Brobdingnagian

adjective

ˌbräb-diŋ-ˈna-gē-ən How to pronounce Brobdingnagian (audio)
Definition of Brobdingnagiannext
as in gigantic
unusually large a Brobdingnagian billboard stood at the entrance to the theme park

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Recent Examples of Brobdingnagian And this wasn’t just any black hole but a positively Brobdingnagian one, likely containing 900 million times the mass of our sun. — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 4 Sep. 2025 But these central galactic monsters are millions of times more massive, and some have grown to the Brobdingnagian heft of billions of solar masses. — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 22 May 2025 In the past year, solar power has experienced Brobdingnagian growth, even by solar standards. — Umair Irfan, Vox, 20 Sep. 2024 The Brobdingnagian tower would be part of Phase 2, rising to become the centerpiece of the development after completion of the three other buildings. — Bill Chappell, NPR, 8 June 2024 But how can a film begin to convey these Brobdingnagian dimensions? — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Brobdingnagian
  1. gigantic
  2. vast
  3. huge
  4. enormous
  5. giant
  6. colossal
  7. tremendous
  8. massive
Adjective
  • Kneeling beside the fallen buck, Charles, an avid trophy bowhunter, ran his hands over the gigantic rack.
    — Jeff Murray, Outdoor Life, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Lakes Mead and Powell, which are essentially one gigantic reservoir separated by the Grand Canyon, hold just under 60% of the total watercurrently stored in the Colorado River basin.
    — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of gigantic
Adjective
  • The Mexican navy searched a vast area of the Pacific Ocean by sea and air, eventually finding the two men floating in a large fishing cooler about 150 miles off the coast of Chiapas, a southern state in Mexico that borders Guatemala.
    — Diego Mendoza, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Masanori Kumagai/Kyodo News via AP Hiraguchi cited surveys showing the vast majority of Japanese supporting the death penalty as an unavoidable option.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of vast
Adjective
  • Granted, City have made a club-record signing in Elliot Anderson, and he is expected to make a huge difference, but everything else is pending.
    — Nnamdi Onyeagwara, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026
  • The baryon-junction model provides another possibility At RHIC energies, a proton contains a huge number of gluons.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of huge
Adjective
  • Chichibu made its money in silk, because the basin is poor country for rice but good country for mulberry, and the silk paid for the enormous festival floats the town is known for.
    — Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Its scale reflects the enormous electricity demand generated by advanced AI computing.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of enormous
Adjective
  • Hardware rich… Engineers have reams of data from all 13 test flights of Starship and its giant booster rocket, known as the Super Heavy.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Returning and reflying both Starship stages is a key component in SpaceX's design for the giant rocket, which will be the largest, most powerful launch vehicle in history once the company works out all its kinks.
    — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of giant
Adjective
  • Brand New Day’s colossal success can’t just be attributed to the hero’s appeal, however.
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 14 Aug. 2026
  • His own aesthetic at Serpentine leans whimsical and colossal.
    — Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of colossal
Adjective
  • Yet that is the attitude that has led to tremendous underperformance by managers who think like that.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Transit has this tremendous scale and a startling capacity to shift between the intimate and the grand, as well as an intricate architecture.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of tremendous
Adjective
  • According to a new study published in Geology, the massive escarpment formed around 800 million to 750 million years ago as the ancient supercontinent Rodinia began to break apart.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Coach Keidane McAlpine hopes the Bulldogs, who dominated from start to finish on a massive stage, left a lasting impression.
    — Sarah Spencer, AJC.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of massive

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