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Godzilla

UK/ɡɒdˈzɪlə/US/ɡɑdˈzɪlə/

Godzilla proper noun: a fictional Japanese monster (kaiju) from a series of science-fiction films.

godzilla: a fictional Japanese monster (kaiju) from a series of science-fiction films
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Proper noun

Godzilla

  1. A fictional Japanese monster (kaiju) from a series of science-fiction films.
    • What other television show would feature a gorgeously designed sequence where a horrifically mutated Pierre and Marie Curie, their bodies swollen to Godzilla-like proportions from prolonged exposure to the radiation that would eventually kill them, destroy an Asian city with their bare hands like...2012 May 20, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Marge Gets A Job” (season 4, episode 7; originally aired 11/05/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club

Noun

Godzilla (plural Godzillas)

  1. (figuratively) Anything that is an extremely large or dramatic example of its type.
    • a Godzilla of a tower building
    • Aren't we supposed to be a big, terrifying country, a Godzilla of capitalism wrecking the globe?2009, P. J. O'Rourke, Peace Kills, Atlantic Books, →ISBN

Godzilla meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Malayalam

Godzilla in Hindi

Japanese science-fiction monster
गोडज़िला goḍzilā, गोडजिला goḍjilā, गोगोला gogolā

Godzilla in Tamil

Japanese science-fiction monster
காட்சில்லா kāṭcillā

Godzilla in Marathi

Japanese science-fiction monster
गॉडझिला gŏḍjhilā

Godzilla in Malayalam

Japanese science-fiction monster
ഗോഡ്സില്ല gōḍsilla
More languagesFewer languages
Godzilla in Kannada
ಗಾಡ್ಜಿಲ್ಲಾ Gāḍjillā
Godzilla in Arabic
غُودْزِيلَا ḡūdzīlā, غُدْزِيلَا ḡudzīlā
Godzilla in Persian
گودزیلا godzilâ
Godzilla in Thai
ก็อตซิลลา gɔ̀t-sil-laa, ก็อตซิลล่า gɔ̀t-sil-lâa
Godzilla in Vietnamese
Godzilla

Forms of Godzilla

Proper noun
alternative formGodzirra
alternative formGojira
Noun
pluralGodzillas

Origin of Godzilla

From Japanese ゴジラ (Gojira), blend created for the movie from the words ゴリラ (gorira, “gorilla”) and 鯨 (kujira, “whale”).

Words formed from Godzilla

Words that rhyme with Godzilla

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Questions about Godzilla

What does Godzilla mean?
Godzilla means a fictional Japanese monster (kaiju) from a series of science-fiction films.
What is Godzilla in Hindi?
Godzilla in Hindi is गोडज़िला (goḍzilā), गोडजिला (goḍjilā), गोगोला (gogolā). See Godzilla meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Godzilla?
Godzilla can be a proper noun or a noun.
How do you pronounce Godzilla?
Godzilla is pronounced /ɡɒdˈzɪlə/ (UK).

Words near Godzilla in the dictionary

  1. godwoman
  2. godwomen
  3. Godwottery
  4. Gody
  5. Godys
  6. Godzilla
  7. Godzilla-ish
  8. Godzillaesque
  9. Godzillaish
  10. Godzillalike
  11. Godzillas

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Godzilla (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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