gigantic
very large; huge: a gigantic statue.
of, like, or befitting a giant.
Origin of gigantic
1synonym study For gigantic
Other words for gigantic
Opposites for gigantic
Other words from gigantic
- gi·gan·ti·cal·ly, adverb
- gi·gan·tic·ness, noun
Words Nearby gigantic
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How to use gigantic in a sentence
Meanwhile, Microsoft is also butting heads with Amazon over cloud computing, the gigantic business that involves supplying data center computing power to corporate customers.
TikTok: Everything to know about tech’s biggest soap opera | Danielle Abril | September 5, 2020 | FortuneIt’s important to note, however, that our analysis assumes that the non-car, 15% of Tesla’s business also grows at gigantic, 20%-plus rates in the future.
Tesla has a business model problem: It can never justify its current stock price by simply making cars | Shawn Tully | August 29, 2020 | FortuneFlashy department stores sprang up in cities, sparkling new malls dotted the suburbs, and big-box stores grew to gigantic proportions around the country.
Fortunately, plasmas can be manipulated using magnetic fields, and so gigantic electromagnets are used to keep the plasma spinning around a donut-shaped reactor called a tokamak.
Construction of the World’s Biggest Nuclear Fusion Plant Just Started in France | Edd Gent | August 3, 2020 | Singularity HubMaybe a massive computer-science lab or a well-funded medical-device workshop or a flavor-profile laboratory run by a gigantic food company.
The five men, their Land Rover, and their supplies were loaded into the gigantic military aircraft.
A gigantic solar storm could fry power grids, knocking out electricity for months.
The Sun Is Pummeling Earth. Now What? Solar Storms for Dummies | Lizzie Crocker | September 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTShe throws gigantic, destructive parties, and purposely lights his ottomans on fire.
'BoJack Horseman': The Debauched Tales of a Drunken, Groupie-Sexing D-List Horse, Hits Netflix | Marlow Stern | August 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn January 1915 gigantic German Zeppelin airships appeared in the night over London and dropped bombs at random.
Life Under Air Strikes: Children Under Fire Will Never Forget — or Forgive | Clive Irving | August 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTConsider the gigantic implications of this precise logical observation.
Today’s Wonky Elite Is in Love With the Wrong French Intellectual | James Poulos | April 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe used to walk through the park, and note with pleasure the care that his father bestowed on the gigantic property.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsThe embankment or road-bed was commenced by gigantic piling, and is very broad and substantial.
Glances at Europe | Horace GreeleyThe machine penetrated everywhere, thrusting aside with its gigantic arm the feeble efforts of handicraft.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen LeacockThe gigantic pylon, its shoulders breaking the sky four-square far overhead, seemed the prodigious portal of another world.
The Wave | Algernon BlackwoodEmigration is now proceeding with gigantic strides, and is destined for some time to continue.
Glances at Europe | Horace Greeley
British Dictionary definitions for gigantic
/ (dʒaɪˈɡæntɪk) /
very large; enormous: a gigantic error
Also: gigantesque (ˌdʒaɪɡænˈtɛsk) of or suitable for giants
Origin of gigantic
1Derived forms of gigantic
- gigantically, adverb
- giganticness, noun
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