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Synonyms for colossal
kəˈlɒs əlcolos·sal

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Wiktionary2.3 / 3 votes

  1. colossaladjective

    Extremely large or on a great scale.

    A single puppy can make a colossal mess.

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

English Synonyms and Antonyms3.0 / 3 votes

  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.

    Synonyms:
    abundant, ample, big, broad, bulky, capacious, coarse, commodious, considerable, enormous, extensive, gigantic, 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

Princeton's WordNet2.7 / 6 votes

  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"

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

    Antonyms:
    small, little

Dictionary of English Synonymes3.0 / 1 vote

  1. colossaladjective

    Synonyms:
    gigantic, huge, monstrous, immense, enormous, prodigious, cyclopean, herculean

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. colossaladjective

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

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How to use colossal in a sentence?

  1. Fabien Chine:

    By not increasing tariffs enough we have loaded a colossal backlog in today's charges on to future generations.

  2. 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.

  3. Patrick Morrisey:

    President Biden's promise that America wants to take radical, transformational and too rapid reductions in carbon and carbon emissions by the end of the decade is a colossal domestic and foreign policy blunder of epic proportions.

  4. Stella Moris:

    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.

  5. Sergei Pigarev:

    India and China are the two most interesting markets both for crude oil and oil products. Those are colossal markets in terms of population, the deal will, of course, allow Rosneft to cement its position there and help to get more market share from Saudi Arabia, though we have to look at the prices, how much is Rosneft is paying?


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