias, Variety, 22 Apr. 2024
The Opening Ceremony will be the first ever held in a city center, with gigantic Olympic rings to be displayed on the Eiffel Tower overlooking the Seine, on which a swarm of boats will carry athletes toward the Tower.
—Paris Wilson, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Apr. 2024
In gigantic machine rooms, turbines whirled around the clock.
—Maria Varenikova Nicole Tung, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2024
An 11-year-old found the fossil of a gigantic ocean reptile.
—Morgan Haefner, Quartz, 18 Apr. 2024
A couple of gigantic junipers along the spur road make for shady lunch spots with views of ravens and hawks riding airwaves above the water.
—Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 18 Apr. 2024
During the Rhaetian, gigantic ichthyosaurs swam while dinosaurs walked on land.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 17 Apr. 2024
So, yes, certainly this story explores the fundamentally unspeakable mysteries of human personalities in conjunction with one another, especially after some sort of gigantic event in a life, not unlike an earthquake, which heaves things about and rearranges them.
—Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
The seafront here is striking, with huge gray rocks and crumbled sea stacks scattered across the water, like some gigantic game of marbles.
—Jackie Burrell, The Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2024
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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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