If you say that something is gargantuan, you are emphasizing that it is very large.
[written, emphasis]
...a marketing event of gargantuan proportions.
...a gargantuan corruption scandal.
Synonyms: huge, big, large, giant More Synonyms of gargantuan
gargantuan in British English
(ɡɑːˈɡæntjʊən)
adjective
(sometimes capital)
huge; enormous
▶ USAGE Some people think that gargantuan should only be used to describe things connected with food: a gargantuan meal; his gargantuan appetite
gargantuan in American English
(gɑrˈgæntʃuən)
adjective
enormous; gigantic
Word origin
after Gargantua
Examples of 'gargantuan' in a sentence
gargantuan
The delay may also be down to the gargantuan task and cost of actually visiting the restaurants.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Removing him from it is a gargantuan task.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It was meant to have curbed her gargantuan appetite.
The Sun (2010)
But why should they be denied our own gargantuan appetites?
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
They all opted for hamburgers of quite gargantuan proportions.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The search task has been gargantuan.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
But the tasks ahead are gargantuan.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Why this gargantuan appetite for spice, and how on earth did they get through it?
Jack Turner SPICE: The History of a Temptation (2004)
What was especially impressive about old-school restraint was that it was coupled with the most gargantuan appetite for gossip.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
With a gargantuan effort, they obey me, sliding a couple of centimetres in turn.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
This has increased an already toxic legacy to gargantuan proportions,' he said.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Then I had a growth in my eye, which swelled up to gargantuan proportions.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
(adjective)
Definition
huge or enormous
a marketing event of gargantuan proportions
Synonyms
huge
Several painters were working on a huge piece of canvas.
big
Australia's a big country.
large
In a large room about a dozen children are sitting on the carpet.
giant
a giant oak table
a giant step towards unification
massive
a massive steam boat
towering
vast
farmers who own vast stretches of land
enormous
an enormous dust cloud blocking out the sun
extensive
The blast caused extensive damage.
tremendous
I felt a tremendous pressure on my chest.
immense
an immense cloud of smoke
mega (slang)
titanic
a titanic struggle between two visions of the future
jumbo (informal)
a jumbo box of tissues
gigantic
The road is bordered by gigantic rocks.
monumental (informal)
It had been a monumental blunder to give him the assignment.
monstrous
They were erecting a monstrous edifice.
mammoth
The mammoth undertaking was completed in 18 months.
colossal
A colossal statue stands in the square.
The task they face is colossal.
mountainous
a plan designed to reduce the company's mountainous debt
prodigious
This business generates cash in prodigious amounts.
stupendous
a stupendous amount of money
elephantine
His legs were elephantine.
ginormous (informal)
Brobdingnagian
humongous or humungous (informal)
Opposites
little
,
small
, minute,
tiny
,
miniature
,
meagre
,
paltry
,
petite
,
puny
,
pygmy or pigmy
Usage note
Some people think that gargantuan should only be used to describe things connected with food: a gargantuan meal; his gargantuan appetite. Nevertheless, the word is now widely used as a synonym of colossal or massive.
Additional synonyms
in the sense of big
Definition
of great or considerable size, weight, number, or capacity
Australia's a big country.
Synonyms
large,
great,
huge,
giant,
massive,
vast,
enormous,
considerable,
substantial,
extensive,
immense,
spacious,
gigantic,
monumental (informal),
mammoth,
bulky,
burly,
colossal,
stellar (informal),
prodigious,
hulking,
ponderous,
voluminous,
elephantine,
ginormous (informal),
humongous or humungous (informal),
sizable or sizeable,
supersize
in the sense of colossal
Definition
very large in size
A colossal statue stands in the square.The task they face is colossal.
Synonyms
huge,
massive,
vast,
enormous,
immense,
titanic,
gigantic,
monumental (informal),
monstrous,
mammoth,
mountainous,
stellar (informal),
prodigious,
gargantuan,
herculean,
elephantine,
ginormous (informal),
Brobdingnagian,
humongous or humungous (informal),
supersize
in the sense of elephantine
Definition
like an elephant, esp. in being huge, clumsy, or ponderous