cyclopean

cy·clo·pe·an

adj \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

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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