About The Word Colossal

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Colossal

Colossal Meaning & Definition
Colossal Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Colossal?

[adj] 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"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Colossal: big | large | prodigious | stupendous

Related Terms | Find terms related to Colossal: abysmal | aerial | airy | altitudinous | amplitudinous | ascending | aspiring | astronomic | astronomical | Atlantean | awe-inspiring | awesome | boundless | Brobdingnagian | bulky | cosmic | Cyclopean | dominating | elephantine | elevated | eminent | enormous | epic | ethereal | exalted | extensive | extraordinary | galactic | gangling | gangly | Gargantuan | giant | giantlike | gigantic | haughty | Herculean | heroic | high | high-pitched | high-reaching | high-set | high-up | Homeric | 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 | Olympian | 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

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Colossal In Webster's Dictionary

\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. 2. (Sculpture & Painting) Of a size larger than heroic. See {Heroic}.

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