MEGA Synonyms: 123 Similar and Opposite Words

mega

adjective

ˈme-gə

Definition of mega

as in huge

unusually large I will never understand why people build those mega houses on tiny lots

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Recent Examples of mega The university opted for the equivalent of a yard sale, hosting two surplus sales, one around the mega outdoor hockey game against Michigan State in January and another the spring before the Blue-White football game. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026 Pharma’s previous mega-merger wave was largely a response to patent cliffs and weak pipeline replacement, with companies relying on cost cuts to protect earnings. — Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 6 Aug. 2026 Elizabeth Arden Eight-Hour Cream Lip Protectant Stick For years, in-the-know beauty shoppers have purchased Elizabeth Arden’s Eight-Hour Cream for its mega-hydrating benefits for rough elbows, dry skin, and more. — Reece Andavolgyi, InStyle, 6 Aug. 2026 The legendary Tom Brady was seen all alone riding his $20 million mega yacht around Miami. — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 3 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for mega

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Videos circulating on social media, and geolocated by CNN, show a huge blaze raging and plumes of smoke rising from an area just outside the city, close to what appear to be the characteristic towers of an oil refinery.

— Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026
The fight is huge for everyone involved, the network and promoters included.

— Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of huge

Adjective

Spaceship Earth is the iconic giant-golf-ball-looking attraction near the front entrance of the theme park.

— Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2026
With an ecosystem as capricious as this, the local wildlife is born and bred to go with the flow—think gentle-but-giant humpback whales, colonies of industrious beavers, and torpedoing peregrine falcons, the fastest animals on Earth.

— Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of giant

Adjective

With a little critical thinking, most reasonable people would conclude that this is not how a gigantic company like OpenAI would handle an incident like this.

— Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 11 Aug. 2026
In Homewood on Tuesday, gigantic piles of mulch, tree limbs, and branches were already lying around from storms that hit earlier in the summer.

— Adam Harrington, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of gigantic

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Costs had been on the decline since March 2025, following a massive outbreak of bird flu that disrupted the egg supply and sent retail prices soaring.

— Claire Malon, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026
Future generations not only had to make up these missing deposits but also the massive investment earnings that could have been achieved.

— Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of massive

Adjective

And now, add Nappanee as a potential tourist attraction for the colossal cabinet.

— ABC News, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026
The billionaire SpaceX and Tesla CEO has set plans in motion to build a colossal factory serving the two companies in Grimes County, Texas, Fortune reports.

— India Roby, Architectural Digest, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of colossal

Adjective

That final-day 2-1 home victory against West Bromwich Albion, played out in front of 33,750, also spoke of Wednesday’s vast potential.

— Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
In the case of those to Europe, with which China has a vast trade surplus, there’s also the question of how viable the route is both ways.

— Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of vast

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The frankly enormous soaking tub in black-and-white tile and equally capacious steam shower share the room, though the toilet sits in a private water closet.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Aug. 2026
That mind is a model, an enormous statistical object assembled by feeding it a quantity of text and images nobody has ever fully itemized.

— Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of enormous

Adjective

Why Adaptable People Can Still Feel Stuck Adaptability gets a tremendous amount of attention in conversations about the future of work, and for good reason.

— Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
As the largest institutional purchaser of firearms in the United States, governments have tremendous power to shape the market.

— Kris Brown, Chicago Tribune, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of tremendous

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