colossal
CEFR: C1
Extremely large, massive, towering, or immense in physical structural scale, financial cost, or human blunder.
Synonyms
- monumental
- gigantic
- mammoth
Common Collocations
- colossal waste
- colossal failure
- colossal monument
Example Sentence
The construction of the hydroelectric dam required a colossal expenditure of concrete and steel.