cyclopean

cy·clo·pe·an

adjective \ˌsī-klə-ˈpē-ən, sī-ˈklō-pē-\

Definition of CYCLOPEAN

1

often capitalized : of, relating to, or characteristic of a Cyclops

2

: huge, massive

3

: of or relating to a style of stone construction marked typically by the use of large irregular blocks without mortar

Examples of CYCLOPEAN

1. <a cyclopean granite statue that the dictator himself had commissioned>

First Known Use of CYCLOPEAN

1582

Related to CYCLOPEAN

Synonyms

astronomical (also astronomic), Brobdingnagian, bumper, colossal, cosmic (also cosmical), huge, elephantine, enormous, galactic, gargantuan, giant, gigantesque, gigantic, grand, herculean, heroic (also heroical), Himalayan, humongous (also humungous), immense, jumbo, king-size (or king-sized), leviathan, mammoth, massive, mega, mighty, monster, monstrous, monumental, mountainous, oceanic, pharaonic, planetary, prodigious, super, super-duper, supersize, supersized, titanic, tremendous, vast, vasty, walloping, whacking, whopping

Antonyms

bantam, bitty, diminutive, infinitesimal, Lilliputian, little bitty, micro, microminiature, microscopic (also microscopical), midget, miniature, minuscule, minute, pocket, pygmy, teensy, teensy-weensy, teeny, teeny-weeny, tiny, wee

Related Words

big, bulky, considerable, extensive, good, goodly, great, gross, handsome, hefty, hulking, largish, major, outsize (also outsized), overgrown, oversize (or oversized), sizable (or sizeable), substantial, tidy, voluminous; august, formidable, grandiose, imposing, lofty, majestic; cavernous, monolithic, overwhelming, staggering, stupendous, towering; boundless, immeasurable, infinite

Near Antonyms

little, mini, petite, pint-size (or pint-sized), puny, small, smallish, undersized (also undersize); dinky, dwarfish, half-pint

Rhymes with CYCLOPEAN

Aeschylean, Anacreon, apogean, Aramaean, Atlantean, Caribbean, Cerberean, Damoclean, empyrean, European, Galilean, Hasmonaean, Herculean, Idumaean, Ituraean, Jacobean, kallikrein, Maccabean, Manichaean, Mycenaean, nemertean, nepenthean, panacean, perigean, Sadducean, Sisyphean, Tacitean, Tennessean, Typhoean