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Synonyms for colossal

Most common

huge massive enormous gigantic

All synonyms

Adjective

1. Enormous — extremely large or on a great scale

enormous, massive, gigantic, large, huge, prodigious, immense, mammoth, stupendous, gargantuan, vast, giant, elephantine, monstrous, big, titanic, herculean, supergiant, cyclopean, behemothic, humongous informal, monumental

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Extremely large or on a great scale.

    A single puppy can make a colossal mess.

Related words

Word family
coliseum colossus

Example sentences

  • huge Yesterday I went to the zoo and saw a huge walrus.
  • massive Algeria exports massive quantities of natural gas.
  • enormous She lives alone in a house of enormous dimensions.
  • gigantic The Algiers Grand Mosque is a gigantic structure.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
colossalsteady
hugerising
massivesteady
enormoussteady
giganticsteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
big1
4 letters
huge1, vast1
5 letters
large1, giant2
7 letters
massive2, immense2, titanic3, mammoth2
8 letters
enormous3, gigantic3
9 letters
monstrous2, humongous3, herculean4, cyclopean4
10 letters
monumental4, prodigious3, stupendous3, gargantuan4, supergiant4, behemothic
11 letters
elephantine4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (giant2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
colossal
Italiano
colossale
Español
colosal
Deutsch
kolossal
Català
colossal