English-Thai Dictionary

colossal

ADJ มหึมา  ใหญ่โต  enormous immense ma-hue-ma

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

COLOSSAL, COLOSSEAN

a.[See Colossus. ] Like a colossus; very large; huge; gigantic.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

COLOSSAL

Co *los "sal, a. Etym: [Cf. F. cossal, L. colosseus. See Colossus. ]

 

1. Of enormous size; gigantic; huge; as, a colossal statue. "A colossal stride. " Motley.

 

2. (Sculpture & Painting )

 

Defn: Of a size larger than heroic. See Heroic.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

colossal

co los sal |kəˈläsəl kəˈlɑsəl | ▶adjective extremely large: a colossal amount of mail | a colossal mistake. • Architecture (of a giant order ) having more than one story of columns. • Sculpture (of a statue ) at least twice life size. DERIVATIVES co los sal ly adverb ORIGIN early 18th cent.: from French, from colosse, from Latin colossus (see colossus ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

colossal

col ¦os |sal |kəˈlɒs (ə )l | ▶adjective 1 extremely large or great: a colossal amount of mail | a colossal mistake. • Sculpture (of a statue ) at least twice life size. 2 Architecture (of an order ) having more than one storey of columns. DERIVATIVES colossally adverb ORIGIN early 18th cent.: from French, from colosse, from Latin colossus (see colossus ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

colossal

colossal adjective a colossal building | we made some colossal mistakes: huge, massive, enormous, gigantic, giant, mammoth, vast, immense, monumental, prodigious, mountainous, titanic, towering, king-size (d ), economy-size (d ); informal monster, whopping, humongous, jumbo, ginormous. ANTONYMS tiny. WORD TOOLKIT

colossal	immense	giant
failure	pressure	step
waste	potential	leap
blunder	importance	screen
explosion	popularity	corporation
disappointment	relief	monster
mess	satisfaction	waves
tragedy	courage	oak

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Oxford Thesaurus

colossal

colossal adjective a colossal building: huge, massive, enormous, gigantic, very big, very large, great, giant, mammoth, vast, immense, tremendous, mighty, stupendous, monumental, epic, prodigious, mountainous, monstrous, titanic, towering, elephantine, king-sized, king-size, gargantuan, Herculean, Brobdingnagian; substantial, extensive, hefty, bulky, weighty, heavy, gross; informal mega, monster, whopping, whopping great, thumping, thumping great, humongous, jumbo, hulking, bumper, astronomical, astronomic; Brit. informal whacking, whacking great, ginormous. ANTONYMS tiny. WORD TOOLKIT

colossal	immense	giant
failure	pressure	step
waste	potential	leap
blunder	importance	screen
explosion	popularity	corporation
disappointment	relief	monster
mess	satisfaction	waves
tragedy	courage	oak

Word Toolkits illustrate the difference between close synonyms by means of words typically used with them.

 

French Dictionary

colossal

colossal , ale , aux adj. adjectif Très grand, gigantesque. : À New York, il y a des immeubles colossaux. SYNONYME énorme ; géant ; immense .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

colossal

co los sal /kəlɑ́s (ə )l |-lɔ́s (ə )l /形容詞 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗1 巨大な ; 膨大な, 莫大 （ばくだい ）な 〈量 金額など 〉; 非常に大きな 〈問題 規模など 〉.2 見事な, 驚くべき .3 (彫刻で )等身大の2倍の .～ly 副詞