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Synonyms for colossal
kəˈlɒs əlcolos·sal
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Wiktionary
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
Dictionary of English Synonymes
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "colossal":
huge, mammoth, enormous, monumental, massive, tremendous, immense, daunting, gigantic, formidable
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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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?
By not increasing tariffs enough we have loaded a colossal backlog in today's charges on to future generations.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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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