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- //A colonnade surrounds the courtyard.
First Known Use
1718, in the meaning defined aboveHistory and Etymology
French, from Italian colonnato, from colonna columncolossal
Definition
- : of, relating to, or resembling a colossus //colossal statues
- : of a bulk, extent, power, or effect approaching or suggesting the stupendous or incredible //colossal rock formations //colossal stellar explosions
- : of an exceptional or astonishing degree //a colossal failure //a colossal bore //colossal ambition
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
astronomical (also astronomic) Brobdingnagian bumper cosmic (also cosmical) cyclopean elephantine enormous galactic 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 monumentalExamples
- //A colonnade surrounds the courtyard.
First Known Use
1718, in the meaning defined aboveHistory and Etymology
French, from Italian colonnato, from colonna columncolossal
Definition
- : of, relating to, or resembling a colossus //colossal statues
- : of a bulk, extent, power, or effect approaching or suggesting the stupendous or incredible //colossal rock formations //colossal stellar explosions
- : of an exceptional or astonishing degree //a colossal failure //a colossal bore //colossal ambition
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
astronomical (also astronomic) Brobdingnagian bumper cosmic (also cosmical) cyclopean elephantine enormous galactic 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