colossal

/kəˈlɒsəl/adjective

Very big; enormous in size or degree.

Example sentences

“Moving the piano upstairs turned out to be a colossal effort.”
“A colossal statue of the king stood at the city gate.”

From 'colossus', a giant statue like the Colossus of Rhodes. Fits scale and failure alike: a colossal fortune, a colossal mistake.

Synonyms for colossal

huge
enormous
massive
gigantic
immense

Antonyms

tiny
minuscule
small

Related words

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