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cyclopean
adjective cy·clo·pe·an \ˌsī-klə-ˈpē-ən, sī-ˈklō-pē-\
Definition of CYCLOPEAN
1
often capitalized : of, relating to, or characteristic of a Cyclops
3
: of or relating to a style of stone construction marked typically by the use of large irregular blocks without mortar
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First Known Use of CYCLOPEAN
1582
Related to CYCLOPEAN
- Synonyms
- astronomical (also astronomic), Brobdingnagian, bumper, colossal, cosmic (also cosmical), huge, elephantine, enormous, galactic, gargantuan, giant, gigantesque, gigantic, grand, herculean, heroic (also heroical), Himalayan, humongous (also humungous), immense, jumbo, king-size (or king-sized), leviathan, mammoth, massive, mega, mighty, monster, monstrous, monumental, mountainous, oceanic, pharaonic, planetary, prodigious, super, super-duper, supersize, supersized, titanic, tremendous, vast, vasty, walloping, whacking, whopping
- Antonyms
- bantam, bitty, diminutive, infinitesimal, Lilliputian, little bitty, micro, microminiature, microscopic (also microscopical), midget, miniature, minuscule, minute, pocket, pygmy, teensy, teensy-weensy, teeny, teeny-weeny, tiny, wee
Rhymes with CYCLOPEAN
Aeschylean, Anacreon, apogean, Aramaean, Atlantean, Caribbean, Cerberean, Damoclean, empyrean, European, Galilean, Hasmonaean, Herculean, Idumaean, Ituraean, Jacobean, kallikrein, Maccabean, Manichaean, Mycenaean, nemertean, nepenthean, panacean, perigean, Sadducean, Sisyphean, Tacitean, Tennessean, Typhoean
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