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- [kuh-los-uh l]
- /kəˈlɒs əl/
- /kəˈlɒs.əl/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [kuh-los-uh l]
- /kəˈlɒs əl/
Definitions of colossal word
- adjective colossal If you describe something as colossal, you are emphasizing that it is very large. 3
- adjective colossal of immense size; huge; gigantic 3
- adjective colossal (in figure sculpture) approximately twice life-size 3
- adjective colossal of or relating to the order of columns and pilasters that extend more than one storey in a façade 3
- adjective colossal like a colossus in size; huge; gigantic 3
- adjective colossal astonishingly great; extraordinary 3
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Origin of colossal
First appearance:
before 1705 One of the 50% oldest English words
First recorded in 1705-15; coloss(us) + -al1
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Parts of speech for Colossal
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
colossal popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 77% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
colossal usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for colossal
adj colossal
- huge — extraordinarily large in bulk, quantity, or extent: a huge ship; a huge portion of ice cream.
- monstrous — frightful or hideous, especially in appearance; extremely ugly.
- immense — vast; huge; very great: an immense territory.
- mammoth — any large, elephantlike mammal of the extinct genus Mammuthus, from the Pleistocene Epoch, having hairy skin and ridged molar teeth.
- vast — of very great area or extent; immense: the vast reaches of outer space.
Antonyms for colossal
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