Definition of Gargantuan

1. Adjective. Of great mass; huge and bulky. "Jumbo shrimp"

Exact synonyms: Elephantine, Giant, Jumbo
Similar to: Big, Large
Derivative terms: Gargantua, Giant, Giant, Giant, Giant

Definition of Gargantuan

1. a. Characteristic of Gargantua, a gigantic, wonderful personage; enormous; prodigious; inordinate.

Definition of Gargantuan

1. Adjective. (obsolete) Of the giant Gargantua or his appetite. ¹

2. Adjective. Huge; immense; tremendous. ¹

3. Adjective. Of a tremendous size, volume, degree, etc. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Gargantuan

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gargantuan

gardon
gardyloo
gardyloos
gare
garefowl
garefowls
garfish
garfishes
gargalesis
gargalesthesia
garganey
garganeys
gargantua
gargantuan (current term)
gargantuan mastitis
gargantuanly
gargantuas
gargarism
gargarisms
gargarize
gargarized
gargarizes
gargarizing
garget
gargets
gargety
gargil
gargle

Literary usage of Gargantuan

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Mystic Isles of the South Seas by Frederick O'Brien (1921)
"CHAPTER XX Rupert Brooke and I discuss Tahiti—We go to a wedding feast—How the cloth was spread—What we ate and drank—A gargantuan feeder— Songs and dances ..."

2. Ceylon, the Paradise of Adam: The Record of Seven Years' Residence in the Island by Caroline Corner (1908)
"Cynthia envies the mischievous, merry monkey—A sanguinary stream— How they lost one of the little bulls—A gargantuan ..."

3. Ceylon, the Paradise of Adam: The Record of Seven Years' Residence in the Island by Caroline Corner (1908)
"Cynthia envies the mischievous, merry monkey—A sanguinary stream— How they lost one of the little bulls—A gargantuan maw—'«Hard up!" What should they do ? ..."

4. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule (1891)
"gargantuan, a. Brobdingnagian, huge beyond 3. Stimulate by galvanism, bring to a mock vitality. 2. Electroplate. Gambier, n. [Written also Gambir and Gam- ..."

5. Mystic Isles of the South Seas by Frederick O'Brien (1921)
"CHAPTER XX Rupert Brooke and I discuss Tahiti—We go to a wedding feast—How the cloth was spread—What we ate and drank—A gargantuan feeder— Songs and dances ..."

6. Ceylon, the Paradise of Adam: The Record of Seven Years' Residence in the Island by Caroline Corner (1908)
"Cynthia envies the mischievous, merry monkey—A sanguinary stream— How they lost one of the little bulls—A gargantuan ..."

7. Ceylon, the Paradise of Adam: The Record of Seven Years' Residence in the Island by Caroline Corner (1908)
"Cynthia envies the mischievous, merry monkey—A sanguinary stream— How they lost one of the little bulls—A gargantuan maw—'«Hard up!" What should they do ? ..."

8. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule (1891)
"gargantuan, a. Brobdingnagian, huge beyond 3. Stimulate by galvanism, bring to a mock vitality. 2. Electroplate. Gambier, n. [Written also Gambir and Gam- ..."

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