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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How to use gigantic in a sentence?

1. Stacey Graham:

   These dogs were raised in cages and had no understanding of spatial boundaries, they had never been on a leash. Most are 1-to-3 years old, and they behave like gigantic puppies because they don't know anything about the world.

2. California Gov. Jerry Brown:

   California has some of the toughest gun control laws of any state, and Nevada and Arizona are wide open, so that’s a gigantic back door through which any terrorist can walk.

3. Benoit Bruneau:

   This is an apex predator living on isolated islands, and it's absolutely gigantic. It's just an awesome animal, reptiles are kind of like a playground for evolution. There is so much diversity in size and form and behavior and their physiology.

4. Mateusz Morawiecki:

   It's as if the entire city of Warsaw left... it's a gigantic loss, this must end, young people must stay in Poland.

5. 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.