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Brobdingnagian


Brob·ding·nag·i·an

B0495200 (brŏb′dĭng-năg′ē-ən)adj. Immense; enormous.
[After Brobdingnag, , a country in Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift, where everything was enormous.]

Brobdingnagian

(ˌbrɒbdɪŋˈnæɡɪən) adjgigantic; huge; immense[C18: from Brobdingnag, an imaginary country of giants in Swift's Gulliver's Travels (1726)]

Brob•ding•nag•i•an

(ˌbrɒb dɪŋˈnæg i ən)

adj. of huge size; gigantic. [after the land of Brobdingnag in Swift's Gulliver's Travels (1726)]

Brobdingnagian

a person of enormous size, as from Brobdingnag in Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels. Cf. Lilliputian.See also: Size
Thesaurus
Adj.1.Brobdingnagian - huge; relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of Brobdingnag
2.Brobdingnagian - unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scopeBrobdingnagian - unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope; "huge government spending"; "huge country estates"; "huge popular demand for higher education"; "a huge wave"; "the Los Angeles aqueduct winds like an immense snake along the base of the mountains"; "immense numbers of birds"; "at vast (or immense) expense"; "the vast reaches of outer space"; "the vast accumulation of knowledge...which we call civilization"- W.R.Ingehuge, immense, vastbig, large - above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world"

Brobdingnagian

adjectiveOf extraordinary size and power:behemoth, Bunyanesque, colossal, cyclopean, elephantine, enormous, gargantuan, giant, gigantesque, gigantic, herculean, heroic, huge, immense, jumbo, mammoth, massive, massy, mastodonic, mighty, monster, monstrous, monumental, mountainous, prodigious, pythonic, stupendous, titanic, tremendous, vast.Informal: walloping.Slang: whopping.
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Brobdingnagian


  • adj

Synonyms for Brobdingnagian

adj of extraordinary size and power

Synonyms

  • behemoth
  • Bunyanesque
  • colossal
  • cyclopean
  • elephantine
  • enormous
  • gargantuan
  • giant
  • gigantesque
  • gigantic
  • herculean
  • heroic
  • huge
  • immense
  • jumbo
  • mammoth
  • massive
  • massy
  • mastodonic
  • mighty
  • monster
  • monstrous
  • monumental
  • mountainous
  • prodigious
  • pythonic
  • stupendous
  • titanic
  • tremendous
  • vast
  • walloping
  • whopping

Synonyms for Brobdingnagian

adj unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope

Synonyms

  • huge
  • immense
  • vast

Related Words

  • big
  • large
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