gigantism

Other forms of gigantism

plural

gigantisms·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about gigantism

What does gigantism mean?

gigantism means "excessive size; usually caused by excessive secretion of growth hormone from the pituitary gland". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in gigantism?

gigantism has 3 syllables: gi-gan-tism. The stress falls on "gi".

What is another word for gigantism?

Close synonyms include giantism, overgrowth, giantism. 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 gigantism a common word?

gigantism is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.