Meaning & use
jumbo
Very large in size, especially compared to others of the same kind.
See it in a sentence
The airline flies a jumbo jet capable of carrying hundreds of passengers.
They ordered a jumbo pizza large enough to feed the whole team.
A note on using this word
Jumbo is an informal word, common in marketing and casual speech rather than technical or academic writing.
Words with a similar meaning
giantoversized
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Words with an opposite meaning
tinymini
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