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- [gahr-gan-choo-uh]
- /gɑrˈgæn tʃu ə/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [gahr-gan-choo-uh]
- /gɑrˈgæn tʃu ə/
Definitions of gargantua word
- noun gargantua an amiable giant and king, noted for his enormous capacity for food and drink, in Rabelais' Gargantua and Pantagruel. 1
- noun gargantua (italics) a satirical novel (1534) by Rabelais. 1
- noun gargantua A person of great size; a giant. 1
- noun gargantua a gigantic king noted for his great capacity for food and drink, in Rabelais' satire Gargantua and Pantagruel (1534) 0
- noun gargantua a giant king, noted for his size and prodigious feats and appetite, in Gargantua and Pantagruel, a satire by Rabelais (1552) 0
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gargantua popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 63% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for gargantua
noun gargantua
- giant — (in folklore) a being with human form but superhuman size, strength, etc.
- behemoth — If you refer to something as a behemoth, you mean that it is extremely large, and often that it is unpleasant, inefficient, or difficult to manage.
- titan — Classical Mythology. any of the sons of Uranus and Gaea, including Coeus, Crius, Cronus, Hyperion, Iapetus, and Oceanus. Also, Titaness. any of the sisters of these, including Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Rhea, Tethys, Themis, and Thia. any of the offspring of the children of Uranus and Gaea.
- mammoth — any large, elephantlike mammal of the extinct genus Mammuthus, from the Pleistocene Epoch, having hairy skin and ridged molar teeth.
- goliath — the giant warrior of the Philistines whom David killed with a stone from a sling. I Sam. 17:48–51.
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- who wrote gargantua and pantagruel?
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