LARGER-THAN-LIFE Synonyms

• beyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable; special

• far more than usual or expected

• (of an official) serving an unusual or special function in addition to those of the regular officials

• so exceedingly large or extensive as to suggest a giant or mammoth

• impressive because of unnecessary largeness or grandeur; used to show disapproval

• affectedly genteel; to carry an air of affected importance; to be snobbish and haughty

• unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope

• making a strong or vivid impression

• producing a strong effect

• characterized by grandeur

• any of numerous extinct elephants widely distributed in the Pleistocene; extremely large with hairy coats and long upcurved tusks

• so exceedingly large or extensive as to suggest a giant or mammoth

• imposing in size or bulk or solidity

• being the same substance throughout

• imposing in scale or scope or degree or power

• consisting of great mass; containing a great quantity of matter

• relating or belonging to or serving as a monument

• of outstanding significance

• imposing in size or bulk or solidity

• so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe

• of momentous or ominous significance

• far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree

• having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary

• of considerable importance, size, or worth

• of or relating to the real nature or essential elements of something

• providing abundant nourishment

• of good quality and condition; solidly built

• having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value

• constituting or having to do with or suggestive of a literary epic

• a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds

• very imposing or impressive; surpassing the ordinary (especially in size or scale)

• relating to or characteristic of heroes of antiquity

• a verse form suited to the treatment of heroic or elevated themes; dactylic hexameter or iambic pentameter

• very imposing or impressive; surpassing the ordinary (especially in size or scale)

• having or displaying qualities appropriate for heroes

• of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope

• showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort