Colossal

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Colossal \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.
        [1913 Webster]
  


     2. (Sculpture & Painting) Of a size larger than heroic. See
        {Heroic}.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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" [syn: {prodigious},
              {stupendous}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  107 Moby Thesaurus words for "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, wonderful