gigantic
/d͡ʒaɪˈɡæntɪk/US/d͡ʒaɪˈɡæntɪk/
gigantic adjective: very large.
Adjective
gigantic (comparative more gigantic, superlative most gigantic)
- Very large.
- Thou Genius of the place (this most renowned Ile)
Which livedst long before the All-earth-drowning Flood,
Whilst yet the world did swarme with her Gigantick brood;1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion, song 1 p. 1 - It is in solitude that the imagination exercises its gigantic power; and where are a woman's feelings nurtured but in solitude?1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXXII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 259
- Thou Genius of the place (this most renowned Ile)
- Excellent; very good or exciting.
- This band is going to be gigantic.
- In the manner of a giant.
gigantic meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
gigantic in Hindi
- gigantic, huge, colossal, enormous
- अतिकाय atikāy
- gigantic, very large-bodied
- विशालकाय viśālkāy
gigantic in Urdu
- عظیم, بےحد بڑا, دیو نما
gigantic in Bengali
- বিশাল, অতিশয় বৃহৎ, প্রকাণ্ড
gigantic in Malayalam
- അതിബൃഹത്തായ, ഗംഭീരമായ, ഭീമാകാരമായ, സ്ഥൂലകായമായ
More languagesFewer languages
- gigantic in Kannada
- ದೈತ್ಯಾಕಾರದ, ರಾಕ್ಷಸಪ್ರಮಾಣದ, ಬಹಳ ಭಾರಿ, ಬೃಹದಾಕಾರದ
- gigantic in Sanskrit
- अतिकाय atikāya
- gigantic in Tagalog
- dambuhala, higante, tandayag
- gigantic in Arabic
- ضَخْم ḍaḵm, هَائِل hāʔil, جَبَّار jabbār
- gigantic in Persian
- غولآسا ġul-âsâ
- gigantic in Thai
- มหึมา má-hʉ̀-maa
- gigantic in Vietnamese
- khổng lồ
Examples of gigantic in a sentence
- We saw lots of cows at the farm show, including some surprisingly gigantic bulls.
- Most people got away with Napster piracy, but a few people were sued for gigantic sums because copyright holders intended to make an example of them.
- But why wouldn’t people want to meet up in a gigantic ice-cream parlor?” questioned Mx.
Synonyms of gigantic
Forms of gigantic
| comparative | more gigantic |
|---|---|
| superlative | most gigantic |
| alternative form (obsolete) | gigantick |
Origin of gigantic
From Ancient Greek γιγαντικός (gigantikós), ultimately from γίγας (gígas, “giant”). According to the Poly-Olbion project coined by Michael Drayton in 1612.
Words formed from gigantic
Phrases with gigantic
Words that rhyme with gigantic
- romantic
- antic
- atlantic
- frantic
- semantic
- Willimantic
- panromantic
- pedantic
- transromantic
- mantic
- marantic
- sycophantic
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Questions about gigantic
- What does gigantic mean?
- Gigantic means very large.
- What is gigantic in Hindi?
- Gigantic in Hindi is अतिकाय (atikāy), विशालकाय (viśālkāy). See Gigantic meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is gigantic?
- Gigantic is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce gigantic?
- Gigantic is pronounced /d͡ʒaɪˈɡæntɪk/ (UK).
Words near gigantic in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: gigantic (page history and authors); अतिकाय (Hindi) (page history and authors); gigantic (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); gigantic (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); gigantic (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); gigantic (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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