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colossal
colossal
3 definitions found
for colossal
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Colossal \Co*los"sal\, a. [Cf. F. colossal, L. colosseus. See
Colossus.]
1. Of enormous size; gigantic; huge; as, a colossal statue.
"A colossal stride." --Motley.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Sculpture & Painting) Of a size larger than heroic. See
Heroic.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
colossal
adj 1: so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe;
"colossal crumbling ruins of an ancient temple"; "has a
colossal nerve"; "a prodigious storm"; "a stupendous
field of grass"; "stupendous demand" [syn: colossal,
prodigious, stupendous]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
107 Moby Thesaurus words for "colossal":
Atlantean, Brobdingnagian, Cyclopean, Gargantuan, Herculean,
Homeric, Olympian, abysmal, aerial, airy, altitudinous,
amplitudinous, ascending, aspiring, astronomic, astronomical,
awe-inspiring, awesome, boundless, bulky, cosmic, cyclopean,
dominating, elephantine, elevated, eminent, enormous, epic,
ethereal, exalted, extensive, extraordinary, galactic, gangling,
gangly, gargantuan, giant, giantlike, gigantic, haughty, heroic,
high, high-pitched, high-reaching, high-set, high-up, huge,
immeasurable, immense, incredible, infinite, jumbo, king-size,
lank, lanky, large, leggy, lengthy, lofty, long, long-legged,
mammoth, massive, massy, mighty, monster, monstrous, monumental,
mountainous, mounting, outsize, outtopping, overgrown, overlooking,
overtopping, overwhelming, prodigious, profound, prominent, rangy,
sizable, soaring, spacious, spectacular, spiring, staggering,
statuesque, steep, stupendous, sublime, superlative, supernal,
tall, titanic, topless, toplofty, topping, towering, towery,
tremendous, unbelievable, uplifted, upreared, vast, voluminous,
weighty, wonderful