Antonyms for colossal
kəˈlɒs əlcolos·sal

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1. colossaladjective

   Extremely large or on a great scale.

   A single puppy can make a colossal mess.

   Synonyms:
   gigantic, immense, enormous, prodigious, vast, giant

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1. colossal

   Large denotes extension in more than one direction, and beyond the average of the class to which the object belongs; we speak of a large surface or a large solid, but of a long line; a large field, a large room, a large apple, etc. A large man is a man of more than ordinary size; a great man is a man of remarkable mental power. Big is a more emphatic word than large, but of less dignity. We do not say that George Washington was a big man.

   Antonyms:
   brief, diminutive, inconsiderable, infinitesimal, insignificant, limited, little, mean, microscopic, minute, narrow, paltry, petty, scanty, short, slender, slight, small, tiny, trifling, trivial

   Synonyms:
   abundant, ample, big, broad, bulky, capacious, coarse, commodious, considerable, enormous, extensive, gigantic, grand, great, huge, immense, large, long, massive, spacious, vast, wide

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1. colossal, prodigious, stupendousadjective

   so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe

   "colossal crumbling ruins of an ancient temple"; "has a colossal nerve"; "a prodigious storm"; "a stupendous field of grass"; "stupendous demand"

   Antonyms:
   small, little

   Synonyms:
   prodigious, olympian, stupendous, surpassing, portentous, exceeding, exceptional

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1. colossaladjective

   Synonyms:
   enormous, gigantic, monstrous, huge, prodigious, titanic

How to use colossal in a sentence?

1. Mayor Pete:

   The first time I came to this state was as a volunteer, to knock on doors for a presidential candidate with a funny name, and we knew the stakes were high then, the stakes are colossal now.

2. Pete Buttigieg on Thursday:

   We are no longer just up against Bernie Sanders, the Washington politician who has been running for president for years. We are now also up against a billionaire who is throwing colossal sums of money on television instead of doing the work of campaigning.

3. Blake Flayton:

   I can't imagine a world where I let that break me, because then they would win, what they're trying to do right now is bully Jews off and out of the public forum... because we're saying things they don't like. And it would be a colossal waste if we gave into that. That has never been a winning strategy for our people. Ever.

4. Wyndham Lewis:

   With a new familiarity and a flesh-creeping homeliness entirely of this unreal, materialistic world, where all sentiment is coarsely manufactured and advertised in colossal sickly captions, disguised for the sweet tooth of a monstrous baby called the Public, the family as it is, broken up on all hands by the agency of feminist and economic propaganda, reconstitutes itself in the image of the state.

5. Alyssa Royse:

   I had a long relationship with upper leadership at HQ, i was really worried that they were making this colossal misstep not only in the arc of justice but in the health of the brand.

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