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gigantic

  • adjective
  • jī-găn'tĭk

In the manner of a giant. en

Other meanings

  1. Excellent; very good or exciting.

    “This band is going to be gigantic.”

Synonyms

  • mammoth

Related words

  • gigantically
  • giganticism
  • gigantic jet
  • giganticness
  • gigantification
  • gigantism
  • gigundous
  • ginormous
  • hugantic
  • supergigantic
  • ungigantic

Word history

From Ancient Greek "γιγαντικός".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “gigantic” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.