brobdingnagian

3 synonyms and 2 antonyms for brobdingnagian, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.

Adj — Relating to Brobdingnag.

Synonyms

Everyday swaps

Common words most readers know — safe in any writing.

huge vast

Less common

Still standard English, but they carry more weight.

immense

Synonyms by Meaning

1. adj

Relating to Brobdingnag.

huge immense vast

2. adj

Extremely large, much bigger than is normal for something of its kind.

“The Brobdingnagian pile is the work of Foster+Partners, led by the 90-year-old Norman Foster, who is no stranger to penning extravagant bank headquarters.”

Opposites

small modest

Etymology

From Brobdingnag + -ian, fictional country inhabited by giants in Gulliver's Travels.

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