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colossal
OXFORD DICTIONARY
colossal, adj.
1 of immense size; huge, gigantic.
2 colloq. remarkable, splendid.
3 Archit. (of an order) having more than one storey of columns.
4 Sculpture (of a statue) about twice life size.
1 of immense size; huge, gigantic.
2 colloq. remarkable, splendid.
3 Archit. (of an order) having more than one storey of columns.
4 Sculpture (of a statue) about twice life size.
Derivative
colossally adv.
Etymology
F f. colosse COLOSSUS
THESAURUS
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, wonderfulROGET THESAURUS
colossal
Size
N size, magnitude, dimension, bulk, volume, largeness, greatness, expanse, amplitude, mass, proportions, capacity, tonnage, tunnage, cordage, caliber, scantling, turgidity, corpulence, obesity, plumpness, embonpoint, corporation, flesh and blood, lustihood, hugeness, enormity, immensity, monstrosity, giant, Brobdingnagian, Antaeus, Goliath, Gog and Magog, Gargantua, monster, mammoth, Cyclops, cachalot, whale, porpoise, behemoth, leviathan, elephant, hippopotamus, colossus, tun, cord, lump, bulk, block, loaf, mass, swad, clod, nugget, bushel, thumper, whooper, spanker, strapper, Triton among the minnows, mountain, mound, heap, largest portion, full size, life size, large, big, great, considerable, bulky, voluminous, ample, massive, massy, capacious, comprehensive, spacious, mighty, towering, fine, magnificent, corpulent, stout, fat, obese, plump, squab, full, lusty, strapping, bouncing, portly, burly, well-fed, full-grown, corn fed, gram fed, stalwart, brawny, fleshy, goodly, in good case, in good condition, in condition, chopping, jolly, chub faced, chubby faced, lubberly, hulky, unwieldy, lumpish, gaunt, spanking, whacking, whopping, walloping, thumping, thundering, hulking, overgrown, puffy, huge, immense, enormous, mighty, vast, vasty, amplitudinous, stupendous, monster, monstrous, humongous, monumental, elephantine, jumbo, mammoth, gigantic, gigantean, giant, giant like, titanic, prodigious, colossal, Cyclopean, Brobdingnagian, Bunyanesque, Herculean, Gargantuan, infinite, large as life, plump as a dumpling, plump as a partridge, fat as a pig, fat as a quail, fat as butter, fat as brawn, fat as bacon, immeasurable, unfathomable, unplumbed, inconceivable, unimaginable, unheard-of, of cosmic proportions, of epic proportions, the mother of all, teh granddaddy of all.For further exploring for "colossal" in Webster Dictionary Online