Colossal and Major

Colossal

Colossal adjective - Unusually large.
Usage example: a colossal statue of the town's founder

Major and colossal are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Major" instead an adjective "Colossal".

Nearby Word: colossus

Major

Major adjective - Sufficiently large in size, amount, or number to merit attention.
Usage example: with several blockbuster hits under her belt, the actress now commands some major cash for appearing in a movie

Colossal and major are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Colossal" instead an adjective "Major".

Nearby Words: majority, majored, majoring

Both words in one sentence

  • Major Talbot may have been a colossal jerk, but that didn't justify sentencing his entire bloodline to be hunted down and killed.
  • Video Game / Arcanum: Of Steamworks & Magick Obscura aka: Arcanum Our Elves Are Better: The major elf groups can be colossal Jerk Asses to anyone who isn't an elf... up to the Dark Elves who want to bring all non-Elves under Elven domination, or else just kill them off.
  • Closer to the trope, Haven's leadership as a whole has a colossal backfire from this when not only does Honor come back, but comes back after they broadcast her faked execution over every major network.
    Source: Left for Dead
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