Synonyms for gigantic
dʒaɪˈgæn tɪk, dʒɪ-gi·gan·tic

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1. giganticadjective

   Synonyms:
   gigantesque

2. giganticadjective

   Very large.

   Synonyms:
   gigantesque

3. giganticadjective

   In the manner of a giant.

   Synonyms:
   gigantesque

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1. gigantic

   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.

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

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

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1. gigantic

   Synonyms:
   colossal, huge, enormous, herculean, giant, cyclopean, vast

   Antonyms:
   puny, dwarfish, feeble

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1. gigantic, mammothadjective

   so exceedingly large or extensive as to suggest a giant or mammoth

   "a gigantic redwood"; "gigantic disappointment"; "a mammoth ship"; "a mammoth multinational corporation"

   Synonyms:
   mammoth

   Antonyms:
   small, little

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1. giganticadjective

   Synonyms:
   huge, vast, enormous, colossal, prodigious, cyclopean, herculean, giant, very large

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1. giganticadjective

   Synonyms:
   enormous, colossal, herculean, vast, cyclopean, prodigious, titanic, gargantuan, brobdingnagian

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1. List of paraphrases for "gigantic":

   giant, huge, enormous, mammoth, massive, immense, tremendous, monumental, daunting, colossal, gargantuan

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1. Richard Blanco:

   There was no room for mediation. (My husband) was asking them to please stay calm and was asking what was going on. Abruptly, pushing and shoving, and without saying a word a gigantic, enormous contingent of agents, who were all over the place on the sixth-floor office where he works part of the day, took him away. they pushed me as well and they pointed their guns at me.

2. Michael Moller:

   The Secretary-General has launched a reform process that is limping, but it's limping precisely because of the micromanagement by member states that has reached gigantic proportions and is acting as a massive brake on any kind of forward imaginative and innovative movement of the organization.

3. Alex Salmond:

   We're seeing an electoral tsunami on a gigantic scale, the SNP are going to be impossible to ignore and very difficult to stop.

4. Stephen Galloway:

   The results can be gigantic, it allows ATF and local law enforcement to pinpoint who the shooters may be. And what I mean by that is, you may have multiple crime scenes where eyewitnesses are giving you information that vaguely matches. NIBIN is now telling you for sure that these crime scenes are connected.

5. Gerd Ellinghaus:

   We're ageing and getting older and the shortage of qualified workers is gigantic; our state coffers won't be able to cope without immigration.