colossal

Meaning of colossal

adjective
  1. extremely large or great.
    a colossal amount of mail
    a colossal mistake
  2. (of an order) having more than one storey of columns.

early 18th century: from French, from colosse, from Latin colossus (see colossus).

Information about colossal

Hyphenation of colossal

colos-sal

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • colossal is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

colossal synonyms

Meaning prodigious:

prodigious, stupendous

Meaning extremely large; enormous:

huge

Meaning large and heavy or solid:

massive

Meaning very large in size, quantity, or extent:

enormous

Meaning of very great size or extent; huge or enormous:

gigantic

Meaning of an extent, amount, or intensity considerably above average:

great

Meaning of very great size or force; gigantic:

giant

Meaning huge:

mammoth

Meaning of very great extent or quantity; immense:

vast

Meaning relating to the universe or cosmos, especially as distinct from the earth:

cosmic

Meaning extremely large or great, especially in scale or degree:

immense

Meaning very great in amount, scale, or intensity:

tremendous

Meaning very large:

mighty, whopping, jumbo, whacking

Meaning great in importance, extent, or size:

monumental

Meaning relating to or characteristic of an epic or epics:

epic

Meaning very large; huge:

mountainous, mega

Meaning extraordinarily and dauntingly large:

monstrous

Meaning of exceptional strength, size, or power:

titanic

Meaning extremely tall, especially in comparison with the surroundings:

towering

Meaning of, resembling, or characteristic of an elephant or elephants, especially in being large, clumsy, or awkward:

elephantine

Meaning enormous:

gargantuan

Meaning requiring great strength or effort:

Herculean

Meaning huge; gigantic:

Brobdingnagian

Meaning of considerable importance, size, or worth:

substantial

Meaning covering or affecting a large area:

extensive

Meaning (of a number or amount) impressively large:

hefty

Meaning taking up much space; large and unwieldy:

bulky

Meaning weighing a great deal; heavy:

weighty

Meaning of more than the usual size, amount, or intensity:

heavy

Meaning unattractively fat or bloated:

gross

Meaning a large, ugly, and frightening imaginary creature:

monster

Meaning of an impressive size, extent, or amount:

thumping

Meaning huge; enormous:

humongous

Meaning (of a person or object) very large, heavy, or clumsy:

hulking

Meaning exceptionally large, fine, or successful:

bumper

Meaning (of an amount) extremely large:

astronomical

Meaning extremely large:

ginormous

colossal antonyms

Meaning very small:

tiny

Translation of colossal

Words that rhyme with colossal

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