EnglishSynonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
astronomical (also astronomic) Brobdingnagian bumper colossal cosmic (also cosmical) cyclopean elephantine enormous gargantuan giant gigantesque gigantic grand herculean heroic (also heroical) Himalayan huge humongous (also humungous) immense jumbo king-size (or king-sized) leviathan mammoth massive mega mighty monster monstrous monumental mountainous oceanic pharaonic planetary prodigious super super-duper supersize supersized titanic tremendous vast vasty walloping whacking whoppingAntonyms
bantam bitty diminutive infinitesimal Lilliputian little bitty micro microminiature microscopic (also microscopical) midget miniature minuscule minute pocket pygmy teensy teensy-weensy teeny teeny-weeny tiny weeExamples
- //a galactic serving of soda that would have been enough for three moviegoers
First Known Use
1839, in the meaning defined at sense 1History and Etymology
borrowed from New Latin galacticus (taken as derivative of Galaxias "Milky Way"), borrowed from Greek galaktikós "milky," from galakt-, gála "milk" + -ikos -ic entry 1 — more at galaxygalactic
adjective
Synonyms & Antonyms
- unusually large //a galactic serving of soda that would have been enough for three moviegoersSynonymsastronomical (also astronomic) Brobdingnagian bumper colossal cosmic (also cosmical) cyclopean elephantine enormous gargantuan giant gigantesque gigantic grand herculean heroic (also heroical) Himalayan huge humongous (also humungous) immense jumbo king-size (or king-sized) leviathan mammoth massive mega mighty monster monstrous monumental mountainous oceanic pharaonic planetary prodigious super super-duper supersize supersized titanic tremendous vast vasty walloping whacking whoppingRelated WordsNear Antonyms