gargantuan

1. 1.

   of great mass; huge and bulky

   “a jumbo jet”

   “jumbo shrimp”

   Synonymselephantinegiantjumbo

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Questions about gargantuan

What does gargantuan mean?

gargantuan means "of great mass; huge and bulky".

How many syllables are in gargantuan?

gargantuan has 4 syllables: gar-gan-tu-an. The stress falls on "gan". In IPA it is /ɡɑɹˈɡæntʃuən/.

What is another word for gargantuan?

Close synonyms include elephantine, giant, jumbo. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is gargantuan a common word?

gargantuan is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.