ginormous

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UK/dʒaɪˈnɔːməs/US/dʒaɪˈnɔɹməs/

adjective

Very large.

UncommonScrabble 12

Meanings

adjectiveginormous (comparative more ginormous, superlative most ginormous)

comparative more ginormous · superlative most ginormous

  1. colloquialVery large.

    This is Jazz, a ginormous weird looking planet just showed up in the suburbs of Cybertron.

    1986, Ron Friedman, The Transformers: The Movie, spoken by Jazz
    3 more examples

    Walt Disney World is ginormous. Even after you’re on the property, you have to drive about fifteen minutes to get to different places.

    1999, Gabrielle Charbonnet, Adventure at Walt Disney World: A Disney Girls Super Special, Disney Press, →ISBN, page 20

    “Neutron stars are as mysterious as they are fascinating. These city-sized objects are essentially ginormous atomic nuclei.”

    2019, Green Bank Observatory, Most massive neutron star ever detected, almost too massive to exist

    Visitors from Spain, Sheffield, the US, South Korea and Australia paused beside the tree to pay their respects. “It’s ginormous!” said Carter Jackson, eight, from Sheffield. “It’s a really beautiful tree and it’s sad it’s died.”

    2026 June 17, Patrick Barkham, “‘Most famous tree in the world’: Sherwood Forest’s 1,000-year-old Major oak dies”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

    Synonyms: ample, big, bodacious, broad, commodious, considerable, exceeding, expansive

Synonyms & antonyms

Origin

Blend of gi(gantic) + (e)normous. Originally 1940s military slang.

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Translations

French gigantesque, méga
  • gigantesquevery large
  • mégavery large
  • énormevery large
  • colossalvery large
German gigantisch, riesig
  • gigantischvery large
  • riesigvery large
  • elefantösvery large
Italian enorme
  • enormevery large
Polish ogromniasty
  • ogromniastyvery large
Portuguese ginorme
  • ginormevery large
Spanish descomunal, gigantesco
  • descomunalvery large
  • gigantescovery large
  • giganteovery large

Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

ginormous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ginormous

MLA

“ginormous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ginormous. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ginormous,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ginormous.

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