Colossal

Etymology
From colossal:, formed from  colossus:, from  κολοσσός:.

Adjective

 * 1) Extremely large or on a great scale.
 * A single puppy can make a colossal mess.

Synonyms

 * enormous, giant, gigantic, immense, prodigious, vast
 * See also Thesaurus:gigantic

Thesaurus
Atlantean, Brobdingnagian, Cyclopean, Gargantuan, Herculean, Homeric, Olympian, abysmal, aerial, airy, altitudinous, amplitudinous, ascending, aspiring, astronomic, astronomical, awe-inspiring, awesome, boundless, bulky, cosmic, cyclopean, dominating, elephantine, elevated, eminent, enormous, epic, ethereal, exalted, extensive, extraordinary, galactic, gangling, gangly, gargantuan, giant, giantlike, gigantic, haughty, heroic, high, high-pitched, high-reaching, high-set, high-up, huge, immeasurable, immense, incredible, infinite, jumbo, king-size, lank, lanky, large, leggy, lengthy, lofty, long, long-legged, mammoth, massive, massy, mighty, monster, monstrous, monumental, mountainous, mounting, outsize, outtopping, overgrown, overlooking, overtopping, overwhelming, prodigious, profound, prominent, rangy, sizable, soaring, spacious, spectacular, spiring, staggering, statuesque, steep, stupendous, sublime, superlative, supernal, tall, titanic, topless, toplofty, topping, towering, towery, tremendous, unbelievable, uplifted, upreared, vast, voluminous, weighty, wonderful

Translations

 * Bulgarian: огромен, колосален
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: κολοσσιαίος


 * Kurdish:
 * Macedonian:, колосален
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: большой, грандиозный, громадный, колоссальный, огромный
 * Turkish: devasa

Related terms

 * colosseum
 * colossus

Etymology
Formed from Latin colossus, from Greek κολοσσος (originally used by Herodotus in reference to statues in ancient Egyptian temples).

Adjective

 * 1) colossal, huge