gigantic
adj.adj. extremely large or huge. You use this to describe something that is much bigger than normal, like a skyscraper or a whale.
adj. extremely large in size, amount, or degree. Often used for hyperbolic emphasis in descriptive prose.
The ship looked gigantic next to the small fishing boats.
The construction crew used a gigantic crane to lift the steel beams to the top floor of the new hotel.
The discovery of a gigantic fossilized skeleton forced paleontologists to reconsider their previous theories regarding the maximum size achievable by land-dwelling mammals.
From Ancient Greek γιγαντικός (gigantikós), ultimately from γίγας (gígas, “giant”). According to the Poly-Olbion project coined by Michael Drayton in 1612.
Typically precedes the noun it modifies or follows a linking verb.