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ginormous

[ jahy-nawr-muh s ]
/ dʒaɪˈnɔr məs /
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adjective Informal.

extremely large; huge.

RELATED WORDS

enormous, tremendous, humongous, colossal, monumental, whopping, gigantic, considerable, vast, sizeable, astronomic, epic, jumbo, mammoth, massive, monster, prodigious, mega, behemoth, Bunyanesque

Nearby words

  1. ginnery,
  2. ginnie mae,
  3. ginnungagap,
  4. ginny,
  5. gino,
  6. ginsberg,
  7. ginsberg, allen,
  8. ginsburg,
  9. ginseng,
  10. ginseng family
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British Dictionary definitions for ginormous

ginormous

/ (dʒaɪˈnɔːməs) /

adjective

informal very large

Word Origin for ginormous

C20: blend of giant or gigantic and enormous
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for ginormous

ginormous

adj.

1948, perhaps originally military colloquial, from a merger of gigantic + enormous.

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