Meanings
comparative more ginormous · superlative most ginormous
- 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 Jazz3 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 existVisitors 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, →ISSNSynonyms: ample, big, bodacious, broad, commodious, considerable, exceeding, expansive
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveVery large.
Origin
Blend of gi(gantic) + (e)normous. Originally 1940s military slang.
Full word history & related roots →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
Rhymes with ginormous
All rhymes →Cite this entry
ginormous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ginormous
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