ginormous
UK/dʒaɪˈnɔːməs//dʒaɪˈnɔɹməs/
ginormous adjective: very large.
Adjective
ginormous (comparative more ginormous, superlative most ginormous)
- Very large.
- This is Jazz, a ginormous weird looking planet just showed up in the suburbs of Cybertron.1986, Ron Friedman, The Transformers: The Movie, spoken by Jazz
- Walt Disney World is ginormous. Even after you’re on the property, you have to drive about fifteen minutes to get to different places.1999, Gabrielle Charbonnet, Adventure at Walt Disney World: A Disney Girls Super Special, Disney Press, →ISBN, page 20
- Synonyms:
- ample, big, exceeding, cosmic, bodacious, broad, commodious, considerable, expansive, good-sized
Examples of ginormous in a sentence
- These city-sized objects are essentially ginormous atomic nuclei.”2019, Green Bank Observatory, Most massive neutron star ever detected, almost too massive to exist:
- “It’s ginormous!” said Carter Jackson, eight, from Sheffield.2026 June 17, Patrick Barkham, “‘Most famous tree in the world’: Sherwood Forest’s 1,000-year-old Major oak dies”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
Synonyms of ginormous
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Forms of ginormous
| comparative | more ginormous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most ginormous |
Origin of ginormous
Blend of gi(gantic) + (e)normous. Originally 1940s military slang.
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Questions about ginormous
- What does ginormous mean?
- Ginormous means very large.
- How do you use ginormous in a sentence?
- These city-sized objects are essentially ginormous atomic nuclei.”
- What part of speech is ginormous?
- Ginormous is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce ginormous?
- Ginormous is pronounced /dʒaɪˈnɔːməs/ (UK).
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