ginormous

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dʒaɪˈnɔːməs/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)məs

Adjective

ginormous (comparative more ginormous, superlative most ginormous)

1. (colloquial) Very large.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:large

   • 1986, Ron Friedman, The Transformers: The Movie, spoken by Jazz:

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

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

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

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

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

Derived terms

• ginormously
• ginormousness
• superginormous

Translations

very large

• French: gigantesque (fr), méga (fr), énorme (fr), colossal (fr)
• German: gigantisch (de), riesig (de), elefantös (de) (colloquial, humorous)
• Italian: enorme (it)
• Portuguese: ginorme
• Spanish: descomunal (es)

See also

• hunormous

Further reading

• “ginormous”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “ginormous”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.