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Definition of "gargantuan" []

  • Of immense size, volume, or capacity; gigantic. See Synonyms at enormous. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "gargantuan" in a sentence
  • "The Washington Post reported on May 12 that "sources with knowledge of the program" said that the Bush administration had been collecting the domestic telephone records in "gargantuan databases" and that the "companies cooperating with the NSA dominate the U.S. telecommunications market and connect hundreds of billions of telephone calls each year.""
  • "I almost bailed when I saw that the images were wrapped up in gargantuan Flash downloadables, but I'm glad I didn't."
  • "Ace called her gargantuan Sasquatch and that set me into a laughing fit."