gigantize

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verb

To make, or treat as, gigantic.

Similar
giantizegiantisegigantify
Opposite
miniaturizeminiaturise
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Meanings

verbgigantize (third-person singular simple present gigantizes, present participle gigantizing, simple past and past participle gigantized)

present singular third person gigantizes · participle present gigantizing · participle past gigantized · past gigantized

  1. transitiveTo make, or treat as, gigantic.

    Modern public life has seen the gigantizing and centralizing of economic and political developments.

    1969, Robert E. Wood, Martin Buber's Ontology: An Analysis of I and Thou, page 77
    1 more example

    We gigantize the few “successful” public writers who avoid the degradations of trade publishing or the corporate university precisely because these figures are so exceptional.

    1990, Ben Agger, The Decline of Discourse, page 99

    Synonyms: giantize, giantise, gigantify

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo make, or treat as, gigantic.

Similar
giantizegiantisegigantify
Opposite
miniaturizeminiaturise
Also see
gigantify
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APA

gigantize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gigantize

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“gigantize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gigantize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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