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colossal

/kəˈlɒsəl/ UK
/kəˈlɑsəl/ US, dialectal
/kəˈlɒsəl/ Canada, dialectal
/kəˈlɔsəl/ Australia
/kəˈlɒsəl/ New Zealand

Rhymes with -ɒsəl

Where it comes from

From French colossal, formed from Latin colossus, from Ancient Greek κολοσσός (kolossós, “giant statue”).

adjective more colossal · most colossal

Extremely large or on a great scale. A single puppy can make a colossal mess.
Similar: enormous, giant, gigantic, immense, prodigious, vast
Amazingly spectacular; extraordinary; epic. "It's just the very biggest thing that I ever heard of!" said I, though it was my journalistic rather than my scientific enthusiasm that was roused. "It is colossal. You are a Columbus of science who has discovered a lost world."

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: big, prodigious, large, stupendous, huge, gigantic, immense, massive, vast, great, giant, large-scale, hefty, heavy, tremendous, major

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adj extremely large

Español	colosal, descomunal
한국어	거대하다 geodaehada
日本語	巨大な kyodai na
中文	巨大的 jùdà de
Português	colossal
Français	colossal
Deutsch	riesig, gewaltig, immens, kolossal, riesengroß, ungeheuer
Italiano	colossale
Ελληνικά	κολοσσιαίος kolossiaíos
Română	colosal
Русский	колосса́льный kolossálʹnyj, грома́дный gromádnyj, грандио́зный grandióznyj, огро́мный ogrómnyj, гига́нтский gigántskij
Tiếng Việt	đồ sộ
العربية	ضَخْم ḍaḵm, هَائِل hāʔil, جَبَّار jabbār

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@misc{colossal_2026,
  title = {colossal},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/colossal},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}