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Synonyms for colossal
kəˈlɒs əlcolos·sal
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
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.
Synonyms:
abundant, ample, big, broad, bulky, capacious, coarse, commodious, considerable, enormous, extensive, gigantic, grand, great, huge, immense, large, long, massive, spacious, vast, wideAntonyms:
brief, diminutive, inconsiderable, infinitesimal, insignificant, limited, little, mean, microscopic, minute, narrow, paltry, petty, scanty, short, slender, slight, small, tiny, trifling, trivial
Princeton's WordNet
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"
Synonyms:
prodigious, olympian, stupendous, surpassing, portentous, exceeding, exceptional
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PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "colossal":
huge, mammoth, enormous, monumental, massive, tremendous, immense, daunting, gigantic, formidable
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#209 | great | |
#264 | long | |
#330 | big | |
#462 | large | |
#917 | wide | |
#1133 | huge | |
#1450 | grand | |
#3482 | extensive | |
#3516 | broad | |
#3754 | massive | |
#4140 | giant | |
#5438 | vast | |
#5953 | considerable | |
#6385 | exceptional | |
#8121 | enormous | |
#8774 | tremendous | |
#10335 | spacious | |
#10655 | exceeding | |
#12717 | abundant | |
#13357 | ample | |
#14475 | coarse | |
#15908 | immense | |
#16552 | mammoth | |
#16667 | gigantic | |
#22561 | formidable | |
#22594 | daunting | |
#23873 | bulky | |
#23888 | monumental | |
#27383 | colossal | |
#33549 | olympian | |
#37890 | stupendous | |
#46781 | surpassing | |
#51999 | prodigious | |
#108253 | capacious | |
#129078 | portentous | |
#140430 | commodious |
How to use colossal in a sentence?
Service in the zone of the special military operation – everyone understands this very well – is associated with colossal physical and psychological stress, with everyday risks to health and life, therefore, I consider it necessary to establish for the mobilized, in general for all military personnel, for all participants of the special military operation, including volunteers, regular leave lasting at least 14 days and at least once every six months, excluding travel time, so that each soldier has the opportunity to visit families, to be close to relatives and friends.
I'm looking for changes that will continue the momentum of getting animals out of laboratories, experiments on animals are unethical -- they're a colossal failure and a waste of time and money. We can and must do better.
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.
Lewandowski's role with President Donald Trump officially was in the context of a political campaign, months prior to the President taking office. As executive privilege is an implied Article II based presidential power, it does not apply to campaign activities or to the deliberations between a successful candidate and campaign staff, in short, this is a colossal overreach of the President's authority to claim executive privilege. There is no basis for it in this case.
For every day that this colossal injustice is allowed to continue, Julian’s situation grows increasingly desperate, julian has been denied the love and affection of his family for so long. Julian and the kids will never get this time back. This shouldn’t be happening.
Translations for colossal
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- هائلArabic
- колосален, огроменBulgarian
- kolossalGerman
- κολοσσιαίοςGreek
- colosalSpanish
- وحشتناکPersian
- jättiläismäinen, valtavaFinnish
- colossalFrench
- ענק או ענקיםHebrew
- 巨大なJapanese
- ಬೃಹತ್Kannada
- 거대한Korean
- مهزنKurdish
- џиновски, колосаленMacedonian
- kolossaalDutch
- colossalPortuguese
- colosalRomanian
- колоссальный, грандиозный, огромный, громадный, гигантскийRussian
- பெருமையானTamil
- devasaTurkish
- 巨大的Chinese
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