Meanings
galactic1
comparative more galactic · superlative most galactic
- Relating to a galaxy.
- figurativelyEnormous (in size or impact).
“Yes, his heart is one of galactic proportions.”
2007, Jeffrey P. Brown, Black Body Radiation and the Ultraviolet Catastrophe, page 1283 more examples
The policies and decisions to be made were neither very complex nor very numerous, since at that time, the needs and priorities in Germany did not involve issues of galactic impact, […]
1998, Mark Lynton, Accidental Journey: A Cambridge Intern's Memory of World War IIFor a fashion journal, there is a more important and more difficult judgement to make: Is the work of such galactic significance as to be eligible to grace the pages of this magnificent journal?
1999, Jonathan Michael Wyndham Slack, Egg & ego: an almost true story of life in the biology lab, page 65The credit crunch became a mess of galactic proportions.
2008, José D. Roncal, José N. Abbo, The Big Gamble: Are You Investing Or Speculating?, page 94
Galactic2
- fantasyDenoting the name of a universal language spoken throughout a galaxy in various works.
The sepoy spoke again. The meaning of the words finally penetrated. Oddly, Agayan was surprised more by the fact of those words than their actual content. He had not realized that Gha could speak Galactic beyond a few crude and simple phrases.
2001, Eric Flint, “Carthago Delenda Est”, in Foreign Legions, Riverdale, N.Y.: Baen Books, →ISBN, page 253
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveRelating to the Milky Way galaxy.
adjectivePertaining to the Milky Way Galaxy.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveinconceivably large
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
galactic · adjective
- Ancient Greekγαλακτικός“milky”
- Englishgalactic
Borrowed from Ancient Greek γαλακτικός (galaktikós, “milky”), from γάλα (gála, “milk”). Doublet of galactico.
More words from Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic مَجَرِّيّ
- مَجَرِّيّ (majarriyy)relating to a/the galaxy
Bulgarian огромен, млечен
- огромен (ogromen)(figuratively) enormous
- млечен (mlečen)(medicine) pertaining to milk or the secretion of milk
- галактичен (galaktičen)relating to a/the galaxy
Catalan galàctic
- galàcticrelating to a/the galaxy
Czech galaktický
- galaktickýrelating to a/the galaxy
Danish galaktisk
- galaktiskrelating to a/the galaxy
Dutch galactisch
- galactischrelating to a/the galaxy
Esperanto galaksia
- galaksiarelating to a/the galaxy
Finnish tähtitieteellinen, maito-
- tähtitieteellinen(figuratively) enormous
- maito-(medicine) pertaining to milk or the secretion of milk
- linnunrata-relating to a/the galaxy
French astronomique, colossal
- astronomique(figuratively) enormous
- colossal(figuratively) enormous
- titanesque(figuratively) enormous
- monumental(figuratively) enormous
- phénoménal(figuratively) enormous
- galactique(medicine) pertaining to milk or the secretion of milk
- lactique(medicine) pertaining to milk or the secretion of milk
- galactiquerelating to a/the galaxy
German astronomisch, Milch-
- astronomisch(figuratively) enormous
- Milch-(medicine) pertaining to milk or the secretion of milk
- galaktischrelating to a/the galaxy
Hindi मंदाकिनीय
- मंदाकिनीय (mandākinīya)relating to a/the galaxy
Hungarian galaktikus
- galaktikusrelating to a/the galaxy
Italian galattico
- galatticorelating to a/the galaxy
Latin galacticus, galactica
- galacticusrelating to a/the galaxy
- galacticarelating to a/the galaxy
- galacticumrelating to a/the galaxy
Norwegian Bokmål galaktisk
- galaktiskrelating to a/the galaxy
Polish astronomiczny, laktyczny
- astronomiczny(figuratively) enormous
- laktyczny(medicine) pertaining to milk or the secretion of milk
- galaktycznyrelating to a/the galaxy
Portuguese galáctico
- galácticorelating to a/the galaxy
Romanian astronomic, lactic
- astronomic(figuratively) enormous
- lactic(medicine) pertaining to milk or the secretion of milk
- galacticrelating to a/the galaxy
Russian астрономический, галактический
- астрономический (astronomičeskij)(figuratively) enormous
- галактический (galaktičeskij)relating to a/the galaxy
Spanish galáctico
- galácticorelating to a/the galaxy
Swedish galaktisk, galax-
- galaktiskrelating to a/the galaxy
- galax-relating to a/the galaxy
Tagalog sanlibutnin
- sanlibutninrelating to a/the galaxy
Turkish astronomik, galaktik
- astronomik(figuratively) enormous
- galaktikrelating to a/the galaxy
- galaksiyle alakalı/ilgilirelating to a/the galaxy
Ukrainian галакти́чний
- галакти́чний (halaktýčnyj)relating to a/the galaxy
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with galactic
Cite this entry
galactic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/galactic
“galactic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/galactic. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “galactic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/galactic.
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