gargantuan

adjective

gar·gan·tuan gär-ˈgan(t)-sh(ə-)wən How to pronounce gargantuan (audio)

often capitalized

: tremendous in size, volume, or degree : gigantic, colossal

gargantuan waterfalls

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Gargantua is the name of a giant king in François Rabelais's 16th-century satiric novel Gargantua, the second part of a five-volume series about the giant and his son Pantagruel. All of the details of Gargantua's life befit a giant. He rides a colossal mare whose tail switches so violently that it fells the entire forest of Orleans. He has an enormous appetite: in one memorable incident, he inadvertently swallows five pilgrims while eating a salad. The scale of everything connected with Gargantua gave rise to the adjective gargantuan, which since William Shakespeare's time has been used of anything of tremendous size or volume.

Synonyms

astronomical
astronomic
Brobdingnagian
bumper
colossal
cosmic
cosmical
cyclopean
elephantine
enormous
galactic
giant
gigantesque
gigantic
grand
herculean
heroic
heroical
Himalayan
huge
humongous
humungous
immense
jumbo
king-size
king-sized
leviathan
mammoth
massive
mega
mighty
monster
monstrous
monumental
mountainous
oceanic
pharaonic
planetary
prodigious
super
super-duper
supersize
supersized
titanic
tremendous
vast
vasty
walloping
whacking
whopping

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Example Sentences

a creature of gargantuan proportions people seem to be buying ever more gargantuan SUVs these days

Recent Examples on the Web Deftones guitarist Stephen Carpenter is a master of mood and atmosphere who understands delicate moments and gargantuan tones.

Spin Staff, SPIN, 6 Sep. 2022 By narrowing in on the weather—as opposed to tackling the unwieldy and gargantuan subject of climate change—the network’s organizers hope to provide a more accessible entry point for talking about the climate emergency.

Siobhan Reid, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Sep. 2022 Netflix has Stranger Things and now The Sandman (which will hopefully soon be renewed for Season 2), Disney+ has its gargantuan Marvel and Star Wars universes, and then there’s Amazon’s Prime Video.

Milan Polk, Men's Health, 1 Sep. 2022 But technology has advanced to a degree that makes this version of Tolkien's world feel gargantuan.

Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2022 As smoke wafted through a forest of giant sequoias, a dozen crew members surrounded the gargantuan, 36-foot-wide trunk of General Sherman — the world’s largest living tree — and wrapped its base with massive sheets of fire-resistant fabric.

Tony Briscoestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2022 Riot’s also building a second, even more gargantuan, $333 million facility on a 265 acre site in Corsicana north of Dallas.

Shawn Tully, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2022 SpaceX plans to use the Starship, a gargantuan rocket and spacecraft system in development that Musk hopes will go on to colonize Mars one day.

Jackie Wattles, CNN, 4 Nov. 2021 This gargantuan effort included setting ambitious goals and working closely with all levels of health care delivery, from ministries of health down to local volunteer community health workers.

Martha Rebour, STAT, 7 Aug. 2022 See More

单词	gargantuan
释义	gargantuan adjective gar·gan·tuan gär-ˈgan(t)-sh(ə-)wən often capitalized : tremendous in size, volume, or degree : gigantic, colossal gargantuan waterfalls Did you know? Gargantua is the name of a giant king in François Rabelais's 16th-century satiric novel Gargantua, the second part of a five-volume series about the giant and his son Pantagruel. All of the details of Gargantua's life befit a giant. He rides a colossal mare whose tail switches so violently that it fells the entire forest of Orleans. He has an enormous appetite: in one memorable incident, he inadvertently swallows five pilgrims while eating a salad. The scale of everything connected with Gargantua gave rise to the adjective gargantuan, which since William Shakespeare's time has been used of anything of tremendous size or volume. Synonyms astronomical astronomic Brobdingnagian bumper colossal cosmic cosmical cyclopean elephantine enormous galactic giant gigantesque gigantic grand herculean heroic heroical Himalayan huge humongous humungous immense jumbo king-size king-sized leviathan mammoth massive mega mighty monster monstrous monumental mountainous oceanic pharaonic planetary prodigious super super-duper supersize supersized titanic tremendous vast vasty walloping whacking whopping See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences a creature of gargantuan proportions people seem to be buying ever more gargantuan SUVs these days Recent Examples on the Web Deftones guitarist Stephen Carpenter is a master of mood and atmosphere who understands delicate moments and gargantuan tones. Spin Staff, SPIN, 6 Sep. 2022 By narrowing in on the weather—as opposed to tackling the unwieldy and gargantuan subject of climate change—the network’s organizers hope to provide a more accessible entry point for talking about the climate emergency. Siobhan Reid, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Sep. 2022 Netflix has Stranger Things and now The Sandman (which will hopefully soon be renewed for Season 2), Disney+ has its gargantuan Marvel and Star Wars universes, and then there’s Amazon’s Prime Video. Milan Polk, Men's Health, 1 Sep. 2022 But technology has advanced to a degree that makes this version of Tolkien's world feel gargantuan. Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2022 As smoke wafted through a forest of giant sequoias, a dozen crew members surrounded the gargantuan, 36-foot-wide trunk of General Sherman — the world’s largest living tree — and wrapped its base with massive sheets of fire-resistant fabric. Tony Briscoestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2022 Riot’s also building a second, even more gargantuan, $333 million facility on a 265 acre site in Corsicana north of Dallas. Shawn Tully, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2022 SpaceX plans to use the Starship, a gargantuan rocket and spacecraft system in development that Musk hopes will go on to colonize Mars one day. Jackie Wattles, CNN, 4 Nov. 2021 This gargantuan effort included setting ambitious goals and working closely with all levels of health care delivery, from ministries of health down to local volunteer community health workers. Martha Rebour, STAT, 7 Aug. 2022 See More Word History Etymology Gargantua First Known Use 1596, in the meaning defined above Kids Definition gargantuan adjective gar·gan·tuan gär-ˈgan-chə-wən : extremely large or great : huge a gargantuan dinosaur gargantuan adjective as in gigantic unusually large people seem to be buying ever more gargantuan SUVs these days Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance gigantic huge enormous giant massive vast colossal tremendous mammoth immense monumental monstrous titanic astronomical big sizable monster bumper humongous mighty mountainous mega astronomic prodigious elephantine oversize herculean humungous grand oceanic cosmic great whopping heroic leviathan jumbo super oversized supersized cyclopean planetary galactic gigantesque substantial majestic whacking vasty considerable pharaonic supersize formidable king-sized Brobdingnagian staggering heroical walloping hulking handsome hefty major extensive good super-duper king-size voluminous imposing outsize cosmical bulky stupendous gross Himalayan grandiose overgrown outsized overwhelming infinite sizeable tidy goodly largish cavernous towering monolithic lofty august immeasurable boundless Antonyms & Near Antonyms tiny minuscule diminutive microscopic miniature infinitesimal small micro teeny bitty teensy puny pygmy smallish wee microscopical pocket little bitty midget bantam mini little undersized minute petite undersize Lilliputian teeny-weeny microminiature teensy-weensy dinky dwarfish pint-sized pint-size half-pint See More
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