supergiant

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noun

A very large star having a mass between 10 and 70 solar masses.

Similar
colossalenormousgargantuangigantichugeimmensevast
OriginEnglish giant ← Latin super- ← Proto-Italic *super →
RareScrabble 13
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Meanings

nounsupergiant (plural supergiants)

plural supergiants

  1. astronomyA very large star having a mass between 10 and 70 solar masses.
adjectivesupergiant (not comparable)
  1. not comparableExtremely large; regarded as being larger than giant.

    Synonyms: colossal, enormous, gargantuan, gigantic, huge, immense, vast

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveExtremely large; regarded as being larger than giant.

Similar
colossalenormousgargantuangigantichugeimmensevast

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Italic*super
  4. Latinsuper
  5. Latinsuper-
  6. Englishsuper-
  7. Englishgiant
  8. Englishsupergiant

From super- + giant.

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Translations

Catalan supergegant
  • supergegantvery large star
Chinese Mandarin 超巨星
  • 超巨星 (chāojùxīng)very large star
Dutch superreus
  • superreusvery large star
Esperanto supergiganto
  • supergigantovery large star
Finnish ylijättiläinen
  • ylijättiläinenvery large star
French supergéante
  • supergéantevery large star
German Überriese, Supergigant
  • Überriesevery large star
  • Supergigantvery large star
Hindi महादानव तारा
  • महादानव तारा (mahādānav tārā)very large star
Hungarian szuperóriás
  • szuperóriásvery large star
Irish ollfhathach
  • ollfhathachvery large star
Italian stella supergigante
  • stella supergigantevery large star
Japanese 超巨星
  • 超巨星 (chōkyosei)very large star
Korean 초거성
  • 초거성 (chogeoseong)very large star
Polish nadolbrzym
  • nadolbrzymvery large star
Portuguese supergigante
  • supergigantevery large star
Romanian supergigantă, stea supergigantă
  • supergigantăvery large star
  • stea supergigantăvery large star
Russian сверхгига́нт, супергига́нт
  • сверхгига́нт (sverxgigánt)very large star
  • супергига́нт (supergigánt)very large star
Spanish supergigante
  • supergigantevery large star
Swedish superjätte
  • superjättevery large star
Tamil பேரரக்கன்
  • பேரரக்கன் (pērarakkaṉ)very large star
Vietnamese sao siêu khổng lồ
  • sao siêu khổng lồvery large star
Welsh seren orgawr
  • seren orgawrvery large star
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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