Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gigantize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gi-gan-tize
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make, or treat as, gigantic.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Modern public life has seen the gigantizing and centralizing of economic and political developments."
"We gigantize the few “successful” public writers who avoid the degradations of trade publishing or the corporate university precisely because these figures are so exceptional."

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

gigantizes (present, singular) gigantizing (participle, present) gigantized (participle, past) gigantized (past)

Derived Forms

gigantization gigantizing

Synonyms

giantize giantise gigantify

Antonyms

miniaturize miniaturise

Questions

What does gigantize mean?: To make, or treat as, gigantic.

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